Sheldon Pinnell

{{short description|American dermatologist}}

Sheldon R. Pinnell (c. 1937{{Cite web |date=July 16, 2013 |title=Dermatologist Sheldon Pinnell Dead at 76 |url=https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/thederm/content/site/thederm-sheldon-pinnell-dead-76 |access-date=2022-10-15 |website= }} - 4 July 2013{{r|passing}}) was an American dermatologist and physician-scientist who served as the J. Lamar Callaway Professor of Dermatology at Duke University.{{cite journal|date=December 7, 2007|title=Dermatology Celebration Honors Pinnell|journal=Inside Duke University Medical Center|volume=16|issue=16|url=http://inside.duke.edu/article.php?IssueID=180&ParentID=17500|accessdate=14 January 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123170617/http://inside.duke.edu/article.php?IssueID=180&ParentID=17500|archivedate=23 January 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://dukederm.duke.edu/|title=Celebrating 70 Years|last=Duke Department of Dermatology|year=2010|publisher=Duke Health System|accessdate=14 January 2010}} His research involves sun protection,[http://www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/Formulation-Science/Antioxidant-sun-protection Antioxidant sun protection] photoaging,{{cite web |url=http://www.derma.co.za/Serv_congressesNat_InvitedSpeakers.asp |title=.. :: Dermatology :: |accessdate=2009-12-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627141044/http://www.derma.co.za/Serv_congressesNat_InvitedSpeakers.asp |archivedate=2007-06-27 }} collagen chemistry,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nature.com/jid/journal/v81/n2/abs/5615108a.html|title = Home Page: Journal of Investigative Dermatology}} and topical percutaneous absorption of antioxidants.{{cite journal |last1=Pinnell |first1=Sheldon R. |last2=Yang |first2=Huanshu |last3=Omar |first3=Mostafa |last4=Riviere |first4=Nancy Monteiro |author-link4=Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere |last5=Debuys |first5=Holly V. |last6=Walker |first6=Linda C. |last7=Wang |first7=Yaohui |last8=Levine |first8=Mark |date=February 2001 |title=Topical L-ascorbic acid: percutaneous absorption studies |journal=Dermatol Surg |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=137–42 |doi=10.1046/j.1524-4725.2001.00264.x |pmid=11207686 |s2cid=9828094}} In 2013, he was made an honorary member of the Society of Investigative Dermatology.{{cite web |url=https://news.medicine.duke.edu/2013/07/passing-of-sheldon-pinnell-former-chief-of-dermatology/ |title=Passing of Sheldon Pinnell, former chief of Dermatology |publisher=Duke University |date=July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301110449/https://news.medicine.duke.edu/2013/07/passing-of-sheldon-pinnell-former-chief-of-dermatology/ |archivedate=2014-03-01 }}

He was the founder of SkinCeuticals,{{Cite news|last=Long |first=April |date=2021-08-07 |title=Why Dermatologists—And Editors—Swear By This Serum |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/beauty-products/a37136248/skinceuticals-ce-ferulic-review/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Town & Country |language=en-us}} whose first cosmetic products were based on Pinnell's research.{{Cite journal |last=Lin |first=Fu-Hsiung |last2=Lin |first2=Jing-Yi |last3=Gupta |first3=Ravindra D. |last4=Tournas |first4=Joshua A. |last5=Burch |first5=James A. |last6=Selim |first6=M. Angelica |last7=Monteiro-Riviere |first7=Nancy A. |last8=Grichnik |first8=James M. |last9=Zielinski |first9=Jan |last10=Pinnell |first10=Sheldon R. |date=October 2005 |title=Ferulic acid stabilizes a solution of vitamins C and E and doubles its photoprotection of skin |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16185284/ |journal=The Journal of Investigative Dermatology |volume=125 |issue=4 |pages=826–832 |doi=10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23768.x |issn=0022-202X |pmid=16185284}}{{Cite patent|number=US7179841B2|title=Stabilized ascorbic acid compositions and methods therefor|gdate=2007-02-20|invent1=Zielinski|invent2=Pinnell|inventor1-first=Jan E.|inventor2-first=Sheldon R.|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US7179841B2/en}}