# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elaine-fuchs
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:46:49.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elaine-fuchs"
name: "Elaine Fuchs"
slug: "elaine-fuchs"
description: "Elaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist known for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, who helped lead the modernization of dermatology. Fuchs pioneered reverse genetics approaches, which assess protein function first and then assess its role in development and disease. In particular, Fuchs researches skin stem cells and their production of hair and skin. She is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University."
tagline: "American biologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pr_Elaine_Fuchs.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1950-05-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.41998
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "伊莱恩·富克斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إلين فوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elaine Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Fuchs"
    title: "Elaine Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Fuchs"
    title: "Elaine Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Fuchs"
    title: "Elaine Fuchs"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "الین فوکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elaine Fuchs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A1"
    title: "איליין פוקס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Елейн Фукс"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump