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Northwestern University Department of Dermatology in 2015-2026 reads as a 73-PI network with 274 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Medicine as the leading field (51% of slots across 65 PIs; 65 labels), Dermatology as the leading subfield (19% of slots across 37 PIs; 37 labels), and Dermatology and Skin Diseases as the leading topic (5% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 28 PIs across distinct clusters. The leading PI names are Amy S. Paller (190.3 weighted works; Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Skin and Cellular Biology Research); Jonathan I. Silverberg (168.1 weighted works; Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization). The most visible ties are Han Peng and Robert M. Lavker (38 shared works, weight 24.9); Beatrice Nardone and Dennis P. West (51 shared works, weight 21.8). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 68.5, around Dermatology, Epidemiology, Immunology, led by Murad Alam, Beatrice Nardone, Walter Liszewski.