International e-Symposium: Atopy, highlights & new insights (February 2022)

Professor Carsten FLOHR holds the Chair in Dermatology and Population Health Science at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London, where he directs the Unit for Population-Based Dermatology Research.

He studied at Cambridge and Oxford Universities and then trained in both Paediatrics and Dermatology.

Carsten FLOHR was the first UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist in Dermatology (2009-2014) and the only dermatologist awarded a Career Development Fellowship from the NIHR (2014-2019).

He has a particular interest in novel methods of atopic dermatitis (AD) prevention (early life risk factors) and therapeutics, especially in severe AD.

He is Chief Investigator of the UK-Irish TREatment of severe eczema in children Trial (TREAT), which compares cyclosporine with methotrexate in children with recalcitrant atopic eczema. He is also Chief Investigator of the Softened water for eczema prevention trial (SOFTER) and the UK-Irish Atopic Eczema Systemic Therapy Register (A-STAR), as well as the EU-funded BIOMAP and Trans-Foods consortia.

Prof. FLOHR is a Founding Director of the International Eczema Council and Past President of the British Society of Paediatric Dermatology, as well as an Honorary Member of the Société Française de Dermatologie.

He is also Founding Editor of the Evidence-Based Dermatology Section of the British Journal of Dermatology and the Clinical Trials Editor of the F1000 Atopic Dermatitis Section.

After studies and his first professional years in Lyon and Saint Etienne, Laurent MISERY became professor of Dermatology at the University of Brest.

He is now head of the department of Dermatology at the University Hospital of Brest.

Laurent MISERY founded and is the director of the Laboratory on Interactions Neurons-Keratinocytes (LINK) and the French Expert Centre on Itch. His team is dedicated to translational research on itch, from fundamental (biological and physiological) to pathophysiological, clinical, psychological and therapeutic aspects.

He is especially interested in the relationship between skin and the nervous system, from the biological point of view (co-cultures between skin cells and neurons) to the clinical (pruritus, sensitive skin) or psychological points of view.

Prof. MISERY is chairman of the EADV task force of psychodermatology.

His research interest is : sensitive skin; skin irritation; irritant; sensitivity; skincare products.

He was distinguished with the Herman Musaph Award in 2017.

Dr. Sandy SKOTNICKI is the founding director of the Bay Dermatology Centre and is Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Department of Medicine in the Divisions of Dermatology and Occupational and Environmental Health. Dr. SKOTNICKI started the Bay Dermatology Centre in 2006 in an effort to provide a full-service Dermatology centre that focuses on the patient, not procedures.

She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Dermatology, and a member of the Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Dermatology Association, American Dermatology Association and American Contact Dermatitis Society.

Dr. SKOTNICKI is a consultant Dermatologist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and is an expert in Allergic Skin Disease. She is also a consultant for the Workplace Safety Insurance Board.

Active in research and education, Dr. SKOTNICKI has been teaching University of Toronto Dermatology, Allergy and Family Medicine residents at her St. Michael’s Hospital clinic since 1999. She is also a member of the Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease & has published numerous articles on different aspects of Allergic Skin Disease.

Widely regarded as the “go to” Dermatologist in Canada for ingredient reactions and safety, she regularly provides commentary and contri­butes to medical journals, media outlets and speaks on reactions to chemicals in the skin­care industry.