Virtual Oral Presentation Australasian Society for Dermatology Research 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting

Chris Griffiths OBE, MD, FRCP, FMedSci

Dermatology Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Chris Griffiths is Foundation Professor of Dermatology at the University of Manchester and a consultant dermatologist at Salford Royal Hospital in Manchester, UK. He qualified in medicine from St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London, UK, and trained in dermatology at St Mary’s Hospital, London, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Professor Griffiths was appointed to the Foundation Chair in Dermatology at the University of Manchester in 1994. That same year, he founded the Manchester Dermatopharmacology Unit and the Manchester Psoriasis Service. In 2015, he received the Sir Archibald Gray Medal for outstanding service to British Dermatology, and in 2019 the British Society for Investigative Dermatology Medal for contributions to research. In 2018, Professor Griffiths was awarded Pro Meritis of the European Dermatology Forum and was appointed OBE “for services to dermatology” in the Queen’s New Year Honours. He is an NIHR Emeritus Senior Investigator and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Professor Griffiths is a former President of the European Society for Dermatological Research, the European Dermatology Forum, the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD), and the International Psoriasis Council, which he co-founded in 2004. He is also Director of the MRC stratified medicine consortium on psoriasis (Psoriasis Stratification to Optimise Relevant Therapy; PSORT), Director of the Global Psoriasis Atlas, and Chief Investigator of the BAD Biologics and Immunomodulators Register (BADBIR). Chris has 746 PubMed-cited articles (h-index 136) and is Editor-in-Chief of Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology and Rook’s Dermatology Handbook.

Chris has a career-long interest in all aspects of psoriasis and is credited with helping to develop the concept that psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease. He runs international courses on art appreciation for clinicians and is active in global health initiatives, including co-founding the Burma Skincare Initiative charity and acting as advisor on global health research and policy to the International League of Dermatological Societies.