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Prof. Toshiyuki Yamamoto
Professor
Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology
Fukushima Medical University
Japan
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Biography :
Prof. Yamamoto has received his MD in 1988 and PhD in 2000 in Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Currently, he is working as Professor and Chairman in Fukushima Medical University. He is serving as an editorial member of several journals like Journal of Dermatology, Journal of Dermatological Science, and The Open Allergy Journal. He is a member of Japanese Dermatological Association, Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology, German-Japanese Society for Dermatology, and so on.
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Research Interest :
Clinical dermatology, Scleroderma, Psoriasis, Allergic disease, Skin cancer, Immunology
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Prof. Craig G. Burkhart, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
USA
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Prof. Rodney Sinclair
Professor
Director of Dermatology, Epworth Healthcare Director, Sinclair Dermatology, Department of Dermatology
University of Melbourne
Australia
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Prof. Akimichi Morita
Professor
Professor and Chairman, Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology
Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Japan
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Prof. Akira Kawada
Professor
Professor & Chairman, Department of Dermatology
Kinki University School of Medicine
Japan
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Prof. Hironobu Ihn
Professor
Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology & Plastic Surgery
Kumamoto University Hospital
Japan
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Biography :
He is the Vice President, Kumamoto University Hospital
and also the Professor & Chairman, Department of Dermatology & Plastic Surgery, Faculty Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. He is the eminent member of Japanese Society of Dermatology, Japanese Society of Investigative Dermatology, Japanese Society of Clinical Immunology, Japanese Society of connective tissue Research, American Academy of Immunologists, American Society for Matrix Biology, Japanese Society of Allergy, Japanese Society of Rheumatology, Japanese Society of Cosmetic Dermatology, Japanese Society of Psoriasis, Japanese Society of Skin Cancer
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Dermatology & Plastic Surgery, connective tissue Research, Cosmetic Dermatology, Rheumatology, Skin Cancer
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Prof. Mamitaro Ohtsuki
Professor
Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology
Jichi Medical University
Japan
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Dr. Leslie N. Jones
Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology
University of Melbourne
Australia
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Biography :
Dr Leslie N. Jones has expertise in electron microscopy, cell biology, microbiology and biochemistry with MSc and PhD higher research degrees awarded from the RMIT University and University of Melbourne respectively and is internationally recognised for his research contributions to understanding hair structure, composition and biology in health and disease. He has recently been project leader in the CRC for Premium Quality Wool involving research into the effects of nutrition and transgenic manipulations on wool growth and properties. He has been awarded and invited to work as a visiting scientist in various international laboratories including the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden, the University of Rochester, Rochester USA, Unilever UK, the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda USA, University of Hamburg, Germany. He is past President of the Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society involving, Dermatologists, Hair Transplant Surgeons and Research Scientists. This society has conducted the first international conferences linking the Hair Research Societies of Europe, the USA, Japan and Australasia and is organizing the next International Congress of Hair Research, 2010. He is also currently a member of the European Hair Research Society and the University of Melbourne, Medical Society. He has been invited to write numerous reviews and book chapters concerning hair structural biology and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Experimental Dermatology. He has published more than 95 scientific papers in the field relating to hair structure and biology. Appointed as Principal Research Fellow (Associate Professor) in Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne (2004).
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Strucure,Composition and Formation of Mammalian Kearatins
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Prof. Miroslav Blumenberg
Professor
Co-Director, DNA microarray core facility,
NYU Cancer Institute, NYU School of Medicine
USA
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Dr. Blumenberg has interest is regulation of gene expression in the epidermis. Having cloned several human keratin genes, my collaborators and I studied the transcription factors and signaling cascades that control these genes in keratinocytes. Recently, we have used DNA microarrays to follow transcriptional profiles in response to UV light, growth factors, vitamins, cytokines and other agents important in dermatology and skin biology. DNA microarrays allow us to follow global cellular responses to various agents. Using UV light as a paradigmatic damaging agent, we determined that cells make following responses: 1. They change signal transduction and transcription regulators, basically stop what they have been doing and respond to UV. 2. Produce cytokines and chemokine to alert the surrounding tissue to the damage. 3. Produce more energy by increasing mitochondrial proteins and suppressing proteins that use energy. 4. Increase the cornified layer that protects the skin. These responses protect not only the cells, but also the underlying tissues of the organism. In additional studies, we described the effects of proinflammatory and immunomodulating cytokines (IFN, TNF, TGF, IL-1 Oncostatin-M, IL-6 and IL-12), hormones and vitamins (Retinoic acid, vitamin D3 and thyroid hormones), pro- and anti-cornification agents (Ephrins, MAPK inhibitors, EGF, EGFR inhibitors), and irritants and allergens (SDS, NiSO4, DNCB, OXA, BZK). Currently, our interests are in metaanalysis of large data sets important to dermatology. We use metaanalysis approaches to integrate the results of our studies as well as combine them with the large data sets in public repositories. Our goal is to describe the global molecular responses of skin to its environment.
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Microarrays, DNA chips, transcriptional profiling, UV, inflammation, keratin, promoters, transcriptional regulation, metaanalysis
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Prof. Joyce Teng, MD PhD, FAAD
Professor
Director of Pediatric Dermatology, Director of Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship
Department of Dermatology and Pediatrics Stanford University School of Medicine
USA
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Prof. Minoru Hasegawa, MD
Professor
Professor and Chairman Department of Dermatology School of Medicine
aculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui
Japan
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Dr. Tetsuya Higuchi, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Department of Dermatology
Toho University Sakura Medical Center, School of Medicine
Japan
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Prof. Jianzhong Zhang, M.D.
Professor
Director, Peking University College of Dermatology and Venereology
Chairman, Department of Dermatology Peking University People Hospital
China
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Biography :
Dr. Jianzhong Zhang is the director, Faculty of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University, and also the professor and chairman, department of dermatology, Peking University People`s Hospital. He graduated from Peking University in 1986. He was a visiting fellow in Fukushima Medical University Japan from 1992 through 1994. He worked in Department of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital from 1986 through 1996 and then worked in Department of Dermatology, Peking University People`s Hospital.
Dr. Jianzhong Zhang is the president of Chinese Society of Dermatology (CSD) and a council member of the Asian Dermatological Association. He is also the vice president, Chinese Dermatologist Association; head of atopic dermatitis research group and head of hair disorder research group, CSD. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles, He is the editor-in-chief of 16 books and a chapter contributor of over 30 books. He was awarded ILDS Certificate of Appreciation 2013.
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Atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, alopecia, lupus erythematosus, mycobacterium infections, graft-versus-host disease, immunology.
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Prof. Pramod Kumar Nigam
Director cum Professor & Head
Department of Dermatology, STD & Leprosy
Pt. J.N.M.Medical College
India
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Pramod Kumar Nigam, MD, MBA, MAMS, PGDIHL, FIAD, FRCP is Director cum Professor & Head in the Department of Dermatology, STD & Leprosy, Pt. J.N.M.Medical College, Raipur-492001, Chhattisgarh, India. Dr. Nigam first earned a MBBS in 1984 and then MD in 1987 from the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. After his MD, Dr. Nigam worked as senior registrar at the Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi. In the year 1988, Dr. Nigam joined the Department of Dermatology, STD & Leprosy, Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur-492001, Chhattisgarh, India as a teaching faculty on the post of assistant professor and got promoted to the posts of associate professor and then professor of dermatology. Presently he is working as Direcror cum Professor & Head, Department of Dermatology, STD & Leprosy, Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur-492001, Chhattisgarh, India. Dr. Nigam has published over 55 peer-reviewed scientific articles in various areas and has authored 2 Book Chapters. He also serves a member of several national professional societies, as well as editorial board member and reviewer of several scientific journals. Dr. Nigam has been awarded with FIAD (India) in 2012 and FRCP (Glasgow) in 2015.
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Vitiligo, Lichen planus, Psoriasis, Genodermatoses.
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Dr. Kazunari Sugita, M.D., Ph.D.
Lecturer
Division of Dermatology
Tottori University
Japan
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Dr. Chernyshov Pavel Viktorovich, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology and Venereology
National Medical University
Ukraine
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Dr. Tasleem Arif
Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology, STDs and Leprosy
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)
India
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Dr. Jitlada Meephansan M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Chulabhorn International college of Medicine
Thammasat University
Thailand
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Prof. Yoshika Sekine, PhD
Professor
Department of Chemistry, School of Science
Tokai University
Japan
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Dr. Yoshiyuki Kitaguchi, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Oculoplastic, Lacrimal, and Orbital Surgery
Aichi Medical University Hospital
Japan
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Prof. Gwo-Shing Chen,M.D.,Ph.D.
Director
Department of Dermatology
Kaohsiung Medical University
Taiwan
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Biography :
Professor Gwo-Shing Chen is currently the Professor of Dermatology at Kaohsiung Medical University and Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Taiwan. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from China Medical University, Taiwan, and received his PhD degree from the University of Kitasado, Japan. He completed his dermatology residency training in 1985, and since then had worked as a full-time dermatologist at Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital. Since 2000, he had been appointed as Director of the Department of Dermatology, Kaohsiung Medical University and Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital.
Professor Chen’s research interests include wound healing in diabetes mellitus, pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis and psoriasis, cutaneous vasculitis and photomedicine for anti-aging. He had been appointed as a member of the Taiwan Medical Association, Taiwanese Dermatological Society, Chinese Family Medical Society, Japanese Dermatological Association, and Taiwanese Society for Investigative Dermatology.
Over the last 10 years, Professor Chen had published more than 100 papers in scientific journals, including the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, British Journal of Dermatology, Experimental Dermatology, and Translational Research. He had undertaken extensive investigations into the effects of high-glucose environment on wound healing in diabetes and the molecular mechanisms involved. He had also performed extensive studies on the patho-mechanisms of atopic dermatitis and psoriasis.
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Study on wound healing in diabetes mellitus, pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis, cutaneous vasculitis and photomedicine for anti-aging.
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Prof. Dr. Mustafa Turhan Sahin
Professor
Medical Faculty Department of Dermatology
Celal Bayar University
Turkey
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Prof. Liangdan Sun, MD, Ph.D,
Professor & Director
Key Laboratory of Dermatology
First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (AHMU)
China
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I am elected as the committee member of Human and Medical Genetic Specialty Committee, Genetics Society of China, Committee Member of Clinical Precision Medicine Special Committee, Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Committee Member of Dermatology Special Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association, Youth Committee Member of Genetics Society of China, Youth Committee Member of Chinese Society of Dermatology and Chinese Society of Eductional Technology in Chinese Medical Association.
I was recognized as Young Changjiang Scholar of Ministry of Education, China, Excellent Young Scholar of National Science Fundation, Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions of National Talents Engineering of China, New Century Outstanding Talents Project of the Ministry of Education, China.
I have been endavuring to the study on the genetics and genomics of diseases and have published 144 SCI papers, including New Engl J Med and Nat Genet and act as peer-review for more than 20 SCI journals.
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Genetics and Genomics of Diseases
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Dr. Ryoji Tanei
Director
Departmentof dermatology
Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology
Japan
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Assistant resident in dermatology Kitasato University, Kanagawa, 1987, resident in dermatology, 1989—1992, fellow in dermatology, 1992—1997, assistant professor department dermatology, 1997. Assistant resident in dermatology Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, 1987—1989, divisionchief in dermatology, 1998-2011.
Director in dermatology Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, since 2012.
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Atopic dermatitis in older people, human graft versus host reaction (e.g. lichen planus, GVHD), and geriatric skin diseases.
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Prof. Tsutomu Ohtsuka, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Dermatology,
International University of Health and Welfare Hospital
Japan
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Dr. Noritaka Oyama, MD
Chief Dermatologist
Dermatology & Dermato-Allergology
Matsuda General Hospital
Japan
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He received his M.D. from the Fukushima Medical University (FMU), Fukushima, Japan, in 1994. He worked on the epigenetic/genetic interrelationship for the pathogenesis of psoriasis under the supervision of Prof. Yoshimi Homma (Biomolecular Science, FMU) and obtained his Ph.D. in 1998.He then worked at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College, London,UK (2001-2003)and kept his research interests on autoimmune and allergic skin diseases, and genodermatoses. His honorable awards include the best research award in the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) and the research encouragement prize in the British Society for Investigative Dermatology (BSID), Kanae foundation research award, etc. He is currently working as a Chief Dermatologist in the Matsuda General Hospital, andan adjunct professor in the Fukui University, Fukui, Japan.
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Autoimmune and allergic skin diseases, and genodermatoses
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Dr. Mohamad Goldust Jouybari, M.D.
General Practitioner
Medical School
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Iran
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Dr. Keiji Sugiura M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Department of Environmental Dermatology and Allergology
Daiichi Clinic
Japan
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Dr. Jiro Kishimoto, Ph.D.
Section Director
Regenerative Medicine Research & Business Development Section,
Shiseido Global Innovation Center, Shiseido CO.,LTD.
Japan
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Dr. Jiro Kishimoto has obtained his PhD from Kyoto Universityin 1994. After joining Shiseido Research Center, he was trained in neuroscience in University of Cambridge / MRC in U.K. in 1991-1993, and also in dermatology as a research fellow in MGH/Harvard Cutaneous Biology Research Center (CBRC) during 1996-1999. He developed hair follicle reconstitution model system and proved the involvement of Wnt pathway for hair inductivity. After his appointment as a head of Hair Research Lab. and Skin Biology Research Lab. at Shiseido, he is currently section director of Regenerative Medicine Research & Business Development Section since 2015. He is a council member of SHSR, JSID, and a member of JSRM, and reviewed for many journals including JID, JDS, and Tissue engineering.
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Hair Biology, Keratinocyte biology, Dermatology, Developmental biology, Stem cell biology, Regenerative Medicine,
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Dr. Yaei Togawa, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology
Chiba University
Japan
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Prof. Mi-la Cho, PhD.
Professor
Department of Life Science
College of Medicine, Catholic University Med.College Seoul
Korea
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Dr. Kim Juewon
Senior Researcher
Longevity Science Research Team / Vital Beautie Research Division
AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION R&D CENTER
Korea
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Dr. Kozo Nakai, MD, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology,
Kagawa University
Japan
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Prof. Kyung Mok Park, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
Dongshin University
Korea
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Prof. Yasuko Obata
Professor and Chairperson
Department of Pharmaceutics
Hoshi University
Japan
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Prof. Pao-Chu Wu, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Pharmacy
Kaohsiung Medical University
Taiwan
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Dr. Bishurul Hafi Na
Consultant Dermatologist
IQRAA International Hospital and Research Centre
Kozhikkod
India
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Dr. Ava Teresa Shamban, M.D.
Researcher
SkinXFive, MediSpa
Pacific Palisades and Century City
USA
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Biography :
1983-1984 General practice & medical director of the Rural Health Project, King City, CA
1984-1985 General practice, Immediate Medical Care, Monterey, CA
1989-1996 Dr. Murad, Affiliated Dermatology, Los Angeles, CA
1996-present Ava MD, Cosmetic and Medical Dermatology, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, CA
2015-present SkinXFive, MediSpa, Pacific Palisades and Century City, CA
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Dr. Merve Meliha Hiz
Associate Professor
Department of Medical Biology
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Turkey
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