PSORT - Key Persons
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- Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, Mount Sinai Sc
Anne Bowcock is Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in the United States and visiting Professor and Chair in Cancer Genomics at Imperial College London. Professor Bowcock was the first geneticist to dedicate herself to psoriasis gene research. Together with colleagues, she used samples available from what was then the National Psoriasis Tissue Bank to identify genes linked to psoriasis susceptibility. This is reportedly the first time anyone had linked any gene to psoriatic disease.
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- Chief Executive Officer of the International Psoriasis Council
Christy Langan is Chief Executive Officer of the International Psoriasis Council (IPC), a dermatology-led, voluntary, global nonprofit organization dedicated to innovation across the full spectrum of psoriasis through research, education and patient care.
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- Lead, Data Integration and Analysis / Director of Bioinformatics, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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- Professor of Experimental Medicine, Director
Iain McInnes is Professor of Experimental Medicine, Director of Research Institute (Immunology), Muirhead Chair of Medicine and Director of Institute (School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing) at the University of Glasgow. Professor McInnes has a major interest in the biology of inflammatory synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and septic arthritis and chairs the PSORT Independent Advisory Board.
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- D. Martin Carter Professor
James Krueger is the D. Martin Carter Professor in Clinical Investigation, Director, Milstein Medical Research Program and Senior Attending Physician at the Rockefeller University Hospital. Professor Krueger's research group focuses on the study of cutaneous inflammation and autoimmune mechanisms in human skin and uses psoriasis as a model to investigate the pathogenesis of inflammatory disease and autoimmunity.
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- Director of Strategic Programs, Prescription Global Business, Nest
John Armstrong is Director of Strategic Programs, Prescription Global Business, Nestle Skin Health. Dr Armstrong is a global portfolio strategist for immunology and inflammation with experience in immune-mediated inflammatory disorders (dermatology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, etc.) and cardiovascular biology. His expertise extends to biotechnology, personalized medicine, global markets, and support of business development and investment strategy.
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- Professor in the Faculty of Medical Sciences
Peter van de Kerkhof is Professor in the Faculty of Medical Sciences and Chair in Dermatology at Radboud University Medical Center. Professor van de Kerkhof's research group conducts research on skin diseases and dermatitis, specializes in psoriasis in particular and other inflammatory reactions of the epidermis, including eczema. The group also studies systemic diseases that cause such inflammatory reactions.