AstraZeneca sponsored symposium
Next-generation propellant: leading the way with world-first innovations for COPD
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AstraZeneca has provided sponsorship towards this independent programme. AstraZeneca has had no editorial input into or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the AstraZeneca sponsored symposia presentations.
Dr Sunit Raja
Consultant in respiratory and general internal medicine, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Raja graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine with a further degree in healthcare management. He undertook his early clinical training in the North-West Thames Deanery and subsequently completed specialty training in the Oxford deanery. He was appointed Chief Registrar at Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2018. After completion of training, he was appointed as a consultant in respiratory and general internal medicine at Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2021.
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Dermatology
Dr Tamara Griffiths FRCP
President, British Association of Dermatologists
Dr Tamara Griffiths is a senior consultant dermatologist at the Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Trust, and is current president of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD). She is honorary senior lecturer at the University of Manchester, a world-leading centre for dermatological research, and also an American board-certified dermatologist. Her clinical team was awarded BMJ Dermatology Team of the Year in 2018, and in 2021 she was recognised by the BAD as clinician of the year.
Her leadership roles in education and training include chair of the JRCPTB’s Dermatology Specialist Advisory Committee. As inaugural education vice president for the BAD, she founded the British College of Dermatology in 2021. She is medical programme director for the University of Manchester MSc in skin ageing and aesthetic medicine, developed in 2013 and now recognised as the gold standard in the UK and internationally. She is section editor for Rook’s textbook of dermatology, and her Br J Dermatol submission on skin ageing is the highest cited for 2024.
She carries cross-industry authority in the non-surgical cosmetic sector, acting as adviser to the Department of Health’s Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions, led by Sir Bruce Keogh. She is a founding member and trustee of the Cosmetic Practice Standards Authority, which launched in partnership with the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners in 2018, and together drove forward the change in primary legislation to safeguard patients with mandatory regulation for non-surgical cosmetic practice.
Dr Domniki Iatropoulou
Dermatology ST4 trainee, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Domniki Iatropoulou is a dermatology registrar in the Severn Deanery, currently working as ST4 resident doctor in dermatology at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. She completed her medical degree at the University of Ioannina, Greece, and holds MRCP(UK). Alongside her clinical training, Dr Iatropoulou has a strong interest in medical education and completed a postgraduate certificate in medical education at St George’s, University of London, where she also worked as a clinical teaching fellow. As national British Association of Dermatologists trainee co-representative, she enjoys supporting initiatives that enhance education and collaboration across the UK.
Dr Satveer Mahil FRCP
Consultant dermatologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Satveer Mahil is a consultant dermatologist at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and a reader at King’s College London. She graduated from the University of Cambridge and completed integrated academic training (NIHR academic clinical fellowship and NIHR clinical lectureship) in dermatology at St John’s Institute of Dermatology. During her MRC-funded PhD, she used genetic information to gain novel insights into the mechanistic basis of different forms of psoriasis and define new therapeutic targets. After her PhD, she was awarded an MRC clinical academic research partnership award, and she currently holds an NIHR advanced fellowship. Her translational research seeks to optimise outcomes for individuals with inflammatory skin diseases including psoriasis and eczema. She is director of St John’s DermAcademy (dermatology education academy).
Managing psoriasis: past, present and future
Dr Philip Laws
Dermatologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Phil Laws is a consultant dermatologist with an interest in inflammatory dermatoses working at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. He originally trained in Manchester before completing a medical dermatology fellowship in Toronto, Canada. Phil undertakes research in psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and connective tissue disease. He jointly leads a psoriasis service and a connective tissue disease service working in close collaboration with rheumatology.
Bullous dermatoses
Professor Michael Ardern-Jones FRCP
Professor of dermatology, University of Southampton
Professor Michael Ardern-Jones has an academic interest in cutaneous inflammatory disease and is internationally recognised for his expertise in this area. His research encompasses artificial lab-grown skin models and skin biopsies from patients, as well as interventional and observational clinical trials. He leads the NHS service for eczema, skin allergy and drug hypersensitivity reactions. His research team comprises MSc students, PhD students, postdoctoral scientists, fellows, nurses and technicians. He is the immediate past academic vice president of the British Association of Dermatologists and chairs the UK–Irish Atopic Eczema Systemic Therapy Register (A-STAR). He represents the UK on various European task force projects and advises NICE. He is the NIHR south-east central dermatology research lead and has previously served as president of the British Society for Medical Dermatology, British Society for Investigative Dermatology, and the Skin Investigation Society.
Drug eruptions: what medics need to know
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