UB-ISDIN LIVE YOUNG Chair
The appearance of skin is a faithful reflection of the state of health. The proposal of this Chair is to generate solid scientific knowledge to inform the population about strategies that can keep our body young and healthy: strategies that, in turn, will give our skin a young, healthy appearance, instead of choosing to rejuvenate our appearance artificially without really improving health.
To achieve this, the UB-ISDIN LIVE YOUNG Chair is designed to contribute to developing knowledge of the skin based on promoting the study and scientific analysis of all the biological (endogenous or genetic, exogenous or exposome), social, emotional and spiritual parameters that affect our health over time and are reflected in the appearance of our skin. The aim is to promote specific care techniques and habits that enable us to prolong the “youth” of our health and consequently of our skin.
Director
Presentation
The objectives pursued by the Chair with its activity are:
1. Generate knowledge from a meta-analysis of available scientific publications on:
1.1 Exposome and skin (pollution, smoking, UV radiation, diet, lifestyle, sleep, exercise, stress, profession, etc.
1.2 Emotional wellbeing and skin
1.3 Spiritual wellbeing and skin
1.4 Social wellbeing and skin
In each publication, we will specifically look for the influence of genetic susceptibility, the influence on the cutaneous epigenome, the information on the cutaneous metabolome of ageing, and the existing technological applications.
2. Create transdisciplinary meetings of experts to address each one of the previous topics.
3. Promote knowledge of the exposome through dissemination of the progress made to society and the training of skin professionals.
4. Generate research proposals to request financing from public or private entities to demonstrate the tests of concept that are generated.
Team
Expert in Dermato-Oncology, head of the Dermatology Service at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, professor at the University of Barcelona and head of IDIBAPS research group “Melanoma: image, genetics and immunology”.
Bachelor’s degree in Medicine (1988) from the University of Barcelona. She specialized in Dermatology in 1992 and has held a PhD in Medicine since 2000, for which she received the extraordinary doctorate award.
Principal investigator of 30 competitive research projects with financing obtained from the Health Research Fund, European Union FP6, FP7 and H2020 and the Spanish Association against Cancer, among others; and principal investigator of over 50 clinical trials on melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin disorders including psoriasis, atopic skin or photodermatosis.
As professor, she has supervised 15 doctoral theses and 20 final master’s degree projects.
She is a member of many scientific societies and the board of directors of IDS, the Melanoma Group of EORTC, Spanish Multidisciplinary Melanoma Group (GEM), and the Spanish Association for Cancer Research (ASEICA).
Her scientific output includes (up to 14 June 2021): Publications (WoS): 572; Total citations (WoS): 13,684; Total citations (Scopus): 15,009; Total Publications Q1 Scopus: 416; H-Index (Scopus): 64.
World leader in research on diagnosis and treatment of melanoma and skin cancer with broad experience in this field. Director of the skin cancer (melanoma) programme at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and consultant at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of Nueva York (USA).
Advisor to various European governments and the United States (National Institutes of Health, NIH) on new technologies and treatment of skin cancer. Currently leader of the digital technology group of ISIC.
Professor at the American Academy of Dermatology, the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and CILAD, and member of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.
Member and Spanish representative of the board of directors of the European Association of Dermato Oncology (EADO) and a member of the Melanoma Group of EORTC and ESMO.
Founding member of the International Dermoscopy Society, of the Confocal Working Group and of the International Society of Teledermatology. Numerary member of the European Academy of Doctors.
Bachelor’s degree in Medicine (University of Santiago de Compostela, 1999), specialist in Medical-Surgical Dermatology (Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, 2004) and PhD in Medicine (University of Barcelona, 2013).
Clinical expert with international recognition in the field of melanoma, melanocytic nevus, skin cancer, photocarcinogenesis and image diagnosis in dermatology; dermatoscopy, in vivo confocal microscopy.
Participant in more than 15 clinical trials in this field. Preparation of standardised clinical guidelines and protocols for treatment (Hospital Clínic Barcelona).
Clinical expert in familial melanoma, xeroderma pigmentosum and congenital nevus.
