Chris Griffiths (dermatologist)

Christopher Ernest Maitland Griffiths OBE (born June 1954) is Foundation Professor of Dermatology at the University of Manchester, Director of the Manchester Centre for Dermatology Research, and Head of the Dermatology Theme of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre. He is an Honorary Consultant Dermatologist at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

Chris Griffiths
BornJune 1954 (age 66)[1]
Alma materSt Thomas's Hospital Medical School
AwardsSir Archibald Gray Medal (2015)
Society of Cosmetic Scientists' Medal (2016)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
University of Manchester

Griffiths graduated with a first-class degree in Anatomy from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in 1976 and completed an MBBS in Medicine in 1979.[2] He trained in Dermatology at St Mary's Hospital, London, where he was a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellow from 1985 to 1987. In 1987 he became a research fellow in Dermatology at the University of Michigan, becoming an Assistant Professor from 1989 to 1993. He founded the Manchester Dermatopharmacology Unit and the Manchester Psoriasis Service in 1994, and co-founded the International Psoriasis Council in 2004. He was President of the British Association of Dermatologists from 2004 to 2005.[3]

He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and an elected Member of Academia Europaea. He was awarded the Sir Archibald Gray Medal for outstanding service to British Dermatology in 2015, and the Society of Cosmetic Scientists' Medal in 2016. He was made an OBE in the 2018 New Year Honours, for services to dermatology.[4] He has an h-index of 113.[5]

References
  1. "Christopher Ernest Maitland GRIFFITHS". Companies House. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. "Prof CEM Griffiths OBE MD FRCP FMedSci". University of Manchester. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. "Past Officers". British Association of Dermatologists. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. "The Queen's New Year's Honours - the full Greater Manchester list". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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