Prof. Martin Steinhoff
Member - Scientific Committee
Senior Consultant, Dermatology
Professor Steinhoff has studied Medicine and Human Biology in Germany where he had received his MD and MSc as well as PhD from the University of Marburg. After residency in Internal Medicine and Dermatology, he became Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Muenster in 2002, rising from assistant professor to full professor in only 6 years. He holds board certifications in dermatology, venerology, phlebology and allergy from Germany, in dermatology from the California Medical Board and Irish Medical council, as well as Qatar Medical Counsil (QCHP).
Prof Steinhoff is an established physician and scientist with a long-standing background as a basic scientist studying mediators, pathways and their receptors that cause inflammation, autoimmune disease or cancers of the skin on a molecular level. He also uses in vivo and ex vivo models to study proof-of-principle concepts, and translate them into the human disease setting by performing human studies or clinical trials. Prof. Steinhoff was P.I. on > 25 studies/trials, and performed several independent human studies that have let to various patents.
Beside general dermatology as a whole, his fields of clinical interests are eczema/itch, rosacea/acne, psoriasis, scleroderma, epidermolysis bullosa and wound healing (ulcers). He also performs and teaches sclerotherapy and foam-sclerotherapy for the treatment or prevention of ulcers. He has run university consultative clinics for general dermatology, itch/eczema, psoriasis, rosacea/acne, wound ambulance for in-bed patients, day care patients and out-patients in Germany, USA, Ireland and Qatar for more than 20 years.
To date, his group has published more than 200 original articles or reviews, more than 50 book chapters, and more than 200 abstracts, spanning basic science as well as clinical dermatology (IF: 1018,527; H-index 64). He holds 11 patents, has been consultant for > 25 companies, and serves on the scientific advisory board of various industry partners.
Prof Steinhoff started his current position as Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Dermatology and Venerology in Oct. 2016. From 2014-17, He was Professorial Chair and Director of the Dept. of Dermatology and Director of the UCD Charles Institute at University college Dublin, Ireland. He is also Adjunct Professor at the University College Dublin, Ireland, and CD Charles Institute at University College Dublin in January 2014 with more than 30 scientists. His current basic research interests spans Systems Medicine and cell signaling, molecular neuroscience, neuro-immunology, genomics, proteomics, biomarkers, new therapies.
Prof Steinhoff received several prestigious scientific awards for his research in Germany, USA and Ireland including the Oscar Gans main research award (Germany), Paul Langerhans research award (ADF) and the Rene Touraine lecture award from the European Academy of Dermatology (EADV), for example. He is also member of the board of directors of the European Society of Dermatology Research (ESDR), and honorary member of the Hungarian Society of Dermatology.
