Vision

The vision of the Dermatology Research Institute is to continue fostering itself as a regional leading center for translational skin research, dermatology training and patient service, collaborating nationally and internationally. This includes training local scientists and physician scientists to become international leaders in their field of expertise.

Mission

The Dermatology Research Institute aims to transform academic dermatology with many benefits for HMC and Qatar. We anticipate maintaining a sustainable, successful dermatology institute of international reputation, which will be funded in basic parts by HMC and later also in substantial quantities through research grants, clinical trials, human studies and national/international partnerships as well as industry-academic partnerships. Finally, this innovative education program of the translational Dermatology Research Institute connected with the Dermatology residency program will generate excellent next-generation internationally competitive academic dermatologists for Qatar.

Research area of the Institute

  • Chronic inflammatory skin diseases (eczema, prurigo, psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, vitiligo, alopecia, genetic skin diseases, SJS, TEN, cutaneous t-cell lymphoma)
  • Omics technologies
  • Systemic medicine
  • Neuroimmunology
  • Molecular pharmacology​