Hair Diseases

BIOGRAPHY

Ralf Paus, MD

Academic positions: Professor of Dermatology and experimental dermatology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lubeck Visiting Professor at Dept. Molecular Medicine, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Munich Visiting Professor at Dept. Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, UK

All commercial positions (in last five years): Member of HSF Medical and Scientific advisory Board Consultant for Beiersdorf (Germany), Schering (Germany), Symrise (USA), Associate Editor of Experimental Dermatology and Journal of investigative dermatology Reviewer for numerous, leading dermatological and life science journals

Previous positions (in the last five years): 1999-2004 Professor and Vice-Chair Dept. of Dermatology, University Hospital Eppendorf, University of Hamburg 1-6/2005 ¿ Sabbatical, Dept. Molecular Medicine, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Munich

Research interests: Neurobiology, Neuroendocrinology and neuroimmunology or the skin Hair follicle biology Regeneratrive medicine Biology of the nail apparatus Development of novel in vitro screening assays for candidate skin and hair drugs

Any other information: Languages ¿ German, English Italian