Advances in Psoriasis - Research Grant Programme

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

As part of their commitment to advancing research in the field of psoriasis and TNF-related skin disorders, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals is pleased to announce the winners of the Advances in Psoriasis Research Grant Programme.

Winners were chosen by an Expert Panel of international leaders in dermatology and each will receive a research grant of Euros 100,000.

The Winners Research Title
Professor W-H Boehncke
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University
Frankfurt, Germany
Influence on insulin resistance and co-morbidities by systemic anti-psoriatic therapies
Dr A Costanzo
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Rome, Italy
Anti-inflammatory activity of IKK-α in psoriasis: cross-talk between the TNF-α and the TGF-β pathways
Associate Professor L Iversen
Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Denmark
Inflammatory caspases, inflammasomes and MAPK phosphatases in the pathogenesis of psoriasis
Professor F Nestle
King’s College London
London, UK
Investigation of the functional role of the interleukin-23 receptor
gene variant in the immunopathogenesis of psoriasis
Professor J Schalkwijk
Radboud University Medical Centre
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
The role of β-defensins in psoriasis
Professor M Ståhle
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
Genetic variation and microRNA-mediated regulation of genes
in the TNF-α pathway in psoriasis