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International Psoriasis Council

Advancing Knowledge. Improving Care.

Andrew

Pink

,

PhD

Consultant Dermatologist
St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
London
,
United Kingdom
Councilor Since: September 1, 2019
IPC Councilor
Dr. Andrew Pink is a consultant dermatologist and the director of the adult Clinical Trials Unit at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London. He is the deputy director of the South London National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Commercial Research Delivery Centre and an Honorary Senior Lecturer and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at King’s College London. He is an ex-Honorary Secretary of the St John’s Dermatological Society, a Councilor with the International Psoriasis Council (IPC), and Chair of the Annual United Kingdom (UK) Dermatology Course for Consultants. He is regularly a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical expert. His clinical and academic interests focus on inflammatory skin disease and translational medicine, primarily in psoriasis and eczema. Andrew has helped to develop a national multi-disciplinary eczema service and a very active trials unit (phase II-IV) at St. John’s. He has acted as Chief Investigator (CI) on multiple trials examining novel therapies emerging in psoriasis and eczema. He is the CI for the Best Evidence for Advancing Clinical Outcomes in National Eczema Treatment (BEACON) trial, a large UK multi-arm multi-stage platform trial designed to assess the comparative effectiveness of systemic therapies for moderate to severe eczema in adults.
Last Updated:
07/11/2025

Areas of Interest

Main interest – Clinical trial design and completion (Clinical trial lead at my centre – novel therapeutics for psoriasis and pustular psoriasis). Other interests – Clinical observational research, registry work, genetic/ personalization research (with Jonathan Barker and Catherine Smith).

IPC Committees / Groups

Fellowship Program Advisory Committee

Languages Spoken

English

Involvement with Other Organization(s)

Acted as clinical expert for NICE review of biologic therapies for psoriasis.

What's New

Psoriasis: An Expert Global Perspective Is Now Available for Pre-Order

IPC Board Member and Treasurer Joel Gelfand, MD, MSCE, is the editor of a new textbook, Psoriasis: An Expert Global Perspective, now available for preorder from Elsevier. He worked with associate editors IPC President Bruce Strober, MD, PhD; IPC Vice President/President-Elect Claudia de la Cruz, MD; and IPC Chief Medical Officer Peter van de Kerkhof, MD, PhD. Nearly 50 authors from 20 countries contributed 30 chapters covering psoriasis from its earliest descriptions through genetics, immunology, and current therapies, with clinical images of psoriasis across diverse skin tones. All royalties support IPC.

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Thursday, September 10, 2026

New Video Resource: Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)

In this video, IPC Councilor Rodrigo Garcia Salinas, MD, a rheumatologist from Argentina, explains how to recognize psoriatic arthritis early, including why joint pain, how long a patient has had psoriasis, and family history can matter more than skin severity alone. He also reviews how imaging helps catch early disease and how to choose treatment based on each patient’s joint, spine, and skin involvement.

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Friday, September 25, 2026

Take Ten Video: Bridging Psoriasis and Metabolic Comorbidities

IPC President Bruce Strober reviews the link between psoriasis and metabolic disease, drawing on findings from IPC’s recent paper in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD). He translates this growing body of evidence into five concrete priorities from the 2025 IPC Think Tank for improving cardiometabolic screening and care.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2026