International Psoriasis Council

Advancing Knowledge. Improving Care.

Christopher

Griffiths

,

OBE, MD, FMedSci

Emeritus Professor of Dermatology and an Adjunct Professor
University of Manchester and King’s College London
London
,
United Kingdom
IPC Honorary Founder
Professor Chris Griffiths is an Emeritus Professor of Dermatology at the University of Manchester and an Adjunct Professor at King’s College London. He founded the Manchester Dermatopharmacology Unit and the Manchester Psoriasis Service in 1994 and has received many awards for his work, including OBE “for services to dermatology” in the 2018 Queen’s New Year’s Honours. Chris is a former President of the European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR), the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD), and the International Psoriasis Council (IPC), which he co-founded in 2004. He is Editor-in-Chief of Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology and Rook’s Dermatology Handbook and is the third most cited dermatologist in the world. Chris has a career-long interest in all aspects of psoriasis and was part of the team that showed psoriasis to be an immune-mediated disease. He is active in global health initiatives, including directing the Global Psoriasis Atlas (GPA) and co-founding the Burma Skincare Initiative (BSI) charity.
Last Updated:
03/04/2026

Areas of Interest

Global Psoriasis Atlas, stratified medicine, advanced therapeutics and global health research and policy.

IPC Committees / Groups

Diverse Skin Types Working Group, Global Psoriasis Atlas, Honorary Founding

Languages Spoken

English

Involvement with Other Organization(s)

Involved with the International Federation of Psoriasis Associations (IFPA), the Psoriasis Association of the United Kingdom, and the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF).

What's New

Use and Misuse of Systemic Corticosteroids in Psoriasis

In this Take Ten with IPC video, Professor Peter van de Kerkhof discusses the use and misuse of systemic corticosteroids in psoriasis. He questions whether they contraindicate the treatment of psoriasis, while also covering his personal experience in prescribing them.

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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Use and Misuse of Topical Corticosteroids in Psoriasis

In this Take Ten with IPC video, Professor Peter van de Kerkhof discusses the use and misuse of topical corticosteroids in psoriasis, covering current use, guidelines, and consequences.

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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Videos Now Available from the IEC & IPC Joint Symposium at AAD

Missed the joint symposium hosted by the International Eczema Council (IEC) and International Psoriasis Council (IPC) at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting? Select presentations from Psoriasis or Dermatitis? When Boundaries Blur and Treatments Flip the Script are now available, covering diagnostic overlap, emerging tools, treatment-related reactions, and practical strategies for managing complex cases across diverse patient populations.

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Wednesday, May 27, 2026