Dr. Julien Lambert completed his residency in Dermatology in 1987 at the University of Antwerp, followed by an additional year of training with a special focus on photodermatology at the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. He received his master’s in economic sciences at the University of Antwerp in 1989, where his thesis was on the economic cost of HIV in Belgium. In 1994, he obtained his PhD in provocation tests of polymorphic light eruption. He was appointed Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the Antwerp University Hospital in 1997. His main interests are general dermatology (acne, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis), photodermatology, pharmaco-economics, dermato-epidemiology, and topical dermatology.

Dr. Lambert was president of the Royal Belgian Society of Dermatology and Venereology from 2002 to 2007 and was a member of the Board and Finance Committee of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) from 2007 to 2013. He is a professor emeritus and still works at the University Hospital of Antwerp. He is treasurer of the Royal Belgian Society of Dermatology, Charmain of the Finance Committee of the EADV, and Past-President of the Fondation Rene-Touraine e-dermatology portal committee.