International Psoriasis Council

Advancing Knowledge. Improving Care.

Ruth

Murphy

,

PhD, MBChB, FRCP

Consultant Dermatologist
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Sheffield
,
United Kingdom
Councilor Since: December 1, 2009
IPC Councilor
Professor Ruth Murphy is a Consultant Dermatologist at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom, and has a keen interest in chronic inflammatory diseases in adults and children. She graduated from Sheffield Medical School in 1990 after completing a first-class intercalated degree in dermatopathology. Following membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1993, her first post in dermatology was as a registrar at Waikato University Hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand. She returned to the United Kingdom in January 1994, having won a clinical research fellowship with the Wellcome Trust which enabled her to carry out a PhD in genetic linkage analysis around the IL-4 cluster in atopic and parasitised populations. She began as a dermatology registrar in January 1998 and completed her specialist training in July 2001. Her first consultant post was at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, United Kingdom in 2001, and while there she went to Charlotte, North Carolina, United States to do further training in genital dermatology.
Last Updated:
03/01/2015

Areas of Interest

Pediatric psoriasis and vulval disease and education.

IPC Committees / Groups

Pediatric Global Burden Task Force, Pediatric Psoriasis Working Group

Languages Spoken

English

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