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Journal Article Ahead of print

PubMed: 42931730 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2026.08.023

Advancing global dermato-epidemiology: A roadmap for action through the Global Dermato-Epidemiology Forum (GDEF).

J Invest Dermatol

Authors: Suzanne H Keddie, Hywel C Williams, Dieudonné Sankara, Kingsley Asiedu, Katrina Abuabara, Alice U Amani, Valeria Aoki, Darren M Ashcroft, Ramesh Bhat, Arturo Borzutzky, Ncoza C Dlova, Aaron M Drucker, Clio Dessinioti, Guadalupe Estrada, Viktoria Eleftheriadou, Khaled Ezzedine, Ousmane Faye, Esther E Freeman, Lars E French, Joel M Gelfand, Christopher E M Griffiths, Marlous L Grijsen, Gregor B E Jemec, Sinéad M Langan, Adriene Lee, Henry W Lim, Luigi Naldi, Tamar Nijsten, Sebastine Oiwoh, Liane Ong, Niraj Parajuli, Jose Antonio Ruiz-Postigo, Meciusela Tuicakau, Marlies Wakkee, Joy Wan, Karolyn A Wanat, Yi Xiao, Zenas Z N Yiu, Rie Yotsu, L Claire Fuller, Roderick J Hay, Carsten Flohr

Affiliations

  • Global Atopic Dermatitis Altas Coordinating Centre, St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Centre of Evidence-Based Dermatology, Lifespan and Population Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
  • Department of Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Kigali University Teaching Hospital (CHUK), Kigali, Rwanda.
  • Department of Dermatology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India.
  • Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
  • Department of Dermatology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  • Department of Dermatology-Venereology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Andreas Sygros Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Dermatologia Comunitaria, Guerrero, Mexico.
  • Vitiligo clinical and Research centre for adults and children, New Cross Hospital, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom; Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Walsall, United Kingdom; Dermatology, Institute for Global Health and Wellbeing, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom.
  • Epidemiology in Dermatology and Evaluation of Therapeutics (EpiDermE), EA 7379, Paris-Est Créteil University, Créteil, France.
  • Hospital of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
  • Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Dr. Philip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
  • Department of Dermatology and Center for Clinical Sciences in Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Department of Dermatology, King's College Hospital, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Global Psoriasis Atlas, Centre for Dermatology Research, Manchester NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Indonesia, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
  • PHOENIX Center, Department of Allergy, Dermatology and Venereology, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.
  • Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
  • Department of Dermatology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, Michigan, USA; International League of Dermatological Societies, London, United Kingdom.
  • Dermatology Department, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
  • Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Dermatology and Venereology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria.
  • Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Ministry of Health and Medical Services and Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji.
  • Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA.
  • Department of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; Hunan Engineering Research Centre of Skin Health and Disease, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Skin Cancer and Psoriasis, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disorders (Xiangya Hospital), Central South University, Changsha, China.
  • Dermatology Centre, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust & Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, Manchester NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Los Angeles, USA; Department of Dermatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
  • London Bridge Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
  • King's College, London, United Kingdom.
  • Global Atopic Dermatitis Altas Coordinating Centre, St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.

MeSH

Epidemiology, Dermatology