Dermato-Venereological Research at Lund University

Prof Magnus Bruze, Head at Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Malmö. Lund University is one of northern Europe’s largest seats of learning for higher education and research and is ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. It was founded in 1666 and is the second oldest Swedish University. The two Divisions of Dermatology and Venereology belong to the Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund and Malmö, respectively. The research is closely linked to translational and basic research at the Biomedical Center, Lund, as well as connected to Clinical Dermatology in Malmö–Lund at Skåne University Hospital. Furthermore, the Dermatological Clinic is involved in interdisciplinary research in collaboration with the Oncology Clinic and the Division of Physics at Lund Institute of Technology. Research within the Unit of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology involves extensive national and international collaboration. This collaboration involves researchers from dermatological and non-dermatological departments on every continent. In total, the merged Lund–Malmö Dermatological Clinic has more than 150 employees, and is headed by Drs Bertil Persson and Åke Svensson. During recent decades research in Lund has focused on pigmentation and melanoma, photodermatology, contact dermatitis, neuropeptides, innate immunity, wound healing, and atopic dermatitis (AD).