Brain-skin axis
The Brain-Skin Axis Unit forms part of the Dermatological Sciences Research Group within the School of Translational Medicine. The Unit is world leading in furthering an understanding of how skin disease produce stress eg the psychosocial disability consequent on psoriasis; and how stressful life events may trigger and/or exacerbate inflammatory skin disease. The Unit is funded by the Medical Research Council, Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance and Industry.
Further information
- Psychological stress
- Cognitive therapies
- Neuroimmunology and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Principal investigators and collaborators
| Name | Job title | Email address |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Christopher Griffiths | Professor of Dermatology and Head of Research School of Translational Medicine | christopher.griffiths@manchester.ac.uk |
| Dr Christine Bundy | Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology/Psychological Medicine | christine.bundy@manchester.ac.uk |
| Dr Elise Kleyn | Clinical Research Fellow | elise.kleyn@manchester.ac.uk |
| Professor Ralf Paus | Professor of Cutaneous Medicine | ralf.paus@manchester.ac.uk |
| Dr Rebecca Dearman | Research Fellow (Faculty of Life Sciences) | rebecca.dearman@manchester.ac.uk |
| Professor Ian Kimber | Professor of Toxicology (Faculty of Life Sciences) | ian.kimber@manchester.ac.uk |
| Professor Giorgio Terenghi | Professor of Tissue Engineering | giorgio.terenghi@manchester.ac.uk |
| Professor Ian Anderson | Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry | ian.anderson@manchester.ac.uk |
| Professor Bill Deakin | Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit | bill.deakin@manchester.ac.uk |
| Dr Rebecca Elliott | Senior Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience | rebecca.elliott@manchester.ac.uk |
| Dr Shane McKie | Postdoctoral Research Associate | shane.mckie@manchester.ac.uk |
| Professor Daniella Montaldi | Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience | daniela.montaldi@manchester.ac.uk |