The BSID Medal for Contributions to Dermatological Research in 2023 is  awarded to Prof. Jonathan Barker!

Jonathan is Professor of Medical Dermatology at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London and honorary consultant dermatologist at Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospitals. He specialises in complex hospital based medical dermatology, having established the Severe Psoriasis Service in 1996 and co-establishing the Skin Therapy Research Unit in 1995.

Jonathan’s clinical and research training in dermatology took place at Guy’s Hospital in London and at the University of Michigan in USA. He was first appointed to faculty in 1991 before taking up his current chair in 2000. From 2000-2002 he was clinical director of St John’s before taking over as Dean of St John’s shortly before re-organisation of the medical faculty of King’s College London and change of title to Academic Head, a post he held until 2018. During this time he was also Director of MSc in Clinical Dermatology and Lead of NIHR BRC Dermatology theme at KCL.

Jonathan’s research focuses on long term skin conditions and extends from genetic discovery to clinical outcome assessment. He has been principal investigator of national and international consortia using genetic and multiomic approaches to discover causal disease mechanisms, new drug targets and biomarkers of disease subtypes and outcome measures to therapeutic interventions. These are being applied to important chronic skin diseases such as psoriasis, acne and eczema. His research has been funded through programme and project grants from MRC, NIHR, EU, medical charities and industry. Jonathan has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers, authored and edited several books including the latest (10th) edition of Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology. Highly cited publications include those in Lancet, Nature Genetics and New England Journal of Medicine.

Jonathan is a past President of the European Dermatology Forum (recipient of their Pro Meritis award) and the European Society for Dermatological Research (now lifelong honorary member) having been secretary of both. From 2018-2021 he was President of International Psoriasis Council having previously been a board member and chair of the scientific committee. He has given keynote lectures around the world on many occasions including at SID, ESDR and WCD. He has received prizes from and is an honorary overseas member of several national dermatological associations including Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, and the USA.

The BSID is pleased to invite Early Career Researchers (ECR) to apply for the newly launched BSID Research Mobility Award Fellowship 2023 to the support young skin scientists and foster collaborations among BSID members 

• Eligibility and purpose: Open to ECR (Clinical Fellows, PhD Students and Post-doctoral researchers) who wish to visit a UK dermatology laboratory in a different Institution to learn a new technique or to carry out a short-term collaborative project. Both the ECR and the Head of the Host Lab MUST be BSID members. 
• Conditions: up to £3000 towards relocation costs and/or research consumables 
• Number of awards : 1 per year 
• Selection process: 

• Apply using this form
• Email application  to ukbsid@gmail.com  with the subject “BSID Research Mobility Award Fellowship​” Application deadline: January 8th 2023 
• Selection by the BSID Committee. Outcome notification Feb 2023 
• Lab visit to happen in 2023 

The BSID Medal for Contributions to Dermatological Research  is awarded every year by the BSID Committee and presented at the Annual Meeting.

The BSID medal is awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding, enduring contribution to the BSID and to UK dermatological research. Nominations are invited from BSID members. Please send a citation (500 words maximum) in support of your nomination to the BSID Chair

Nominees will be considered by the committee for selection.

Past Winners

2025 London: Professor John McGrath

2024 Southampton: Professor Eugene Healy

2023  Glasgow: Professor Jonathan Barker

2022 Newcastle: Professor Edel O’Toole

2021 Virtual: Professor Ronnie Marks

2020 No Annual Meeting

2019 Bradford: Professor Christopher Griffiths

2018 London: Professor Andrew Finlay

2017 Manchester: Professor Irene Leigh

2016 Dundee: Professor Richard Camp

2015 Southampton: Professor Robin A.J. Eady

2014 Newcastle: Professor Lionel Fry

2013 BSID at IID meeting: not awarded

2012 Exeter: Professor Malcolm Greaves

2011 Manchester: Professor Rona Mackie

2010 Edinburgh: Professor Peter Friedmann

PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID Southampton 2024

Oral Presentation Prize Winners

Best Presentation ​by a PhD Student, Joint Winners: Simranpreet Summan and Priya Garcha, both from QMUL

Best Presentation ​by a Clinical PhD Student: Dr. Rebecca Adams, King’s College London

Best Presentation ​by a Post-Doc: Dr. April Rose Foster, Sanger Institute

Poster Presentation Prize Winners

Best Poster Presentation: Anna Rhodes, Imperial College

Best Poster Presentation, Runner Up: Abubkr Ahmed, QMUL

PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID Glasgow 2023

Oral Presentation Prize Winners

Best Clinical PhD Student – Dr. Zena Willsmore, King’s College London

Best PhD Student –  Luc Francis, King’s College London

Best Postdoc – Katie Smith, Newcastle University

Poster Presentation Prize Winners

Stavroula Tekkela, QMUL

William Fostier, Newcastle University

PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID NEWCASTLE 2022

PRIZE WINNERS AT Virtual BSID 2021

PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID BRADFORD 2019

Oral Presentation Prize Winners

Best Presentation– IL-36ɣ acts as a global sensor of epithelial infection following liberation and activation by several epithelial pathogens-  Tom Macleod   

Best Presentation – Runner Up: Understanding the role of ABCA12 in the Pathogenesis of Harlequin Ichthyosis– Florence Enjalbert – 

Best Presentation by a Clinical Trainee: The Skin Microbiome in Atopic Dermatitis: Interactions BetweenBacteria (Staphyloccocus) and Fungi (Alternaria)- Margaret Hammond – 
Best Presentation by a Scientist Trainee (PhD):  Non-invasive proteomic analysis of inflammatory skin diseases via tape stripping and mass spectrometry-Anna Berekméri –.

Poster Presentation Prize Winners

Best Poster:   Generation of a novel ageing skin model-Lydia Costello

Best Poster – Runner Up: Changes in structure and protease activity in the ageing scalp-Rachael Sedman

Best Poster – Runner Up: Somatic mutation in normal human skin: a patchwork of clones-Eleanor Earp

PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID LONDON 2018

Oral Presentation Prize Winners

Best Clinical Trainee: O7 Jason Thomson – Exome sequencing of cohort of actinic keratoses to identify significantly mutated genes

Best Scientist Trainee (PhD): O21 Florence Enjalbert – Investigating the role of ABCA12 in the pathomechanisms of harlequin ichthyosis

Best Overall : O19 Christina Philippeos – Spatial and Single-cell Transcriptional profiling identifies functionally distinct human dermal fibroblast subpopulations

Best Runner up:  O6 Matthew Caley: Loss of Lama3 drives M2 Macrophage differentiation in squamous cell carcinoma

Poster Presentation Prize Winners

1st. C. Bridgewood: Interleukin-36gamma induces interleukin-23 production and angiogenesis in psoriasis

2nd (runner-up):  A. Rehman: Novel role of desmoglein-3 acting as a negative regulator of p53

3rd (runner-up):  J Q Tay: 1.25-Dihydorxyvitamin D3 down regulates matrix metalloproteinase-2 and alpha smooth muscle actin in wounded human dermal fibroblasts: Implications for scarring

PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID MANCHESTER 2017

Oral Presentation Prize Winners

Best presentation by a clinical trainee: Satveer Mahil – Preliminary validation of the IL-36 receptor as a potential therapeutic target in psoriasis.
Best presentation: Joseph Ainscough – Cathepsin S is up-regulated in psoriatic inflammation and activates the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-36y.
Best presentation (runner-up):  John Lee – Large intragenic deletion in DSTYK underlies autosomal recessive complicated spastic paraparesis (SPG23) associated with loss of skin and hair pigment.
Poster Presentation Prize Winners

Best poster presentation: Jashani Dayal – The role of transforming growth factor β signaling in RDEB Cscc. 

Best poster presentation (runner-up):  Suzanne Pilkington – Langerhans cells in human epidermis express human beta defensin-3 relevance for skin ageing.

PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID SOUTHAMPTON 2015

Best SpR Paper: O1 – iRhom2: a novel regulator of wound healing and cancer. T. Maruthappu, A.Chikh, D.Kelsell

Best Oral Presentation: Winner: O20 – A novel pathway of recognition of skin lipid antigens by T cells. S. Subramaniam, E. Bourgeois, M. Salio, V. Cerundolo, B. Moody, G. Ogg

Runner Up: O08 – Dissecting the role of iASPP, a novel regulator of epidermal homeostasis, in keratinocyte skin carcinogenesis. D.Robinson, C. Harwood, D. Bergamaschi

Best Poster: Winner: P08 – Epidermal growth factor signalling mediates mechanoregulation of keratinocyte proliferation. F. Kenny, A. Kao, A. Barber, E. O’Toole and J.T. Connelly

Runner Up: P6 –  Recombinant production of human tissue kallikrein 5 W. Chen and W.-L. Di

PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID EXETER 2012

Oral Presentation Prize Winners

1st prize – Niwa Ali, King’s College London

2nd prize – Dr Vera Martins, QMUL

3rd prize – Sarah Etheridge, QMUL

Registrar’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation  Dr Rubeta Matin, QMUL

Poster Presentation Prize Winners

1st prize – Supatra Marsh, QMUL

2nd prize – Muhammad Rahman, QMUL

3rd prize – Dr Isioma Egbuniwe, King’s College London

2025 (London)

Dr Ravi Ramessur, King’s College London

2023 (Glasgow)

Dr Emanuel Rognoni, Queen Mary University of London

Dr Chester Lai, University of Southampton

 2022 (Newcastle)

Dr  Satveer Mahil, King’s College London

2021(Virtual)

Dr. Alexandros Onoufriadis, Kings College London.

2019 (Bradford)

Dr Abigail Langton, University of Manchester

2018 (London)

Dr Anissa Chikh, Queen Mary University of London

2017 (Manchester)

Dr Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak, Oxford University

2016 (Dundee)

Dr Matt Caley, Queen Mary University of London

2015 (Southampton)

Dr David Hill, Newcastle University

2014 (Newcastle)

BSID Young Investigator Fellowship (joint)

Dr Paola Di Meglio, King’s College London  

Dr Marta Polak, University of Southampton

2012 (Exeter)

BSID Young Investigator Fellowship (joint)

Dr John Connelly, Queen Mary, University of London

Dr Muzlifah Haniffa, Newcastle University

Dr Gayathri Perera, King’s College London

2009 (Cirencester)

BSID Young Investigator Fellowship 

Dr Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Queen Mary, University of London

2008 (Oxford)

BSID Young Investigator Fellowship (joint)

Dr Michael Ardern-Jones, University of Southampton

Dr Andrew South, University of Dundee

2005 (Cambridge)

Dr Trond Aasen, Queen Mary, University of London

2004 (Sheffield)

Dr Graham Neill, Queen Mary, University of London

Dr Gillian Smith, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee

2017 (Manchester)

• Ana Catarina Laly Aguedo
• Florence Enjalbert
• Jian Tan
• John Lee
• Lisa Aston McGinty
• Martina Ghetti

Specialist Registrar Bursaries (sponsored by BAD)

• Ellie Rashid
• Jacqueline Simpson
• Katie Best
• Sarah Alexander
• Satveer Mahil
• Stephen Smith

2016 (Dundee)

Travel Awards

• Eftychia Bellou
• Ankit Patel
• Irene Castellano Pellicena
• Martina Elias
• Denise Falcone
• Helen Ray-Jones
• Kerran Kandola
• Fiona Kenny
• Cristina Tommasi

Specialist Registrar Bursaries (sponsored by BAD)

• Helen Alexander
• Wisam Alwan
• William (Wei Yann) Haw
• Rachael Jarrett
• Mieran SethiDiana Tang

2015 (Newcastle)

• Ashleigh McConnell, Newcastle University
• Barbara Shih, Manchester University
• Eyman Rashdan, Newcastle University
• David Holbrook, University of Southampton
• Marta Polak, University of Southampton
• Stamita Veryikou, Newcastle University
• Kirsten Steinz, National Institute of Medical Research

2014 (Newcastle): BSID 2014 Travel Awards 2014

• Isioma Egbuniwe, King’s College London
• Christos Georgiadis, University College London
• Kristina Ilieva, King’s College London
• Gareth Muirhead
• Davide Pennino, King’s College London
• Gabriela Petrof, King’s College London
• Marta E Polak, University of Southampton
• Maryam Salimi, University of Oxford
• Federica Villanova, King’s College London
• Cunjing Yu, University of Edinburgh

Specialist Registrar Bursaries (sponsored by BAD)

• Amy Foulkes, University of Manchester
• Ciara Haddadeen, University of Southampton
• Catriona Harkins, University of Dundee
• Rachael Jarrett, Bristol Royal Infirmary
• Claire Leitch, University of Edinburgh
• Antonia Lloyd-Lavery, University of Oxford
• Angela Tewari, Kings College London
• Richard Woolf, Kings College London

2011 (Manchester):

• Dr Anna Cogen, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Kenneth Fong, King’s College London
• Amy Gilbert, King’s College London
• Dr Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak, University of Oxford
• Dr Nayani Madarasingha, University of Edinburgh
• Chris McKee, Newcastle University
• Jennifer Nichols, Newcastle University
• Dr Gayathri Perera, King’s College London
• Katherine Sully, Queen Mary, University of London
• Gehad Youssef, University College London

2010 (Edinburgh):

• Dr Yusur Al-Nuaimi, University of Manchester
• Dr Jane Armstrong, Newcastle University
• Anissa Chikh, Queen Mary, University of London
• Dr Paola Di Meglio, King’s College London
• George Delinassios, King’s College London
• Dr Carol Hlela, University of Oxford
• Karzan Khidhir, University of Bradford
• Dr Louise Newell, University of Southampton
• Dr Ekaterina Semenova, University College London
• Marie-Claire Wilmot, Newcastle University

2009 (Cirencester):

• Dr Noor Almaani, King’s College London
• Alasdair Anderson, Newcastle University
• Dr Hsien Chan, University of Oxford
• Monika Cichon, Queen Mary, University of London
• Dr Suzanne Clements, King’s College London
• Dr Caterina Ferreli, University of Southampton
• Dr Emma Hiscutt, Newcastle University
• Dr Ute Laggner, King’s College London
• Dr Joey Lai-Cheong, King’s College London
• Dr Marta Polak, University of Southampton

2008 (Oxford):

• Dr Elaine Agius, University College London
• Rita Cabral, Queen Mary, University of London
• Christopher Ford, University of Manchester
• Dr Muzlifah Haniffa, Newcastle University
• Rosalind Hannen, Queen Mary, University of London
• Dr Ralph Jans, Newcastle University
• Dr Emmanouil Papadakis, Queen Mary, University of London
• Dr Monika Saha, King’s College London
• Dr Manuraj Singh, Queen Mary, University of London
• Dr Gillian Talbot, University College London
• Dr Catherine Wright, Glasgow Caledonian University

2007 (Nottingham):

• Kate Bennett, University College London
• Anthony Black, University of Oxford
• David Hill, University of Newcastle
• Vera Martins, Queen Mary, University of London
• Dr Megan Mowbray, University of Edinburgh
• Rajinder Sihota, University of Southampton
• Claire Sinclair, Queen Mary, University of London
• Dan Tattersall, Queen Mary, University of London
• Rudolf van Koningsveld, Queen Mary, University of London

2006 (Manchester):

• Matthew Birket, University of Newcastle
• Pawan Kumar, University of Southampton
• Dr Caroline Murray, University of Edinburgh
• Dr Samantha Robinson, University of Southampton
• Dr Xuejing Tan, University of Edinburgh

2005 (Cambridge):

2004 (Sheffield):

• Gillian Aitken, University of Newcastle
• Dr Alison Blackburn, University of Manchester
• Dr Andrew Harbottle, University of Newcastle
• Claire Jackson, University of Southampton
• Elizabeth Norgett, Queen Mary, University of London
• Dr Samantha Robinson, University of Southampton
• Dr Evi Tsoureli-Nikita, University of Manchester
• Dr Mary Wain, University Hospital, Lewisham, London