Committee members
Meet the members on our committee
146Members
BSID Chair
Dr. Paola Di Meglio
Dr. Di Meglio is a Senior Lecturer in Cutaneous Immunology, at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London. She received her PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Naples Federico II and trained at Yale University (USA), St. John’s Institute of Dermatology (London), and at the MRC NIMR, now the Francis Crick Institute (London). Dr Di Meglio’s research interest is in the etiopathogenesis of complex inflammatory skin conditions, with a particular focus on the interplay between environmental triggers and immune dysregulation, and the discovery of immune biomarkers of outcome to biologic therapies. Di Meglio has coauthored more than 30 original articles in high profile journals, such as Nature Genetics, Immunity, Cell, Science Translational Medicine, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Dr Di Meglio has given over 30 invited lectures, including at the World Congress of Dermatology in 2015 and at the Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin in 2017. She has been the recipient of the European Society for Dermatological Research/Celgene Award, and of the British Society for Investigative Dermatology Young Investigator Award, both in 2014. She is Section Editor in Dermatology and Skin Immunology for Pharmacological Research ans Associate Editor for The Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
BSID Treasurer
Dr Abigail Langton (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in Ethnic Skin at The University of Manchester and an internationally recognised expert in human skin ageing. Her research focuses on understanding the biological mechanisms of skin health and ageing across diverse ethnic groups, with the aim of improving inclusivity and relevance in dermatological science. She collaborates with leading academic institutions across the UK, USA, and Asia. Dr Langton has been an active member of the BSID for over 16 years and was awarded the BSID Early Career Investigator Award for Basic Science in 2019.
BSID Communication Officer
Dr Matthew Caley
Dr Matthew Caley is a Senior Lecturer in Cell Biology within the Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research at the Blizard Institute, QMUL. He started working in skin research during his PhD in Cardiff studying Chronic Wounds under the supervision of Prof. Phil Stephens. He worked as a Post Doc at Imperial college investigating prostate cancer metastasis in the laboratory of Dr Justin Sturge and Prof. Jonathan Waxman. In 2011 he joined Prof. Edel O’Toole’s lab at QMUL to study the skin basement membrane and its role in healthy and damaged skin as well as in skin cancer.
In 2019 Matthew was appointed as a Lecturer in Cell Biology and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2022.
Matthews research group focuses on the role of the basement membrane protein laminin 332 in skin homeostasis, skin ageing, wound healing, skin cancer and in the blistering skin disease Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa.
BSID Committee Member
Dr. Catherine Wright PhD
Dr Catherine S. Wright is a Lecturer in the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University. She undertook her PhD in Reproductive Science and Medicine at Imperial College London, after which she was a Serono Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, moving to Glasgow Caledonian University in 2006 as Postdoctoral Research Fellow, becoming Lecturer and Principal Investigator in 2014. Her current research focuses on wound healing in diabetes, in particular skin gap junction communication, fibrosis and their roles in diabetic wound healing, and connexin mimetic peptides and their therapeutic potential. She has a record of internationally recognised research and leads the GCU Skin Research Tissue Bank. She also sits on the Chief Scientist Office Translational Clinical Studies Committee.
Catherine is the lead on BSID Memberships
BSID Commitee Member
Dr Satveer Mahil
Dr Satveer Mahil is a Consultant Dermatologist at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Reader at King’s College London. She graduated from the University of Cambridge and completed integrated academic training (NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship and NIHR Clinical Lectureship) in Dermatology at St John’s Institute of Dermatology. During her MRC-funded PhD, she used genetic information to gain novel insights into the mechanistic basis of different forms of psoriasis and define new therapeutic targets. After her PhD, she was awarded an MRC Clinical Academic Research Partnership Award and she currently holds an NIHR Advanced Fellowship. Her translational research seeks to optimise outcomes for individuals with inflammatory skin diseases including psoriasis and eczema. She is director of St John’s DermAcademy
Satveer is the lead on BSID Initiatives
BSID Committee Member
Dr Thomas Tull is a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow and Honorary Consultant Dermatologist at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London. During his training he completed a PhD in B cell immunology which focussed on early B cell developmental pathways and how these are defective in systemic lupus erythematosus. He was then awarded a Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellowship and has set up a lab focussed on the investigation of pathogenic B cell responses in autoimmune skin disease.
Dr Tull’s clinical subspecialty interests are in autoimmune bullous disease and connective tissue disease. He currently works as an honorary consultant within the immunobullous and lupus clinics at St John’s Institute and manages large cohorts of patients with these conditions.
Thomas is the BSID lead on Sustainability and Industry contacts
BSID Committee Member
Dr Kim Robinson obtained a MSc in photo-dermatology and PhD in cutaneous oncology and molecular medicine from the University of Dundee in the UK. She then moved to A*STAR in Singapore to manage the Asian skin biobank, leading a team of scientific staff through industry, clinical and academic portfolios before joining the laboratory of Prof Franklin Zhong to study inflammasome biology in normal human skin. In Sept 2023 she joined the University of York and Hull York Medical School as lecturer and run a lab focused on Skin Innate Immunity and Inflammatory Skin Disease.
Kim is the BSID lead on Education and Training
BSID Committee Member
Sarah is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of Southampton and a Consultant at University Hospital Southampton. She completed her training in General Medicine at Severn deanery and relocated to Southampton to start a training post in Dermatology. During her time in Southampton, Sarah became involved with the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre and undertook a post graduate Doctor of Medicine higher degree at the University of Southampton, examining developmental origins of atopic eczema. She secured an NIHR Clinical Lecturer post allowing her to complete her clinical training in Dermatology alongside continuing her research and went on to secure an NIHR Development & Skills Enhancement Award, thereafter. Sarah has published widely in the fields of dermatology, allergy and epidemiology in world leading journals, she has been invited to present and national and internationally meetings and has won a number of awards for her published work. Her work into early life influences on atopic eczema has also received interest from a number of media outlets and she has featured in a number of articles. Sarah continues to pursue research into atopic eczema and skin health with an ultimate goal of identifying preventive strategies whilst developing a specialist interest in paediatric dermatology that aligns well with her research.
Sarah is the BSID social media lead