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Dr Helen Alexander

Clinical Research Fellow

Biography

Helen Alexander is a clinical research fellow in Dermatology.

She is currently undertaking a PhD, during her dermatology specialist training, on the role of the skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis, supervised by Prof Carsten Flohr, Dr David Moyes, Dr Sophia Tsoka and Prof Jonathan Barker. Her project is investigating the role of Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis and how it may interact with the cutaneous immune system to drive inflammation in the disease.

She has presented her research at the International Society of Atopic Dermatitis, European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology, British Society of Investigative Dermatology and was awarded best poster prize at the Wellcome Exploring Human Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease 2018 conference.

Her clinical work includes managing patients in the paediatric severe eczema clinic and patients participating in clinical trials for novel systemic atopic dermatitis treatments.

 

    Research

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    Functional Microbiome Group / Moyes Group

    Investigating the functional interactions between microbes/microbial communities and mucosal surfaces.

    Eczema main
    Paediatric & Population-Based Dermatology Research

    The Paediatric & Population-Based Dermatology Research is based at St Thomas’ Hospital and is led by Professor Carsten Flohr.

      Research

      moyes-group-banner
      Functional Microbiome Group / Moyes Group

      Investigating the functional interactions between microbes/microbial communities and mucosal surfaces.

      Eczema main
      Paediatric & Population-Based Dermatology Research

      The Paediatric & Population-Based Dermatology Research is based at St Thomas’ Hospital and is led by Professor Carsten Flohr.