About me

Chris Griffiths is Director of the Manchester Centre for Dermatology Research and Head of the Dermatology Theme of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre. He gained a 1st Class Hons BSc in Anatomy from St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London in 1976 and qualified in Medicine MB BS in 1979. Following junior hospital posts in South London he trained in Dermatology at St Mary’s Hospital, London (1983-87) where he was a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellow (1985-87). In 1987 he took up a research fellowship in Dermatology at the University of Michigan, USA, and was appointed to Assistant Professorship on Faculty 1989-93. He was appointed to the Foundation Chair in Dermatology at the University of Manchester in 1994 and is an Honorary Consultant Dermatologist at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. He founded the Manchester Dermatopharmacology Unit and the Manchester Psoriasis Service in 1994. At the University of Manchester he has held several senior posts including Head of School of Translational Medicine, Faculty Research Dean and Director of the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre. He currently leads for precision medicine in the UK Government’s Greater Manchester Devolution initiative. Chris received a lifetime achievement award from the American Skin Association in 2009. In 2015 he received the Sir Archibald Gray Medal for outstanding service to British Dermatology and the Society of Cosmetic Scientists Medal and in 2018 was made a Pro Meritis laureate of the European Dermatology Forum. He is a NIHR Senior Investigator, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and an elected Member of Academia Europaea. Chris was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), for services to dermatology, in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours.