The Institute of Trichologists

July 2021 After many years of working with the Institute of Trichologists, very generously sharing his research and knowledge with members and serving as Vice President, esteemed professor Desmond Tobin is stepping down and “making way” for Dr Claire Higgins, who will take over the position on 1st August 2021. As such, The Institute of Trichologists […]

November 2020 Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia, known as CCCA is a permanent, progressive central hair loss condition primarily found in black women. For those women who have this condition, a new CCCA support group is being formed in the UK in partnership with the Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation (CARF), and is the first international group

January 2019 We are delighted to share more fantastic news about another of our members in sending out congratulations to Dr Vicky Jolliffe who is a dermatologist local to London. Dr Jolliffe was made a Professor of Postgraduate Medical Education in 2018. She said that she was delighted about the above and at the same

November 2018 We are delighted to share with the public and congratulate our Vice President Professor Desmond Tobin in being appointed the new Director of the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology and Professor of Dermatological Sciences. The role commenced in September 2018 and joins the School as UCD Professor of Dermatological Sciences. Essentially, the Charles