London, England, United Kingdom
Carsten Flohr studied at Cambridge and Oxford Universities and then trained in both paediatrics and dermatology and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (London). Carsten was the first UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist in Dermatology (2009-14) and then NIHR Career Development Fellow (2015-20). He joined St John’s Institute of Dermatology as Senior Lecturer in 2009, was promoted to Reader in 2015 and has held the Chair in Dermatology and Population Health Science at King's College London since 2018. Carsten is also a Consultant in Dermatology as well as Research & Development Lead at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. He has a particular interest in paediatric and population-based dermatology research with a focus on atopic dermatitis and its links with allergic disease. Carsten co-led the Enquiring About Tolerance (EAT, NEJM 2016) study and led the TREatment of severe paediatric Atopic eczema Trial (TREAT). At present, Carsten is Chief Investigator of the UK-Irish Atopic eczema Systemic TherApy Register (A*STAR; astar-register.org) and the EU H2020 JPI TRANS-FOODS as well as the European Dream-to-treat-AD consortia. Carsten is also a Founding Director of the International Eczema Council and the Director of the Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas. He is Founding Editor of the Evidence-Based Dermatology Section of the British Journal of Dermatology.
The Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas