Thomas Werfel

Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Werfel Hannover Medical SchoolHannover, GermanyThomas Werfel is Professor of Dermatology within the Dept. of Dermatology and Allergy at the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. His main research interests focus on chronic inflammatory skin diseases including atopic dermatitis (role of allergens, microbial antigens and autoantigens, immunological mechanism and new therapeutic approaches). Over the last few years, Prof. Werfel has worked on different trigger factors, inflammatory signalling and cellular and humoral responses. He has investigated patients at risk regarding pathogen infections which can lead to life-threatening complications and described mechanisms how pathogens act as driving forces of atopic dermatitisProf. Werfel is a board member of the German Society of Dermatology and has served in several editorial roles for dermatology publications.