Dr Christos Tziotzios on his BSF-funded research into frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA)

Environmental, endocrine and genetic factors in hair follicle pathobiology: frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) as a model disease (BSF Young Investigator Award).

Dr Christos Tziotzios, Consultant Dermatologist and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, is undertaking doctoral research into the molecular pathogenesis of FFA, a highly distressing type of scarring hair loss affecting almost exclusively women. His research has culminated in high-impact publications and several distinctions, such as the BAD Whimster Prize, the RSM Research Prize and the NIHR/BAD Award.