Members of the Scientific Advisory Board help to develop our research agenda, evaluate grant applications, review progress reports, articulate and communicate the VRF’s vision to the community, and disseminate the findings to peers and practitioners in the field.
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
Robert A. Schwartz, MD, Professor
Professor and Head of Dermatology, New Jersey Medical School (US)
One of the America's foremost dermatologists, Robert Schwartz is Professor and Head of Dermatology at New Jersey Medical School, one of the eight medical schools in the New York City metropolitan area. He is also Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the New Jersey Medical School.
Professor Schwartz has authored several books, 10 monographs, and is the author of over 250 book chapters, 500 articles, and 150 other publications. Professor Schwartz has been elected a Member Honoris Causa of 15 National Dermatologic Societies in Europe. He has lectured widely, including eighteen consecutive years on the faculty of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, as a featured speaker dozens of dermatological congresses. He is a past President of the Dermatology Section of the New York Academy of Medicine, and in 2009 began a five-year term on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Dermatology.
Jana Hercogova, MD, Professor
President-elect of the European Academy Of Dermatology and Venereology
Professor and Chairwoman, Charles University Department of Dermatology (CZ)
Torello Lotti, MD, Professor
Full Professor and Chair of Dermatology and Venereology, Guglielmo Marconi University (IT)
Michael D. Tharp, MD, Professor
Chairman of Department of Dermatology, Rush University Medical Center (US)
Karin U. Schallreuter, MD, Professor
Professor of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, University of Bradford (UK)
Antonio Salafia, MD, Professor
Vimala Dermatological Center, Sanghvi Hospital (IN)
Andy Goren, Ph.D.
CEO DermaGenoma (US)
Konstantin Lomonosov, MD, Professor
Professor of Dermatology and Venereology, Moscow State Medical University #1 (RU)
Together we will identify, fund and pursue research that answers key questions about vitiligo.
