Professor of Dermatology and Venerology at the University of Brest; Head of the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital of Brest, France
Laurent Misery, PhD, MD, is a Professor of Dermatology and Venerology at the University of Brest, and Head of the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital of Brest and the French Expert Centre on Pruritus. He founded and is the Lead of the Laboratory Interactions Neurons-Keratinocytes at the University of Brest, where his research interests lie in itch. His team is dedicated to investigating itch, from its fundamental aspects (biological and physiological) to pathophysiological, clinical, psychological and therapeutic aspects. He is especially interested in the relationship between skin and the nervous system, from the biological point of view (co-cultures between skin cells and neurons) to the clinical (pruritus, sensitive skin) or psychological points of view.
An author of a number of peer-reviewed articles, he received the Herman Musaph Award in 2017.