Associate Professor Khosrotehrani is a clinical scientist, dermatologist, interested in skin biology, regenerative medicine and skin cancer. Dr Khosrotehrani obtained his MD from the Cochin-Port Royal School of Medicine at René Descartes University, Paris, France, specialized in Dermatology in France. He is also a former graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Institut Pasteur of Paris (Université Paris VI, Pierre et Marie Curie) where he obtained a PhD in Physiology and Physiopathology.

He is a fellow of the Australian College of Dermatologists and a practising dermatologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and the Skin and Cancer Foundation’s Queensland Institute of Dermatology. During his post-doctoral training at Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, USA, Dr Khosrotehrani helped establish the contribution of foetal stem cells to tissue repair by demonstrating their multipotent capacity with a specific potency towards the endothelial lineage. The originality of this work was recently acknowledged by the NHMRC through an achievement award (2011).

The main focus of his laboratory, the Experimental Dermatology Group, is on mesenchymal-epidermal or stroma-tumour interactions in stem cell maintenance, wound healing and cancer. His research has broad applications in skin wound healing, regenerative medicine and cancer initiation and progression.

Positions

Lead Researcher: University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
Lead Researcher: Diamantina Institute within the newly established Translational Research Institute in Brisbane
Deputy Director: Australian Skin and Skin Cancer Research Centre in Brisbane

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