Iris Zalaudek

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About Iris Zalaudek

Iris Zalaudek is Chair of the Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the University of Trieste, Italy and the Hospitals of the Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina (ASUGI). She speaks fluently German, Italian and English. She is a renown expert in Dermatologic Oncology with a worldwide network of collaborations and teaching activities. Her research comprises 580+ publications in Pubmed with an h-index of 65 (latest access Scopus 01/2023) and more than 600 participations as speaker on national and international congresses and workshops. Moreover, she has a profound knowledge in conducting clinical trials and fund raising. Her research on melanocytic tumors has led to a new classification of nevi and her working group was the first to describe the dermoscopic patterns of different forms of epithelial skin cancers including actinic keratoses, Bowens’ disease and invasive squamous cell carcinoma. In 2008, 2020,2021 she has been awarded as TOP Researcher at the University of Graz, Austria (2008), the University of Trieste, Italy (2020,2021). She has become the First Female President of the International Dermoscopy Society (2016-2021), was nominated among the TOP 50 Women in Dermatology (2020) and achieved as First Foreign Women the title of Full Professor in Italian Dermatology Academia (2022). Prof. Zalaudek promotes her speciality by sharing multicultural experience, forcing opportunities in multidisciplinary and inspiring young colleagues for research and assistance.