Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis

– The Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis is sponsored by DERMAGNOSTIX GmbH –

Since 2018 the ADF has the possibility to award a prize for outstanding research in the field of atopic dermatitis. This award is sponsored by DERMAGNOSTIX GmbH.

The new atopic dermatitis research award is dedicated to scientists who in their work elucidated cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of atopic dermatitis. Furthermore, the prize can be given to scientists characterizing the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis and providing potential novel therapeutic options for the treatment of the disease. Finally, clinical as well as epidemiologic studies investigating individuals with atopic dermatitis can be awarded. Junior scientists who present outstanding and innovative work in this field are preferably considered.

The award is endowed with 2.500 €.

The selection of the awardee is done by a jury (headed by the leader of the ADF-research group “atopic dermatitis) during the ADF annual meeting. All abstracts (poster or presentation) focusing on atopic dermatitis research that have been submitted in time to the annual meeting of the ADF will be considered. The awardee is asked to publish a short report in the ADF home journal Experimental Dermatology.

Past awardees of the Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2026
Presentation of the Atopic Dermatitis Research Award to Eimen Kais Kadri and ADF Board Member

Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis 2026

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„Impact of nanoplastics on barrier function and Th2 driven inflammatory signaling on Atopic Dermatitis“

Eimen Kais Kadri, München

Presentation of the Atopic Dermatitis Research Award to Stefanie Schärli (center); left: L. Erpenbeck (ADF Board Member); right: Representative of the sponsor, Dermagnostix GmbH

Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis 2025

P104: 
„IL-18 activates human Th2 cells in atopic dermatitis“

Stefanie Schärli, Bern

Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis 2024

No Award

Presentation of the Atopic Dermatitis Research Award to Rebecca Pospich (Hanover), represented by Lennart Rösner, with Verena Lichtenegger (representative of the sponsor Sanofi), right, and Mario Fabri (ADF Board Member), left.

Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis 2023

P008: 
„A subgroup of atopic dermatitis patients displays a disease-severity associated type-2 response against skin bacteria“

Rebecca Pospich, Hannover

Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis 2022

P001:  
„Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-binding protein 1 induces a specific type-2 immune response in atopic dermatitis“

Lennart Roesner, Hannover

Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis 2021

P112: 
„Autocrine IL-9/IL-9R? signaling induces a pathogenic phenotype in Th2 cells“

Nicole Bertschi, Bern

Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis 2020

No Award

Presentation of the Atopic Dermatitis Research Award to Elke Rodríguez (or her representative, on the right); left: R. Eming (ADF Board Member); second from left: S. Zaun (Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH)

Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis 2019

P096: 
„Exome-wide association study reveals DOK2 as novel atopic dermatitis susceptibility gene harbouring low frequency risk variants“

Elke Rodríguez, Kiel

Presentation of the Atopic Dermatitis Research Award to Veronika Baghin (center); on the right: Karin Loser (ADF Board Member); on the left: a representative of the sponsor, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH

Research Award for Atopic Dermatitis 2018


„Predictive models for the natural course of atopic dermatitis in childhood based on serum parameters and clinical attributes“

Veronika Baghin, München