Prof John McGrath is Professor of Molecular Dermatology, Lead of the Genetic Skin Disease Group and Head of the St John's Institute of Dermatology in London. Professor McGrath is also a recent President of the European Society for Dermatological Research. He is internationally renowned within dermatology, and an expert in Epidermolysis Bullosa.  He also reported the first mutations in hemidesmosomes and desmosomes which was published in Nature Genetics and in fact one of the diseases is named after him – McGrath’s syndrome. In this episode we ask him about:

• His career
• Dermatology
• Research
• Advice for medical students and young doctors

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