March 2019: Human beta-defensin in atopic dermatitis: dissecting the mechanism of a novel, targetable, protection against skin barrier damage Dr Donald J. Davidson is an Inflammation Biologist and Senior Researcher at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research. Dr Davidson was awarded a British Skin Foundation Large Grant, entitled 'Human beta-defensin in Atopic Dermatitis: dissecting the mechanism of a novel, targetable, protection against skin barrier damage', supporting a PhD student, Jennifer Shelley, to conduct research into this topic, starting in the autumn of 2018. Image Donald and Jenny The British Skin Foundation have a blog page you can read, where Donald and Jennifer explain the research in more detail and what they hope they can achieve. British Skin Foundation blog page This article was published on 2024-09-10