August 2004

Research award for doctor

Alfred Hospital Dermatology Registrar Dr Alex Chamberlain has received the Schering-Plough Award for clinical research at the Australasian College of Dermatologists 37th annual scientific meeting in Sydney.

This is the second time he has received this award for Australian dermatology trainees, having also been successful in 2002 for melanoma research under Alfred Associate Professor John Kelly.

The awards were established to recognise clinicians advancing research in the area of dermatology.

Dr Chamberlain carried out his award-winning research between 2001 and 2002, while working as a Clinical Research Fellow in the Department of Dermatology in Oxford, England.

His work over this time has led to the publication of 12 papers and primarily involved immunobullous disease and hair and nail disorders.