John Ebling (1918 - 1992) from the University of Sheffield devoted his hair research to understanding how hair growth and sebaceous gland activity are regulated. The EHRS Board presents the John Ebling Award to researchers with significant achievements in hair research. The awardee presents the John Ebling Lecture during the EHRS meeting.

Previous John Ebling Award recipients:

1993 Roy F. Oliver
1994 Colin Jahoda
1995 William .J. Cunliffe
1996 George Rogers
1998 Lawrence Pinto
1999 George Cotsarelis
2000 Cheng-Ming Chuong
2002 Rodney P.R. Dawber
2003 Francisco M. Camacho-Martinez
2004 Rudy Happle
2005 Jurgen Schweizer
2006 Fiona Watt
2007 Hans Clevers
2008 John Sundberg
2009 Kurt Stenn
2010 Ralf Paus
2011 Desmond Tobin
2012 Angela Christiano
2013 Ulrike Blume-Peytavi
2015 Mike P. Philpott
2016 Jerry Shapiro
2017 Andrew Messenger
2018 Antonella Tosti
2019 Valerie Randall
2022 Abraham Zlotogorski
2023 Ramón Grimalt
2024 Vladimir Botchkarev
 

RECIPIENT OF THE JOHN EBLING AWARD 2025

“Hair loss from history to the modern world”

The research focuses on disorders of the skin appendages, including the hair and the nail. The research group has first described several inflammatory and neoplastic nail disorders and new varieties of inflammatory hair diseases. The guidelines for management of alopecia areata, androgenetic alopecia, pigmented nail lesions and tumors have been drawn. Nowaday, research is focused on the quality of life of patients with hair loss, on the role of nail psoriasis as prognostic factor for the development of arthropathy, and the side effects of chemotherapeutic drugs on nails. We are also studying side effects of biologics on hair, hirsutism and onychomycosis in children. We are also starting the Italian registry on Frontal Fibrosing alopecia, to evaluate the possible causes of this emerging disease.

Publications include di 202 articles on scientific journals, 54 chapters in books and 11 monographies on dermatological diseases.