Jean Bolognia, MD

Recipient of the ILDS 2023 Medal for Achievements in Global Dermatology

Jean Bolognia, MD, is Professor of Dermatology at the Yale University School of Medicine. She has served as President of the Medical Dermatology Society, the Women’s Dermatologic Society and the American Dermatological Association, in addition to serving as Vice-President of the Society of Investigative Dermatology, the American Board of Dermatology, and the International Society of Dermatology. She has also been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology and the International League of Dermatological Societies and was Secretary-General of the latter organization. Jean is the senior editor of the textbook Dermatology, which is now in its fourth edition, and Dermatology Essentials, which has a second edition.

Professor Roderick Hay

Recipient of the ILDS 2019 Medal for Achievements in Global Dermatology

Professor Rod Hay is Emeritus Professor of Dermatology in London and Belfast and worked as a consultant in the specialised field of infectious and tropical skin diseases at the St John's Institute of Dermatology, London. He is a member of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Buruli Ulcer and Neglected Tropical Diseases of the Skin (Skin NTDs ) and a special advisor to the International League of Dermatological Societies on Health Inequalities. Rod is a previous Chairman of the International Foundation for Dermatology and former President of the British Association of Dermatologists, the British Society for Medical Mycology, and the European Confederation of Medical Mycology.