Global dermatology: more than the sum of its parts

What does the BJD now stand for? A position statement

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Authors were given freedom to reflect on their own research and to speculate on future challenges. Each was encouraged to comment on the role that the BJD had played in their personal academic endeavours.…”

“…In his anniversary editorial, Rod Hay explained that patterns of disease are subject to the effects of social, economic and environmental change on populations, and highlighted the importance to dermatologists of awareness of health problems and health solutions from around the world. 12 Another BJD anniversary editorial explained how the health informatics revolution now heralds a new era of systems dermatology. 14 The challenge for dermatology is to integrate this new approach, incorporating complex biological and health informatics data, according to specific models, with more traditional clinical and experimental dermatology.…”