Ardern-Jones, Dr Michael

BSc MBBS MRCP DPhil

Speciality

Dermatology 

Training and Education

Mike Ardern-Jones undertook medical training at St Bartholomew's Medical College, University of London. He trained in Dermatology at the Oxford Radcliffe NHS trust and subsequently carried out his DPhil (PhD) studies at Christ Church, University of Oxford. He trained in cutaneous immunology at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford via a Wellcome Research Training Fellowship. 

Experience

Dr Ardern-Jones has worked for Southampton University Hospitals Trust since June 2007. 

Mike Ardern-Jones practices general dermatology including skin cancer, paediatrics and inflammatory disease. He has a specific clinical and research interest in eczema and allergy and runs a specialist adult eczema and paediatric allergy and eczema clinic.

Key achievements

Mike’s key achievements have been to develop a clinical service to provide specialist care of patients with allergic and immunological skin disease especially eczema. He has coordinated this around a strong research interest which is designed to enhance the prospect of making critical advances relevant to human disease and with potential for translation into new therapeutic targets. He found an exciting novel link between infection and allergic responses in the skin, which suggests an important communication between the structural cells in the skin and the circulating immune cells. 

Key awards and prizes

2008 British Society for Investigative Dermatology Young Investigator of the Year
2007 British Skin Foundation Research Fellowship Award
2006 British Society for Investigative Dermatology Registrars’ Prize
2003 Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship
1996 Medical College Honours Colours
1992 Drapers Scholarship
1991 Undergraduate Histopathology Prize 

Research

1. Ardern-Jones, M.R. , et al.,  Br J Dermatol, 2008. 158(3): p. 456-62.
2. Black, A.P., , et al.,  , et al.,  Eur J Immunol, 2007. 37(6): p. 1485-93.
3. Bateman, E.A., M. Ardern-Jones, et al.,  Br J Dermatol, 2007. 156(6): p. 1376-7.
4. Ardern-Jones, M.R., et al.,  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2007. 104(13): p. 5557-62.
5. Black, A.P., M.R. Ardern-Jones, et al.,  J Immunol Methods, 2006. 316(1-2): p. 153-7.
6. Bateman, E.A., M.R. Ardern-Jones, et al.,  J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2006. 118(6): p. 1350-6.
7.  Ardern-Jones MR, Friedmann PSF. 2009. Eczema. In Managing Allergy, ed. A Custovic, TAE Platts-Mills. Oxford: Clinical Publishing.
8. Friedmann PSF, Ardern-Jones MR, Holden CA. 2009. Atopic Dermatitis. In Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology 8th Edition, ed. T Burns, S Breathnach, N Cox, CEM Griffiths. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.