Philip Curman

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I am a clinician–scientist and dermatologist with a research focus on real-world data, epidemiology, disease phenotyping, biomarkers, and translational research in dermatology. 

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 CURRENT POSITIONS

• Associate Professor (docent), Karolinska Institutet
• Clinical postdoctoral position, funded by Region Stockholm
• Guest researcher, Lübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Germany
• Specialist doctor in dermatology and venereology, Karolinska University Hospital
• Director: Autoimmune blistering diseases clinic, Karolinska University Hospital
• Director: Autoimmune blistering diseases clinical research register, Karolinska University Hospital
• Editorial board member at the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

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CURRENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION

• William Jebril, dermatology resident, PhD student (registered 2021): co-supervisor
• Nemanja Samardzic, MD, dermatology resident, PhD student (registered 2026): co-supervisor
• Maria Najeeb, last-year medical student
• Josefin Andrén, MD, resident in general medicine
• Katja Strandh: medical student master thesis, 2025-2026
• Tiffanie Lefteri: medical student master thesis, fall 2026

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PREVIOUS SUPERVISION

• Karin Gannedahl: medical student master thesis, spring 2026
• Liv Falk: medical student master thesis, spring 2026
• Niki Wilhelmson-Karp: medical student master thesis, fall 2025
• Felix Holmquist: medical student master thesis, fall 2025
• Amar Nouri, MD
• Johanna Lindell: medical student master thesis, fall 2024
• Nor Jaber, MD: dermatological case reports, 2023
• Simon Larsson, MD: dermatology resident's scientific thesis, spring 2023
• Kerstin Fernandez, MD: dermatology resident's scientific thesis, fall 2023
• Ulrik Erikson Brangstrup: medical student master thesis, spring 2020 (co-supervisor)
• Johanna Bern: medical student master thesis, fall 2019 (co-supervisor)

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FUNDING

• Hudfonden
• Region Stockholm - clinical postdoctorial appointment
• Karolinska Institutets forskningsbidrag (KI fonder)
• Tore Nilssons stiftelse
• Swedish Society for Dermatology and Venereology
• Nordic Dermatology Association

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AWARDS

• 2026: European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology congress scholarship
• 2025: American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting registration scholarship
• 2024: European Society for Dermatological Research (travel grant) & Swedish Society for Dermatology and Venereology (continuing medical education award)
• 2023: European Society for Dermatological Research (Future Leaders Academy)
• 2021: European Society for Dermatological Research (abstract award) & Swedish Society for Dermatology and Venereology (continuing medical education award)
• 2020: European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (Michael Hornstein Memorial Scholarship)
• 2019: The Swedish Medical Association, Stockholm section (travel grant)
• 2017: The Swedish Medical Association, Stockholm section (travel grant)

I lead an independent research program in the large-scale epidemiology of dermatological conditions. My research integrates large-scale real-world data with clinical and translational approaches to study risk, comorbidity, and outcomes across inflammatory, autoimmune, and rare skin diseases, with particular interest in methodological rigor, coding validity, and the limitations of administrative data. I combine clinical expertise with population-level analytics to improve how dermatologic disease is measured, interpreted, and translated into evidence.

My research benefits from multiple national and international collaborations, including:

• National: Karolinska Institutet, Uppsala University, University of Gothenburg
• European: University of Lübeck, Technical University of Munich, University of Oldenburg, University of Florence, University of Zurich
• International: Columbia University, UCLA, Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)

I actively welcome motivated students, postdocs, and collaborators interested in advancing research in dermatology and epidemiology.