Dr Abbas Shafiee is tackling one of medicine’s most complex and urgent challenges: how to heal and regenerate human skin after injury or disease. Every year, millions of people suffer from burns, chronic wounds, or genetic skin disorders that leave them with pain, scarring, and limited treatment options. Current therapies often fall short, especially for those with severe or lifelong conditions. There is a critical need for advanced, personalised solutions that restore both the structure and function of healthy skin.
Dr Shafiee is transforming how we treat damaged and diseased skin by creating miniature lab-grown skin from a person’s own cells, designed to replicate the key features of real skin. These living skin systems offer a powerful platform to understand how skin develops, what goes wrong in disease, and how to design safer, more personalised treatments. Dr Shafiee’s research is turning cutting-edge science into clinical solutions, bringing hope to people with burns, genetic skin disorders, and chronic wounds.