Minister for Health unveils foundation stone at Charles Institute for research into skin disease at UCD

Minister for Health, Ms Mary Harney TD has unveiled the foundation stone for the Charles Institute, the first national institute devoted to dermatology in Ireland. Funded by the City of Dublin Skin and Cancer Hospital Trust from the sale of the Hume Street premises and by University College Dublin, the Charles institute will undertake research into common skin diseases such as psoriasis, eczema, skin cancer as well as rare genetic skin diseases and training for undergraduate and qualified health professionals.

“Our objective is to harness the frontier technology that we have here at UCD to cure skin disease. The important goal is to help patients through research and through the training of health professionals,” said Professor Des Fitzgerald, Vice-President for Research at UCD.