Helgi Valdimarsson
Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland
Biography
Helgi Valdimarsson is a Professor of Immunology at the University of Iceland. He established the first Immunology Laboratory of Iceland in 1983. He was a Senior Lecturer at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, England from 1975-1981 and a Visiting Professor at St. Mary’s from 1981-1990. He has published over 180 articles in international peer reviewed journals and for his work on psoriasis he has received several research grants including European Commission Grant (1998-2002) and a Fogarty Scholarship in 2003.
Abstract
Abstract : Psoriasis, an autoimmune disease promoted by defective innate immunity