Kiarash Khosrotehrani
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Professor
Kiarash Khosrotehrani
Email: : k.khosrotehrani@uq.edu.au
Phone: : +61 7 344 37088
Positions
Professorial Research Fellow & Institute Director : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Affiliate of Dermatology Research Centre : Dermatology Research Centre : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Overview
Background
Professor Khosrotehrani is a clinical scientist, dircetor of the Frazer institute, the university of Queensalnd, sharing his passion for academic medicine and translation of science discorveries into real world solutions for patients. Prof Khosrotehrani is a dermatologist, interested in skin biology, regenerative medicine and skin cancer. He leads the Experimental Dermatology Group at the University of Queensland Frazer Institute within the Translational Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia. Dr Khosrotehrani obtained his MD from the Cochin-Port Royal School of Medicine at René Descartes University, Paris, France, where he specialized in Dermatology. He is a former graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Institut Pasteur of Paris (Université Paris VI, Pierre et Marie Curie) where he obtained a PhD in Physiology and Physiopathology. He is a fellow of the Australian College of Dermatologists and a practising dermatologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Prince Charles Hospital and the Skin and Cancer Foundation’s Queensland Institute of Dermatology.
As the inaugural St Baker-Soyer chair of Dermatology at the University of Queensland, Professor Khosrotehrani is a national leader in the discipline of Dermatology. He is a board director at the Australasian College of Dermatologists and the Queensland Skin and Cancer Foundation and the director of the Dermatology Department at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He has held multiple leadership roles as past-President of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research, Editor in chief of the Australasian Journal of Dermatology and board member of the International Society of investigative Dermatology.
During his post-doctoral training at Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, USA, Dr. Khosrotehrani helped establish the contribution of fetal stem cells to tissue repair by demonstrating their multipotent capacity with a specific potency towards the endothelial lineage. The originality of this work was acknowledged by the NHMRC through an achievement award (2011) and an NHMRC excellence award (2016). The main focus of his laboratory is on regenerative medicine and stem cell biology in particular in injury response in skin wounds and skin cancer and how these responses contribute to cancer initiation and progression. Translating his laboratory findings, Dr Khosrotehrani is leading innovative clinical trials in wound healing, keratinocyte cancers and melanoma.
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Availability
Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani is: : Available for supervision : Media expert
Fields of research
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Cancer genetics Clinical sciences Dermatology Medical biotechnology Oncology and carcinogenesis
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Paris
Research interests
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Tissue regeneration
Endogenous response to injury. Vascular and Epithelial repair in response to ischemia or wounding. Hair follicle biology, cycling and regeneration.
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Factors determining melanoma survival. Basal Cell carcinoma formation and progression Squamous cell carcinoma formation and UV irradiation
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Works
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All (384) Journal Article (240) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (135) Book Chapter (8)
Featured
2025
Journal Article
Immune checkpoint inhibitors in field cancerization and keratinocyte cancer prevention
Cox, Charlotte, Brown, Susan, Walpole, Euan, Roy, Edwige, Dousset, Lea, Ladwa, Rahul and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2025). Immune checkpoint inhibitors in field cancerization and keratinocyte cancer prevention. JAMA Dermatology, 161 (4), 383-390. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5750
Immune checkpoint inhibitors in field cancerization and keratinocyte cancer prevention
Featured
2024
Journal Article
Automated scoring of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes informs risk of death from thin melanoma: a nested case-case study
Tan, Samuel X., Aung, Thazin N., Claeson, Magdalena, Acs, Balazs, Zhou, Chenhao, Brown, Susan, Lambie, Duncan, Baade, Peter D., Pandeya, Nirmala, Soyer, H. Peter, Smithers, B. Mark, Whiteman, David C., Rimm, David L. and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2024). Automated scoring of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes informs risk of death from thin melanoma: a nested case-case study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 90 (1), 179-182. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.026
Featured
2023
Journal Article
Development of physiologically relevant skin organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells
Shafiee, Abbas, Sun, Jane, Ahmed, Imaan A., Phua, Felicia, Rossi, Gustavo R., Lin, Cheng‐Yu, Souza‐Fonseca‐Guimaraes, Fernando, Wolvetang, Ernst J., Brown, Jason and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2023). Development of physiologically relevant skin organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Small, 20 (16) e2304879, 1-14. doi: 10.1002/smll.202304879
Development of physiologically relevant skin organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells
Featured
2023
Journal Article
Epidermal mutation accumulation in photodamaged skin is associated with skin cancer burden and can be targeted through ablative therapy
Wong, Ho Yi, Lee, Ruby C., Chong, Sharene, Kapadia, Stuti, Freeman, Michael, Murigneux, Valentine, Brown, Susan, Soyer, H. Peter, Roy, Edwige and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2023). Epidermal mutation accumulation in photodamaged skin is associated with skin cancer burden and can be targeted through ablative therapy. Science Advances, 9 (19) eadf2384, 1-13. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adf2384
Featured
2021
Journal Article
Sox9 and Rbpj differentially regulate endothelial to mesenchymal transition and wound scarring in murine endovascular progenitors
Zhao, Jilai, Patel, Jatin, Kaur, Simranpreet, Sim, Seen-Ling, Wong, Ho Yi, Styke, Cassandra, Hogan, Isabella, Kahler, Sam, Hamilton, Hamish, Wadlow, Racheal, Dight, James, Hashemi, Ghazaleh, Sormani, Laura, Roy, Edwige, Yoder, Mervin C., Francois, Mathias and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2021). Sox9 and Rbpj differentially regulate endothelial to mesenchymal transition and wound scarring in murine endovascular progenitors. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 2564, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22717-9
Featured
2020
Journal Article
Regional Variation in Epidermal Susceptibility to UV-Induced Carcinogenesis Reflects Proliferative Activity of Epidermal Progenitors
Roy, Edwige, Wong, Ho Yi, Villani, Rehan, Rouille, Thomas, Salik, Basit, Sim, Seen Ling, Murigneux, Valentine, Stark, Mitchell S., Fink, J. Lynn, Soyer, H. Peter, Walker, Graeme, Lyons, J. Guy, Saunders, Nicholas and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2020). Regional Variation in Epidermal Susceptibility to UV-Induced Carcinogenesis Reflects Proliferative Activity of Epidermal Progenitors. Cell Reports, 31 (9) 107702, 107702. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107702
Featured
2019
Journal Article
Single-cell transcriptional profiling of aortic endothelium identifies a hierarchy from endovascular progenitors to differentiated cells
Lukowski, Samuel W., Patel, Jatin, Andersen, Stacey B., Sim, Seen-Ling, Wong, Ho Yi, Tay, Joshua, Winkler, Ingrid, Powell, Joseph E. and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2019). Single-cell transcriptional profiling of aortic endothelium identifies a hierarchy from endovascular progenitors to differentiated cells. Cell Reports, 27 (9), 2748-2758. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.04.102
Featured
2019
Journal Article
Endovascular progenitors infiltrate melanomas and differentiate towards a variety of vascular beds promoting tumor metastasis
Donovan, Prudence, Patel, Jatin, Dight, James, Wong, Ho Yi, Sim, Seen-Ling, Murigneux, Valentine, Francois, Mathias and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2019). Endovascular progenitors infiltrate melanomas and differentiate towards a variety of vascular beds promoting tumor metastasis. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 18, 18. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07961-w
Featured
2016
Journal Article
Bimodal behaviour of interfollicular epidermal progenitors regulated by hair follicle position and cycling
Roy, Edwige, Neufeld, Zoltan, Cerone, Luca, Wong, Ho Yi, Hodgson, Samantha, Livet, Jean and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2016). Bimodal behaviour of interfollicular epidermal progenitors regulated by hair follicle position and cycling. EMBO Journal, 35 (24), 2658-2670. doi: 10.15252/embj.201693806
Featured
2011
Journal Article
Increased risk for nonmelanoma skin cancers in patients who receive thiopurines for inflammatory bowel disease
Peyrin-Biroulet, Laurent, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Carrat, Fabrice, Bouvier, Anne-Marie, Chevaux, Jean-Baptiste, Simon, Tabassome, Carbonnel, Frank, Colombel, Jean-Frederic, Dupas, Jean-Louis, Godeberge, Philippe, Hugot, Jean-Pierre, Lemann, Marc, Nahon, Stephane, Sabate, Jean-Marc, Tucat, Gilbert, Beaugerie, Laurent and For the Cesame Study Group (2011). Increased risk for nonmelanoma skin cancers in patients who receive thiopurines for inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterology, 141 (5), 1621-1628.e5. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.06.050
Featured
2007
Journal Article
Maternal neoangiogenesis during pregnancy partly derives from fetal endothelial progenitor cells
Huu, Sau Nguyen, Oster, Michele, Uzan, Serge, Chareyre, Fabrice, Aractingi, Selim and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2007). Maternal neoangiogenesis during pregnancy partly derives from fetal endothelial progenitor cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104 (6), 1871-1876. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606490104
Maternal neoangiogenesis during pregnancy partly derives from fetal endothelial progenitor cells
Featured
2004
Journal Article
Transfer of fetal cells with multilineage potential to maternal tissue
Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Johnson, Kirby L., Cha, Dong Hyun, Salomon, Robert N. and Bianchi, Diana W. (2004). Transfer of fetal cells with multilineage potential to maternal tissue. Jama: Journal of The American Medical Association, 292 (1), 75-80. doi: 10.1001/jama.292.1.75
Transfer of fetal cells with multilineage potential to maternal tissue
2026
Journal Article
Robust and interpretable prediction of gene markers and cell types from spatial transcriptomics data
Tan, Xiao, Mulay, Onkar, Xie, Jacky, MacDonald, Samual, Kim, Taehyun, Zhou, Chenhao, Xiong, Zherui, Tan, Samuel X., Ye, Nan, McCart Reed, Amy, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Roosta, Fred, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Simpson, Peter T. and Nguyen, Quan (2026). Robust and interpretable prediction of gene markers and cell types from spatial transcriptomics data. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-68487-0
Robust and interpretable prediction of gene markers and cell types from spatial transcriptomics data
2025
Journal Article
Identifying key questions and challenges in microchimerism biology
Chua, Kristine J., Quilang, Rachel C., Sallinger, Katja, Aktipis, Christina Athena, Arck, Petra, Bianchi, Diana W., Chang, Hyun‐Dong, Cleaves, Henderson J., Eikmans, Michael, Fjeldstad, Heidi E. S., Haig, David, Harrington, Whitney E., Horsnell, William, Jacobsen, Daniel P., Kamper‐Jørgensen, Mads, Kanaan, Sami B., Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Lambert, Nathalie C., Nelson, Jane Lee, Olsen, Maria B., Pan, Tiffany D., Prins, Jelmer R., Schildberg, Frank A., Staff, Anne Cathrine, Ståhlberg, Anders, Stelzer, Ina A., Urbschat, Christopher, Way, Sing Sing, Wilson, Melissa A. ... Boddy, Amy M. (2025). Identifying key questions and challenges in microchimerism biology. Advanced Science, 12 (48) e14969, e14969. doi: 10.1002/advs.202514969
Identifying key questions and challenges in microchimerism biology
2025
Journal Article
Development of digital algorithms for the early identification of rare clinical outcomes using electronic medical records: a case study of Hidradenitis suppurativa
Pham, Hai, McMeniman, Erin, Liu, Timothy, Eva, Jonaa, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Pole, Jason D. (2025). Development of digital algorithms for the early identification of rare clinical outcomes using electronic medical records: a case study of Hidradenitis suppurativa. Population Health Management 19427891251404892. doi: 10.1177/19427891251404892
2025
Journal Article
Coordinated development of immune cell populations in vascularized skin organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells
Mostina, Mitchell, Sun, Jane, Sim, Seen Ling, Ahmed, Imaan A., Souza-Fonesca-Guimaraes, Fernando, Wolvetang, Ernst J., Brown, Jason, Kumari, Snehlata, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Shafiee, Abbas (2025). Coordinated development of immune cell populations in vascularized skin organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 14 (31) e02108, 1-18. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202502108
2025
Journal Article
403 Chronic UVB exposure induces early transcriptomic changes associated with skin cancer development
Zhou, C, Galbraith, JA, Roy, E, Chandra, J, Nguyen, Q, Walker, G and Khosrotehrani, K (2025). 403 Chronic UVB exposure induces early transcriptomic changes associated with skin cancer development. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 145 (12), S336. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2025.10.412
2025
Conference Publication
Endothelial Progenitor Plasticity as a Driver of Immune Suppression in Melanoma
Sormani, L., Hashemi, G., Li, H., Tan, S., Zhou, C., Li, K., Muller, N., Nguyen, Q., Roy, E. and Khosrotehrani, K. (2025). Endothelial Progenitor Plasticity as a Driver of Immune Suppression in Melanoma. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
Endothelial Progenitor Plasticity as a Driver of Immune Suppression in Melanoma
2025
Journal Article
Carcinomes épidermoïdes : nouveaux concepts
Khosrotehrani, K. (2025). Carcinomes épidermoïdes : nouveaux concepts. Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie - FMC, 5 (8), A9-A10. doi: 10.1016/j.fander.2025.09.151
Carcinomes épidermoïdes : nouveaux concepts
2025
Conference Publication
Epidermal Carcinoma Development in Organ-Transplanted Recipients: Epidermal Cell Dynamic Analysis in Response to Cyclosporine A Treatment
Lee, S., Roy, E., Wong, H. and Khosrotehrani, K. (2025). Epidermal Carcinoma Development in Organ-Transplanted Recipients: Epidermal Cell Dynamic Analysis in Response to Cyclosporine A Treatment. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
Funding
Current funding
- 2026 - 2028
Onset mechanisms of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (Acne inversa)
UQ - Sanofi Translational Science Hub Partnership Scheme
Open grant - 2026 - 2028
Defining molecular signalling landscape in Atopic Dermatitis to unravel mechanisms of immune imbalance and barrier dysregulation
UQ - Sanofi Translational Science Hub Partnership Scheme
Open grant - 2026 - 2029
Reprogramming Skin Fate: Decoding Clonal Competition in Aged, UV- Damaged Fields to Prevent Carcinoma
NHMRC IDEAS Grants
Open grant - 2025 - 2028
Predicting Early-Stage Melanoma at High Risk of Recurrence through Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling
United States Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Melanoma Research Program
Open grant - 2025 - 2030
Skin cancer UNCUT: Beyond 'if in doubt, cut it out'. A randomised controlled trial of adjunctive in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for skin cancer diagnosis (Externally led by USyd)
University of Sydney
Open grant - 2025 - 2030
Skin Cancer in Organ Transplant Recipients
PA Research Foundation
Open grant - 2025 - 2027
Targeting Prostaglandin D2 Pathway for Enhanced Therapy in Atopic Dermatitis
NHMRC Development Grant
Open grant - 2024 - 2026
Targeting endothelial trans-differentiation in vascular lesions ((NHMRC Ideas Grant) administered by The University of Sydney)
University of Sydney
Open grant - 2022 - 2027
The SiroSkin study: A multi-centre randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial of 1% topical sirolimus in the chemoprevention of facial squamous cell carcinomas in solid organ... (Stream 7)
NHMRC MRFF - Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need
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Past funding
- 2025
Post-doctoral fellowship support for oncodermatology
PA Research Foundation
Open grant - 2024 - 2025
Onco-Derm: a single site prospective analysis of skin microbiome as a predictor of toxicity in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
Microba Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2023 - 2026
Molecular definition of cellular states in the vascular endothelium
ARC Discovery Projects
Open grant - 2022 - 2025
PREDICT: PREcision DIagnostiCs for early melanoma detection using spaTial biology and AI-guided image analysis
United States Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Melanoma Research Program
Open grant - 2022 - 2024
Determining Causative Mechanisms of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (TRI LINC grant led by MSHHS)
Metro South Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
Manufacturing biological substitutes for wound healing and skin regeneration
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2021 - 2024
Advanced technological approach to predicting survival in patients diagnosed with locally invasive cutaneous melanoma
Cancer Council Queensland
Open grant - 2021 - 2025
Long-term protection in the growth restricted newborn
Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Open grant - 2020 - 2023
Reducing the burden of skin cancers through advanced chemoimmuno-prophylaxis
Queensland Advancing Clinical Research Fellowship
Open grant - 2020 - 2022
Molecular Targets in Endovascular Progenitors to Inhibit Lung and Skin Fibrosis in Scleroderma
United States Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program
Open grant - 2020 - 2024
QSKIN: the burden of skin cancer (NHMRC CTCS administered by QIMR Berghofer)
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Open grant - 2019 - 2021
Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) Irradiation in Skin Cancer Incidence Prevention: A randomised, open-label, single arm, phase II, controlled trial (the Trial)
Genesis Care Cancer Care Research Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2019 - 2022
Potency and activity of Meso-Endothelial bipotent progenitors in vivo
ARC Discovery Projects
Open grant - 2019 - 2022
Targeting the pre-metastatic vascular niche in melanoma using a novel molecular strategy
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2018 - 2019
Systems Biology of the skin
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Open grant - 2018 - 2020
Improving brain outcomes in the growth restricted newborn using placental stem cell treatment
Financial Markets Foundation for Children
Open grant - 2018 - 2021
Fighting epidermal skin cancers by targeting epidermal clones that accumulate mutations
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2018 - 2020
Improved antigen-specific immunotherapy for cutaneous malignant melanoma
Cancer Council Queensland
Open grant - 2018 - 2021
Stem cell treatment for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2018
Targeted and personalised early detection of melanoma using a 3D teledermatology network
PA Research Foundation
Open grant - 2017 - 2018
Cutting-edge Imaging System for the Early Diagnosis of Face and Scalp Skin Cancer
The Honda Foundation
Open grant - 2017 - 2020
Improving brain oxygen levels in babies using stem cell treatment
The Children's Hospital Foundation
Open grant - 2017 - 2019
Melanoma environment and heterogeneity in therapy sensitivity and resistance - Khosrotehrani
Meehan Bequest
Open grant - 2017 - 2020
Modulating skin regenerative responses to improve wound repair and fight carcinogenesis
NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
Open grant - 2017 - 2019
Predictors of mortality in thin melanomas
Cancer Council Queensland
Open grant - 2016
Establishing a gnotobiotic germ-free mouse facility
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2016
The Australian human microbiota project-microbe isolation facility
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2016
Translational dermatology in skin and skin cancer research
UQ Fellowships
Open grant - 2015 - 2017
The natural history of skin cancer formation: from normal skin to cancer
Leo Foundation
Open grant - 2015 - 2018
Preventing basal cell carcinoma formation by targeting the tumour environment
Leo Foundation
Open grant - 2015
Laser doppler perfusion imaging (LDPI) of revascularisation sites following vascular stem cell therapy
RL Cooper Medical Research Foundation Limited
Open grant - 2015 - 2017
Role of resident endothelial progenitor cells in melanoma vascularisation and progression
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2015 - 2018
Systems analysis of epidermal biology and cancer (NHMRC Project Grant administered by QIMR)
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Open grant - 2014
Anti-inflammatory strategies to promote healing of chronic diabetic wounds
Diabetes Australia Research Trust
Open grant - 2013 - 2014
Targeting the dermal component of basal cell carcinoma
Cancer Bequest Fund
Open grant - 2013 - 2014
A genome wide approach to identify important genetic determinants of skin wound healing
Australasian College of Dermatologists Scientific Research Fund
Open grant - 2013 - 2016
Innovations in Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) Wound Care (NHMRC Project Grant administered by QUT)
Queensland University of Technology
Open grant - 2013
Modelling mechanisms of drug responses in infantile haemangiomas (IH) by using placental endothelial progenitor cells (EPC)
Australasian College of Dermatologists Scientific Research Fund
Open grant - 2013 - 2015
Tracking epidermal clonal evolution during skin cancer induction and progression
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2013 - 2014
Understanding potency and role of individual stem cells in the skin using Rainbow technology
ARC Discovery Projects
Open grant - 2012 - 2014
Fetal endothelial progenitors from the placenta as a source for cell therapy
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2012
Multi-user in vivo and ex vivo tissue-level mechanical testing instrument for bone and stem cell research
NHMRC Equipment Grant
Open grant - 2012 - 2015
NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (Clinical; Level 1): Stem and progenitor cell contribution to skin wounds and homeostasis
NHMRC Career Development Award
Open grant - 2012
Tandem fluorescent and phase-contrast imaging of live cells in real time for application to cancer cell biology, developmental biology, respiratory biology, wound healing investigation and cellular to
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2011 - 2013
Routine assay to determine response to Braf inhibition therapy in melanoma
UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
Open grant - 2011 - 2012
Role of maternofetal chimerism in transferring susceptibility to MS
National Multiple Sclerosis Society-US
Open grant - 2011 - 2013
Development of the routine assay to determine response to Braf inhibition therapy in melanomas
UQ FirstLink Scheme
Open grant - 2011
Molecular markers to predict sentinel lymph node invasion and 5-year and 10-year outcomes in patients with stage I and II primary melanoma
Australasian College of Dermatologists Scientific Research Fund
Open grant - 2011
Persisting host dermal and epidermal antigen presenting cells as predictors of chronic graft versus host disease
Australasian College of Dermatologists Scientific Research Fund
Open grant - 2011
Predictive value of STAT5 activity in melanoma metastasis and survival
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Open grant - 2010
Macroscopic fluorescence imaging system for identifying and isolating transgenically tagged cells
NHMRC Equipment Grant
Open grant - 2010
Multi-user small animal digital x-ray imaging machine for bone, cancer, inflammation and stem cell research
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2010 - 2013
Preclinical optimisation of intrauterine transplantation of fetal mesenchymal stem cells for osteogenesis imperfecta.
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2009 - 2010
Influence of dermal fibroblasts on epidermal stem cell homeostasis in a model of ageing
Ramaciotti Foundation
Open grant - 2009
High-end optical in vivo molecular imaging system for stem cells, tumours, tissue repair and pathogens
UQ School/Centre Co-Funding
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Supervision
Availability
Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani is: : Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Evaluating the impact of social determinants of health on skin cancer outcomes
Principal Advisor - Doctor Philosophy
##### Understanding and targeting determinants of mortality from melanoma
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen, Dr Lena Von Schuckmann - Master Philosophy
##### Skin micro-bio-tox: understanding the skin toxicity associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Janin Chandra - Doctor Philosophy
##### Spatial imaging to predict survival in melanoma
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen - Master Philosophy
##### Analysing the association between diet, comorbidities and melanoma prognosis in patients with high-risk primaries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lena Von Schuckmann - Doctor Philosophy
##### Predictive and prognostic biomarkers for melanoma progression (BioMEL)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mitchell Stark - Doctor Philosophy
##### Understanding Melanoma Vascularisation to prevent metastasis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Abbas Shafiee - Doctor Philosophy
##### Understanding immune diversity in skin inflammation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gabrielle Belz, Dr Snehlata Kumari - Master Philosophy
##### Deep Learning Approaches for Inferring Copy Number Variation from Single-Cell Transcriptomics in Cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Kelvin Tuong - Doctor Philosophy
##### Characterizing the role of ion channel kinase in skin homeostasis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Fiona Simpson, Dr Snehlata Kumari - Doctor Philosophy
##### Defining the role of non-immune MHCII expression in the development of squamous cell cancers.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Debottam Sinha, Dr Janin Chandra - Doctor Philosophy
##### Novel genomic predictors of survival in thin and thick melanomas
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mitchell Stark - Doctor Philosophy
##### Targeting epigenetic regulation to overcome immunotherapy resistance in cutaneous melanoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nikolas Haass, Dr Abbas Shafiee, Associate Professor Jason Lee
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Completed supervision
- 2025
Master Philosophy
##### A Pilot Observational Study of Changes in Naevi during Pregnancy using Total-Body Imaging.
Principal Advisor - 2024
Master Philosophy
##### Anatomical Distribution and Immunoprevention of Keratinocyte Carcinoma
Principal Advisor - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
##### Potency and activity of meso-endothelial bipotent progenitors in vivo in homeostasis and injury
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Simranpreet Kaur - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sally Mortlock - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
##### Mechanisms of Vascular Remodelling in Melanoma
Principal Advisor - 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### Deciphering the Influence of Macrophages on Endothelial Progenitors
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Allison Pettit, Dr Simranpreet Kaur, Professor Antje Blumenthal - 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### Clonal progression in keratinocyte cancers
Principal Advisor - 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### Investigating the contribution of vascular Sox9 to fibrosis in homeostasis and systemic sclerosis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Simranpreet Kaur - 2023
Master Philosophy
##### Mutation burden as a biomarker of keratinocyte cancer risk prediction and field treatment efficacy
Principal Advisor - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
##### Uncovering the Role of Endovascular Progenitors in Melanoma Development and Metastatic Progression
Principal Advisor - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
##### Defining endovascular progenitors in homeostasis and disease
Principal Advisor - 2020
Master Philosophy
##### Predicting melanoma outcome using clinical and biological indicators
Principal Advisor - 2019
Master Philosophy
##### Dissecting Molecular Events in Pregnancy-Associated Melanoma
Principal Advisor - 2018
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2018
Master Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2017
Doctor Philosophy
##### Prognostic factors in early stage invasive cutaneous melanoma
Principal Advisor - 2017
Doctor Philosophy
##### A Genome-wide Approach to Identify Genetic Determinants of Skin Wound Healing and Scar Formation.
Principal Advisor - 2015
Master Philosophy
##### The influence of pregnancy, parity, and sex on melanoma prognosis
Principal Advisor - 2015
Doctor Philosophy
##### Mesenchymal-Epidermal Interactions in Hair Follicle Cycling and Regeneration
Principal Advisor - 2025
Master Philosophy
##### Antibody-mediated exacerbation of chronic wounds colonised with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Timothy Wells - 2020
Doctor Philosophy
##### Natural history of high-risk cutaneous primary melanoma and risk factors for disease progression
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Smithers - 2018
Doctor Philosophy
##### The role of SOX7 transcription factor in early blood vessel development
Associate Advisor - 2014
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Geoffrey Hill - 2013
Doctor Philosophy
##### Endogenous stem cell behaviour in tissue repair: lessons from fetal microchimerism
Associate Advisor
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- basal cell carcinoma
- Dermatology
- Fetal stem cells
- Melanoma
- Skin cancer
- Skin wound healing
- squamous cell carcinoma
- Stem cells - fetal
- Stem cells - skin wound healing
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