Dr Kehinde Ross

Dr. Kehinde Ross
Senior Lecturer
Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
Liverpool John Moores University
UK
 

Dr. Kehinde Ross is a senior Lecturer in Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Prior to that he completed postdoctoral research in Dermatological Sciences at Newcastle University under the guidance of Professor Nick Reynolds. For his PhD at the University of Sheffield, he studied cytokine signaling proteins associated with inflammatory diseases, under the supervision of Dr. François Guesdon and Professor Steve Dower, including a year at Glaxo SmithKline under the supervision of Dr. Filippo Volpe.
He is the member of  Biochemical Society, the British Society for Investigative Dermatology, the Physiological Society, the British Hail and Nail Society and an affiliate member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Dr. Kehinde Ross current research focuses on the role of microRNAs and associated pathways in skin disorders such as psoriasis, eczema, impaired wound healing and alopecia. The abilities of small molecules to modulate such pathways are being investigated. He also has an interdisciplinary collaboration on the development of lipid and polymer nanocarriers for miRNA-directed therapy for inflammatory diseases.