Matthew Harries is a Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Dermatologist. He received his medical degree from the University of Leeds, UK in 1998. During specialist dermatology training he took time out of programme to study the hair immune system in primary cicatricial alopecias under the supervision of Professor Ralf Paus. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Manchester in 2011.

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London. He is the co-lead of the NIHR Manchester BRC inflammatory hair diseases research programme, a member of the British Skin Foundation charity awards committee and the Alopecia UK charity research committee. He is the lead author for the British Association of Dermatologists living guidelines for managing people with alopecia areata and was the lead author for the acquired hair disorders chapter in the leading dermatology textbook, Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology, 10th edition.

He leads the specialist hair disorders service at Salford Royal hospital, which provides regional tertiary specialist dermatology care for all types of hair loss and scalp conditions. He is also principal investigator on two phase 2 industry-sponsored clinical trials, and the national Chief Investigator on a multinational phase 3 industry-sponsored study. We have recruited to time and target in all studies and recently achieved the first in UK and first in Europe recruitment for the phase 3 study mentioned above.

Current research programmes include:

Pharmacovigilance / real-world data

Immunology of inflammatory hair disorders

Outcome measures

Clinical Trials

Funding, NIHR, Alopecia UK, British Skin Foundation, and Industry Collaborations

Dr Harries currently supervises 4 PhD students, 1 ACF and advisor to year 1&2 medical students and APEP students.

Dr Harries has built wide ranging collaboration around the UK and internationally.

Key Collaborators in Manchester include Dr Talveen Purba, Professor Cath O’Neill, Dr Amy Chadwick, Dr Zenas Yiu and Dr Elise Kleyn

Nationally Professor Andrew Messenger, Dr Christos Tziotzios, Dr Susan Holmes and Professor Simon Milling.

Internationally Professor Ralf Paus, Professor Regina Betz and Dr Marta Bertolini.