The Department of Dermatology has several ongoing research projects. Some of the areas of interest are:

• An investigation of the heavy metal content of commonly used skin-lightening creams
• An experimental study to investigate the pH of different soaps and cleansers recommended for atopic and sensitive skins in India.
• Skin lightening practices: an epidemiological study of women in Indian ancestry.
• Women’s perceptions of the benefits and risks of skin lightening creams
• A survey of skin cancer awareness, sunscreen use and risk-appropriate behaviour among Indian indicates a substantial knowledge deficit and extensive failure to adopt prudent measures to reduce the risk of skin cancer and detect disease at an early stage.
• Chemical analysis and in vitro UV-protection characteristics of clays traditionally used for sun protection.
• Non-toxic melanin production inhibitors from Garcinia livingstone (Clusiaceae).
• Mechanism of melanin inhibition of Morelloflavone- 7- sulphate and Sargaol extracts from Garcinia livingstonei (Clusiaceae): Experimental Study; Homology Modelling; Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
• Autosomal dominant inheritance of central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia
• Common gene expression patterns in central centrifugal alopecia (CCCA) patients.
• Frontal fibrosing alopecia and lichen planus pigmentosus: is there a link?
• Evaluation of KSHV viral loads in saliva of patients with HIV Kaposi’s sarcoma
• Serological analysis, Viral load and genotyping of KSHV in patients with HIV
• Evaluating barriers to Early presentation and Diagnosis of KS
• Heat Shock Proteins in Kaposi’s sarcoma
• Vitamin D and HIV Kaposi’s sarcoma
• Immune Reconstitution Syndrome
• Developing a Teledermatology Service
• Complementary and Alternate Therapy in Atopic Dermatitis
• Analysis of Infiltrates in Drug Reactions in HIV
• Developing Evidence Based Guidelines for HIV Dermatoses
• HTLV-1 associated Infective Dermatisis
• Retrospective study:  The use of systemic steroids in Stevens Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis.
• Prospective study:  the role of dexamethasone in HIV positive patients with Stevens Johnson / toxic epidermal necrolysis
• Setting up/Implementing teledermatology service
• Recalcitrant chromomycosis
• Setting up/Implementing a dermatology nursing program
• Pemphigus vulgaris:  A pharmaco-economic evaluation
• An evaluation of derm surgery:  background to implementing a MOHS surgery service
• Epidermolysis bullosa
• Epidermo-dysplasia verruciformis in HIV