Kenji Kabashima graduated from Kyoto University in 1996 and underwent Medicine and Dermatology training at the United States Naval Hospital in Yokosuka Japan, Kyoto University Hospital and University of Washington Medical Center. His research interests include atopic dermatitis, its pathogenesis and potential treatments. He is also working on gene-targeted fluorescent chemical probes to visualise cells to help understand the mechanisms underpinning skin homeostasis. Previously with the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Kabashima currently serves as a Senior Principal Investigator at the A*STAR Skin Research Labs (A*SRL).
