Patient Expert Scholarship Recipients

2023 Cohort

After their year of intensive learning through the Patient Expert Trainingthe patient advocates below have gained a comprehensive understanding of the medicines development process and the important role of patients throughoutThey are equipped with knowledge that will take their patient advocacy work to the next levelWe would like to congratulate the 2023 cohort on this achievement

On the week of October 23-26, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic, the five recipients of the 2023 GlobalSkin Patient Expert Scholarship attended the EUPATI Patient Expert Training Programme Graduation event. Congratulations to: 

  • Jorge Perez – Vitamigos – Cuba 
  • Gaone Matewa – Beyond Vitiligo – South Africa 
  • Kelly Barta – Coalition of Skin Diseases – USA 
  • Melanie Funk – Eczema Support Australia  
  • Jennifer Austin, CEO, GlobalSkin 
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Learn what the program meant to the 2023 graduates

2024 Cohort

These are the recipients of the 2024 scholarship - they start with an introductory webinar taking place in December 2023 and graduate in October 2024. 

  • Francisco Tapia Besnier - Fundación Padece - Chile

  • Joseph Harerimana - Anti Vitiligo Rwanda Foundation (AVF)

  • Lauren Isbell - Nevus Outreach - USA

  • Marc Yale – IPPF – USA (International)

  • Michael Koehlher - FAIM - Autoimmune Diseases - Denmark

  • Paul Mendoza – PSORPHIL - Philippines

  • Rachel Ogola - Eczema Society Kenya

  • Špela Novak - Društvo Atopijski dermatitis - Slovenia

  • Toni Roberts - DEBRA South Africa

  • Jakub Sadocha - GlobalSkin

  • Jaclyn Lanthier - Lichen Sclerosus Support Network - USA

  • Hubert Godziątkowski - Polskie Towarzystwo Chorób Atopowych - Poland

  • Gaylord Inena wa Inena - Corbettta – Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Gary Lai - Hong Kong Psoriasis Patients Association