上海交通大学医学院皮肤病研究所由上海交通大学医学院附属新华医院皮肤科牵头，整合上海交通大学医学院各附属医院皮肤科优质的临床资源和科研资源于2017年批准成立。皮肤病研究所现设在附属新华医院科教大楼三楼，机构面积近400平方米，投入近千万元，2019年下半年已投入使用。主要致力于遗传性皮肤病诊断与干预；免疫性及炎症性皮肤病（特应性皮炎、银屑病、大疱性皮肤病、红斑狼疮、皮肌炎、白癜风、痤疮等）的发病机制及管理；皮肤屏障与护理保健等三个领域开展研究。
上海交通大学医学院附属新华医院皮肤科是我国儿童皮肤病学的开创单位，2009年成立上海交通大学医学院“遗传性皮肤病诊疗中心”，2010年成立中华医学会皮肤性病学分会“特应性皮炎研究中心”，2012年被批准为国家临床重点专科。近十年来，科室紧密结合临床，开展了一系列高质量的临床基础与临床应用研究，发表SCI论文70余篇，影响因子10分以上论文3篇，负责国家临床重点专科建设项目、国家自然科学基金重点项目、上海市科委基础重点项目等课题研究。目前科室已发展成为年门急诊超过45万人次、床位31张，年出入院1302例，其中境外、外省市住院患者达到50%的大型综合性专科。
皮肤病研究所姚志荣所长，主任医师、二级教授，博士生导师、上海交通大学医学院教授委员会委员，上海交通大学医学院附属新华医院皮肤科主任。主要致力于解决儿童皮肤病临床领域的重点与难点问题，研究方向为遗传性皮肤病及变态反应性皮肤病。在遗传性皮肤病方面，开展大片段缺失、嵌合突变等复杂高难度基因诊断及致死、致残性遗传性皮肤病的产前基因诊断。在变态反应性皮肤病方面，完成我国首个0-7岁特应性皮炎现场流行病学调查及我国特应性皮炎最大样本的临床体征研究，并建立首个适用于中国婴儿与儿童特应性皮炎诊断标准。以第一作者或通信作者发表SCI期刊论文70余篇，包括《J Allergy Clin Immun》、《Am J Hum Genet》、《Nat Genet》等国际重要刊物。担任国际AD理事会理事，中华医学会皮肤性病学分会副秘书长、中国医师协会皮肤皮肤科医师分会副会长、中华医学会皮肤性病学分会儿童皮肤病学组前任组长、上海市皮肤科学会主任委员、中华医学会皮肤性病学分会“特应性皮炎研究中心”首席专家等职，2013年入选“上海市领军人才”。
The Institute of Dermatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine was established in 2017. It was led by Xinhua dermatology affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, integrating the high-quality clinical and scientific research resources of dermatology in the affiliated hospitals of Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine. The Institute of dermatology is now located on the third floor of the science and education building in Xinhua Hospital, with an area of nearly 400 square meters and an investment of nearly 10 million yuan. It has been put into use in the second half of 2019. The team mainly engaged in the diagnosis and intervention of hereditary skin disorders; the pathogenesis and management of immunological and inflammatory skin diseases (atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, bullous dermatosis, lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, vitiligo, acne, etc.); and the research of skin barrier and nursing care.
Xinhua Dermatology affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine was the pioneer department of pediatric dermatology in China. It was awarded “The Center for Hereditary Skin Disorders” in 2009, "Research Centers of Atopic Dermatitis under the Chinese Society of Dermatology" in 2010, and “The National key Clinical Discipline” by the Chinese Health Ministry in 2012. In the past decade, Xinhua Dermatology has carried out a series of high-quality basic and clinical researches, published more than 70 SCI papers, including 3 papers with impact factors more than 10 points. Xinhua Dermatology is responsible for "The National key Clinical Discipline", “Key projects of National Natural Science Foundation”, and "The Most Top Clinical Discipline" by the Shanghai Health Bureau. At present, the Department has developed into a large-scale comprehensive specialty with an annual outpatient and emergency volumn of more than 450000 people. The ward held 31 beds, with an annual admission of 1302 cases, of which 50% are inpatients from overseas and other provinces and cities.
Prof. Zhirong Yao, the director of the Institute of Dermatology, is the chairman of Xinhua Dermatology, professor and the Board member of the Professor Committee of Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine. His special interests are hereditary dermatosis and allergic dermatosis. His main contribution is responsible for conducting highly complex mutation screen, prenatal gene diagnosis and innovative intervention of fatal and disabled hereditary diseases, as well as in charge of the first nation-wide epidermiological study of atopic dermatitis in children aged 1-7ys and researches involving clinical phenotypes of atopic dermatitis in Chinese origin with largest population. He also established the first diagnostic standard for atopic dermatitis in Chinese infants and children. He has published more than 70 research papers in the international peer-review journals as first or correspondence author, including Am J Hum Genet, J Allergy Clin Immun, and Nat Genet. His other professional positions included: councilor of the International Eczema Council (IEC), the chief expert of "research center of atopic dermatitis"in Chinese Society of Dermatology, deputy secretary of Chinese Society of Dermatology, vice chairman of the Chinese Dermatologist Association, former president of the Pediatric Dermatology under Chinese Society of Dermatology, and the chairman of Shanghai Society of Dermatology. In 2013, he was elected as the “Leading Talent in Shanghai”.
