Liv Eidsmo

Liv Eidsmo is a Professor/Senior Physician at Karolinska Institutet, affiliated with the Department of Medicine, Solna. She specializes in Dermatology and Immunology, focusing on skin immune mechanisms and inflammatory diseases like psoriasis and vitiligo. Her work emphasizes tissue-resident memory T cells (Trm) and their role in maintaining skin barrier function and disease pathogenesis.

• Affiliations: Karolinska Institutet (since 2024), previously at University of Copenhagen (2021–2024) as Professor in Translational Skin Immunology.
• Education: MD from Karolinska Institutet (1999), PhD in Immunobiology (2006), postdoc at University of Melbourne (2007–2009).

Research interests include skin barrier dynamics, Trm cell biology, and translational immunology. Notable awards include the Ragnar Söderberg Fellowship (2014–2019) and Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Clinical Research Fellowship (2016–2019). She leads a research group investigating inflammatory skin diseases and therapeutic strategies.