Rate My Professor Mat Hardman

Professor Matthew Hardman serves as Chair in Wound Healing and Director of Research at Hull York Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull. With more than 20 years' experience in skin biology, Professor Hardman specializes in wound healing, with research spanning basic biology through to clinical studies. His work has been funded by the Medical Research Council, National Institutes of Health, and a number of charities. The wound healing group engages with industry partners including Smith & Nephew and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, ensuring a clear route to patient benefit. Before joining Hull, he directed the EPSRC and MRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Regenerative Medicine at the University of Manchester. He now leads the £48 million Wound Innovation Centre at the University of Hull, establishing state-of-the-art labs to advance wound care innovations.

Professor Hardman's key publications include the highly cited "Wound healing: cellular mechanisms and pathological outcomes" (Open Biology, 2020), "Patterned acquisition of skin barrier function during development" (Development, 1998), "Irf6 is a key determinant of the keratinocyte proliferation-differentiation switch" (Nature Genetics, 2006), "Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) is a therapeutic target for impaired cutaneous wound healing" (Wound Repair and Regeneration, 2012), and "Local arginase 1 activity is required for cutaneous wound healing" (Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2013). His research addresses molecular and cellular aspects of tissue repair, including senescence, infection, inflammation, and hormonal influences on healing in the elderly and chronic wounds. These contributions have shaped understanding in regenerative medicine and clinical dermatology. Professor Hardman contributes to the international community through roles such as moderator at Wound Healing Society conferences.