EADV Task Force EPIDEMIOLOGY

The Task Force Epidemiology translates its mission into action by coordinating research, building methodological capacity, and fostering international collaboration across dermatologic epidemiology. In practice, the TF:

• Identifies and prioritises key epidemiological questions in Dermatology and Venereology relevant to Europe.
• Supports high-quality multicentre research by contributing to major European and international studies (e.g., psoriasis, hand eczema, zelanoma, atopic eczema).
• Develops consensus and methodological standards, including eDelphi studies, core domain sets, and recommendations (e.g., dose reduction of biologics, core outcomes for hand eczema, methotrexate dosing, registry harmonization).
• Harmonises data collection internationally, contributing to TREAT, C3 (Chord Cousin Collaboration), and other registries to improve comparability and enable pooled analyses across countries.
• Facilitates knowledge dissemination through publications, evidence based updates, and participation in Cochrane Skin, Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology meetings, and European Dermato-Epidemiology Network collaborations.
• Promotes education and capacity building via summer schools, AI-in-dermatology training, epidemiology workshops, and planned EADV clinical research & epidemiology workshops.
• Contributes to global initiatives such as the Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas (GADA), Global Derm Epi Seminar Series, and ILDS linked epidemiology efforts.
• Strengthens collaboration within EADV by working closely with other Task Forces, committees, and Core Outcome Sets related initiatives to improve research quality and methodological coherence.