Hair Loss Treatment Research in the World

Research on groundbreaking hair loss treatment is carried out by various universities, laboratories, companies and governments around the world. In this article, I have compiled a comprehensive list of major hair loss research centers by country. Hair loss gives a lot of hope for future treatments.

World Hair Loss Treatment Research List by Country

  Hair loss research is carried out in more than 100 universities, private laboratories and companies around the world. Below you can find a list of the most important centers of hair loss treatment research by country.

United States Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Allergan—Bimatoprost (prostamide analogue), Setipiprant, Exicure, Pelage Drugs.
• BiologicsMD — University of Arkansas.
• Columbia University—Dr. Angela Christiano and her company Rapunzel Biosciences.
• Duke University - Dr. Elise Olsen.
• Harvard University—Hsu Laboratory.
• Histogen - Hair Stimulating Complex (HSC).
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — Rendl Laboratory.
• Johns Hopkins University—Dr. Louis Garza.
• Kerastem Technologies - Adipose tissue and hair growth.
• Kythera Biopharmaceuticals — Setipiprant, a PGD2 antagonist. New York University - Dr. Mayumi Ito.
• Rockefeller University—Dr. Elaine Fuchs.
• Samumed — SM04554 topical solution for activating the WNT pathway.
• Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute — Dr. Alexey Terskikh & Dr. Ksenia Gnedeva.
• Southern Illinois University — Dr. Michael Neumeister.
• Stanford University—Dr. Anthony Oro.
• Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Hair Loss Research — Dr. Rajesh Thangapazham, Dr. Thomas Darling and Dr. Shaowei Li.
• University of Alabama, Birmingham — Dr. Melissa Harris.
• University of California Irvine — Dr. Maxim Plikus.
• University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) — Dr. Heather Christofk and Dr. William Lowry.
• University of Florida—Prometheon Pharma—Follicept.
• University of Kansas—Dr. Omar Aljitawi.
• University of Pennsylvania—Dr. George Cotsarelis (see also Follica, whose technology is licensed from U Penn).
• University of Southern California — Dr. Through Cheng-Ming Chuong and Wnt7b, Dr. Sufficient Number Detection by Krzysztof Kobielak .
• Texas Southwestern University—Krox20 and Dr. Lu Le.
• University of Wisconsin — Power Distribution Cover and Dr. Xudong Wang.
• Yale University—Dr. Brett King and Dr. Valerie Horsley.
• Wake Forest University — Dr. Amy McMichael and others.

Canada Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• University of British Columbia — Dr. Kevin McElwee (see also Replicel, Chief Scientific Officer).
• University of Calgary - Dr. Jeff Biernaskie.
• University of Manitoba — Dr. Malcolm Xing.

Germany Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science - Dr. Annika Vogt and Dr. Ulrike Blume-Peytavi.
• Congress Laboratory - Dr. Half Pans.
• Technical University of Berlin - Dr. Roland Lauster and Dr. Gerd Lindner
• University of Lubeck — Dr. Jennifer Klopper.

Greece Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Theracell — Cell-based hair regeneration through 3-D culturing.

Israel Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Technion — Israel Institute of Technology.

Italy Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Farmacia Parati (and Dr. Hasson) — Topical Finasteride and perhaps topical Dutasteride.
• Cassiopea — CB-03-01 topical antiandrogen.
• Fidia Farmaceutici and Trinov, aka Brotzu Lotion - PGE1 and DGLA.

Spain Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Mediteknia Hair Laboratory — Dr. Francisco Jimenez Acosta
• Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) — Dr. Mirna Perez-Moreno and Dr. Donatello Castellana.

Swedish Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Follicum — FOL-005 drug that inhibits body hair and/or increases scalp hair.

Switzerland Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Polichem — P-3074 topical Finasteride product.

United Kingdom Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• University of Bradford—Dr. Valerie Randall and Dr. DesTobin.
• Durham University—Dr. Claire Higgins and Dr. Colin Jahoda.
• University of Manchester - Dr. Ralph Pope.
• Hair Clone.

Australia Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Cellmid—FGF-5 inhibition.
• University of Melbourne — Dr. Rodney Sinclair.
• University of Queensland—Dr. Julien Legrand.

Chinese Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Southern Medical University (Nanfang Hospital) — Dr. Zhi-Qi Hu.
• Hebei University of Science and Technology — Dr. Chunyu Han.

Japan Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Keio University—Dr. Manabu Ohyama.
• Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster (KBIC) — RIKEN, Dr. Takashi Tsuji and Shiseido / Replicel.
• Kyorin University — Dr. Hirotaro Fukuoka and Dr. Hirotaka Suga.
• Nippon School of Medicine — Dr. Rei Ogawa.
• Osaka University — Dr. Shigeki Inui.
• Shiseido - The much larger Japanese partner of Canada-based Replicel.
• Tokyo Medicine and Dentistry — through the Department of Stem Cell Biology, Dr. Hiroyuki Matsumura.
• Tokyo University of Science — Dr. Takashi Tsuji.
• Yokohama University — Dr. Junji Fukuda.

Singapore Hair Loss Treatment Study:

• A*STAR Institute of Medical Biology.

South Korea Hair Loss Treatment Research:

• Korea Catholic University
• Yonsei University