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Under the Skin

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This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB. ‘Under the Skin’, UCB’s latest podcast series, is targeted at healthcare professionals looking to learn more about hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a debilitating, chronic inflammatory skin disease.(1) Hosted by Dr Barry McGrath (HS patient advocate and co-founder of patient association HS Ireland), each episode invites a new expert guest to share their knowledge of treating HS and to discuss one of the many facets of the complex patient journey. As a pharmaceutical company, UCB adheres to the ABPI and IPHA codes appl...

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Episode 3: The evolving role of ultrasound in HS 17.04.2026 14:49

his podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.   In episode 3, our host, Prof Monika Arenbergerová speaks with fellow ultrasound expert Prof Valentina Dini. Prof Dini tells us about how ultrasound works in HS, differentiating between different types of HS lesions with ultrasound, and how we can use the updat...

HS Management: Combining surgery and medical treatments 20.03.2026 24:36

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.   Episode 2 brings together two surgical experts – our host, Prof Monika Arenbergerová and Prof Eva Vilarrasa. Together, they discuss the evolution of the use of surgery in HS, the use of biological treatments, and how we can combine both surgical and medical manage...

How will the new European S2k guidelines change clinical practice? 20.02.2026 30:01

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.   In episode 1, our host, Prof Monika Arenbergerová, chats about updates in the most recent S2k clinical guidelines for hidradenitis suppurativa, with two of its co-authors: Dr Aikaterini Liakou and Dr Alejandro Molina Leyva. Together, they discuss changes in diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and thei...

Achieving better health outcomes for patients 17.09.2024 27:49

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.  In our fifth episode, our host, Dr Barry McGrath, PhD, is joined by Dr Antonio Martorell, a leading physician from Spain, to discuss the evolving landscape of care in hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). Together, they delve into the importance of individualised treatment approaches, the role of shared decision-making i...

Patient expectations and different perspectives of HS. 05.08.2024 34:45

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.  In our fourth episode, our host Dr Barry McGrath, PhD, is joined by Dr Fiona Collier, a former general practitioner from Scotland, and Laurelle-Maria Sterling, a patient with HS who is very active in HS support networks. Together, they explore public perceptions of HS, the views of dermatologists, and their own ho...

Why is there a delay in HS patient diagnosis? 17.05.2024 31:44

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.  For our third episode, our host Dr Barry McGrath, PhD, is joined by Dr Philippe Guillem, hidradenitis suppurativa Surgeon from Lyon, France. On this episode, they explore the various barriers to, and the consequences of, an HS diagnosis, and discuss how we can work towards achieving an earlier diagnosis together.&...

How does HS affect patients? 06.02.2024 40:13

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.  For our second episode, our host Dr Barry McGrath is joined by Professor Falk Bechara, the Head of the Department of Dermatologic Surgery at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Together, they discuss the profound physical, psychological and social impacts that hidradenitis suppurativa can have on a patient’s qual...

What is the bigger picture in HS? 10.10.2023 32:43

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB. This episode welcomes Dr John Ingram (HS Consultant Dermatologist at Cardiff University) to share an overview of what HS is, its presentation in patients, epidemiology and global prevalence.   Speaker disclosures: Dr Barry McGrath and Dr John Ingram have received consulting fees, research or institutional support a...