Irritant Contact Dermatitis

Dr. Iris Ale, MD, is a Professor of Allergy and Dermatology at the Republic University of Uruguay in South America. She is member of the International Contact Dermatitis Research Group, the South American Contact Dermatitis Group and the European Environmental Contact Dermatitis Group.  She has received awards and scholarships from the World Allergy Organization, the International Labor Organization, the South American Organization and Accreditation System for University Careers, the Fulbright Committee and the Uruguayan Academy of Medicine. She is a specialist in Dermatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Intensive Care Medicine and Medical Education, and is a Peer Evaluator of Careers and Faculties of Medicine in South America. She pursued post doctoral studies in Occupational and Environmental Dermatology at the University of Louvain in Belgium with Professor Jean Marie Lachapelle and in Dermato-allergology and Dermatotoxicology at the University of California in San Francisco with Professor Howard Maibach.