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Hemani and Janet are seated at a table in a brightly lit, wood panelled room. Hemani is talking and wears a pastel pink shirt. Janet is smiling and listening and wears a black top and grey scarf. Dr Hemani Modasia Shah is a GP, and Scar Free Foundation Trustee and Ambassador. Professor Janet Lord is co-director of the scar free foundation centre for conflict wound research, Birmingham

Join our new Community Event series: First session on keloid scarring now open for registration

Our free, informal Scar Free Foundation Community Event series kicks off with a keloids-focused evening on Wednesday 20 May – and you’re invited!

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Professor Janet Lord wears a black top and grey cardigan as she sits at a desk covered in research equipment. Janet smiles at the camera.

New research offers insight into how laser treatment improves burn scars 

Although laser therapy is widely used to help ease scar symptoms, why and how it reportedly helps wasn't understood

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Hemani, Scar Free Trustee and Ambassador, signs up for a Scar Free skydive

Hemani Modasia-Shah will be leaping for Scar Free research in March 2026!

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Applications open for 2025 Amber Young Burns Research Fellowship

A generous grant scheme for early career researchers to kickstart projects in paediatric burns is open for applications.

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