More about A/Prof Erin McMeniman

BSc, MBBS, FRACGP, MPH, PhD, FACD.

  • Australian Society Dermatology Research ‘Women in Skin Research’ Award 2025 recipient

  • Visiting Medical Officer, Department of Dermatology, Princess Alexandra Hospital and Inala Indigenous Health Centre of Excellence, Queensland Health

  • Past Chair, The Queensland Faculty of Dermatology

  • Co-Chair, The Australasian College of Dermatology Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Committee

  • Member, The Curriculum Committee of Australasian College of Dermatology and Selection Committee

  • Nominee UQ Athena Swan Women in STEM award

Erin is a general dermatologist, treating all areas of medical dermatology (rashes) and skin cancer detection and management.

Having obtained her undergraduate medical degree in 2003 from The University of Queensland Assoc. Prof. McMeniman subsequently completed a Master of Public Health at The University of Queensland with a dissertation project in skin diseases in indigenous children. She completed her advanced training in dermatology in Queensland and was awarded a fellowship of the Australasian College of Dermatology. Post fellowship she completed her PhD on genetic mutations associated with multiple primary melanoma.

Assoc. Prof. McMeniman conducts a medical dermatology clinic 2 sessions per week at The Princess Alexandra Hospital, treating a broad range of complex auto-immune, auto-inflammatory and reactive dermatoses. She has developed hospital based multi-disciplinary clinics treating Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Cutaneous Lymphoma.

Assoc. Prof. McMeniman’s published works include:

  • Danesh, M., Pomeranz, M. K., McMeniman, E., & Murase, J. E. (2016). Dermatoses of pregnancy: Nomenclature, misnomers, and myths. Clinics in Dermatology, 34(3), 314–319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clindermatol.2016.02.002

  • Kunde, L., McMeniman, E., & Parker, M. (2013). Clinical photography in dermatology: ethical and medico-legal considerations in the age of digital and smartphone technology: Clinical photography in dermatology. The Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 54(3), 192–197. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.12063

  • McMeniman, E. K., Duffy, D. L., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K. J., Peach, E., McInerney-Leo, A. M., De’Ambrosis, B., Rayner, J. E., Smithers, B. M., Soyer, H. P., & Sturm, R. A. (2020). The interplay of sun damage and genetic risk in Australian multiple and single primary melanoma cases and controls. The British Journal of Dermatology, 183(2), 357–366. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.18777

  • Ngoo, A., Finnane, A., McMeniman, E., Tan, J.-M., Janda, M., & Soyer, H. P. (2018). Efficacy of smartphone applications in high-risk pigmented lesions. The Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 59(3), e175–e182. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.12599

  • Ong, N., McMeniman, E., Pillans, P., & Soyer, H. P. (2017). A clinical audit of high-cost and off-label drug use in dermatology: Use of high-cost drugs in dermatology. The Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 58(1), 30–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.12392

  • Rayner, J. E., McMeniman, E. K., Duffy, D. L., De’Ambrosis, B., Smithers, B. M., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K. J., Soyer, H. P., & Sturm, R. A. (2019). Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic melanoma patients. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology: JEADV, 33(6), 1076–1083. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.15446

  • Rayner, Jenna E., Jagirdar, K., Soyer, P. H., & McMeniman, E. K. (2017). Patients’ and doctors’ preferences for disclosing dermatology results. The Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 58(4), e282–e283. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.12707

  • Rayner, Jenna E., McMeniman, E. K., Duffy, D. L., De’Ambrosis, B., Smithers, B. M., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K. J., Soyer, H. P., & Sturm, R. A. (2019). IRF4 rs12203592*T/T genotype is associated with nodular melanoma. Melanoma Research, 29(4), 445–446. https://doi.org/10.1097/CMR.0000000000000596

  • Saunte, D. M., Boer, J., Stratigos, A., Szepietowski, J. C., Hamzavi, I., Kim, K. H., Zarchi, K., Antoniou, C., Matusiak, L., Lim, H. W., Williams, M., Kwon, H. H., Gürer, M. A., Mammadova, F., Kaminsky, A., Prens, E., van der Zee, H. H., Bettoli, V., Zauli, S., … Jemec, G. B. E. (2015). Diagnostic delay in hidradenitis suppurativa is a global problem. The British Journal of Dermatology, 173(6), 1546–1549. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.14038

  • Sinnya, S., Jagirdar, K., De’Ambrosis, B., McMeniman, E., Sturm, R. A., & Soyer, H. P. (2015). High incidence of primary melanomas in an MC1R RHC homozygote/CDKN2A mutant genotype patient. Archives of Dermatological Research, 307(8), 741–745. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-015-1582-y

  • Susanto, A., Nathan, V., Janda, M., Khosrotehrani, K., McMeniman, E., Soyer, H. P., & Betz-Stablein, B. (2024). Diversifying dermatology: Improving skin of colour representation. The Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 65(7), e208–e210. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.14356

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2025 Epiderm Lecture panel discussing the impact skin disease can have on quality of life.

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