Professor Rod Hay is emeritus professor of dermatology in London and Belfast and worked as a consultant in the specialised field of infectious and tropical skin diseases at the St John's Institute of Dermatology, London.

He is a member of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Buruli Ulcer and Neglected Tropical Diseases of the Skin (Skin NTDs ) and also advises the International League of Dermatology Societies, the global body representing Dermatology, on Health Inequalities.

Rod is a previous Chairman of the International Foundation for Dermatology and former President of the British Association of Dermatologists, the British Society for Medical Mycology, and the European Confederation of Medical Mycology.