Irene Krämer *

Affiliation: 

University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Country: 

Germany

1. Current Status, Position

Professor Irene Krämer (PhD, PharmD) is the Director of the Pharmacy Department at the University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, and is also Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Pharmacy School at the same institution.

2. Education

Dr Krämer obtained her doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry and continued her postgraduate education at the Pharmacy Department of the Johannes Gutenberg-University and went on to complete her postdoctoral thesis in Pharmaceutical Technology, entitled Development, Quality Assurance, and Optimization of Ready-to-Use Parenteral Solutions in the Integrated Cancer Care Concept. She became Associate Professor at the Pharmacy School at Johannes Gutenberg-University before receiving her professorship in 2006.

3. Research Area

Dr Krämer's special interests and research areas include oncology pharmacy, infectious diseases, and aseptic drug preparation. She is currently conducting research projects in the field of physicochemical and microbiologic stability of cytotoxic medicinal products, compatibility of admixtures of nebulizer solutions, and monitoring of medication compliance and the impact of pharmaceutical care.

4. Conflict of interest: Dr Irene Krämer was advisory board member for Abbvie and Boehringer Ingelheim, and part of the speaker's bureau for Roche.