Affiliation: University Hospital of Leipzig
Country: Germany

1. Current status, Position:
Director of Pharmacy at the University Hospital of Leipzig

2. Career history:
• 1993-1995: Employed by University Hospital of Leipzig;
• 1996-2001: Head of Pharmacy at St.Franziskus-Hospital,Cologne;
• 2001-2011: Director of Pharmacy at the University Hospital of Leipzig from 2001;
• 2005-2009: Director of Finances of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP);
• 2009-current: President of European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP).

3. Education:
• 1988-1992: Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Germany;
• 1993: Phd in pharmaceutical technology, University of Hamburg, Germany;
• 1996: Specialisation degree in Hospital Pharmacy.

4. Research interests: Patient safety

5. Other achievements:

• 1994 to 2005: Served in a training position for pharmaceutical technology at the Chamber of Pharmacy Hannover;
• 2004-2011: Lectured on Pharmacoepidemiology and Economics at the University of Leipzig, School of Pharmacy.