Brief Biography:
QUALIFICATIONS
Degree:M.D./Ph.D.
Board certifications:
1. Pharmaceutical Medicine
2. Medical Microbiology, Virology and Infection Epidemiology
EMPLOYMENT
Since March 2009 Director
Translational Pharmacology and Discovery Medicine (equivalent to Global Early Clinical Development) GSK biopharmR&D
January 2006 – February 2009 Oncology Research Physician
AstraZeneca Global Clinical Development – Oncology & Infection
2002 – 2005 Clinical Fellow and Group Leader
Institute for Medical Microbiology, University of Düsseldorf, FRG
2001 – 2002 Clinical Fellow
Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technical University of Munich
1997 – 2000Postdoc & Visiting Fellow
Laboratory of Cell Regulation & Carcinogenesis (Head: Dr. Anita Roberts), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1995 – 1997 Residency in Internal Medicine, Dept. of Hematology/ Oncology, University of Freiburg, Germany
EDUCATION
2006 – 2011 Higher Medical Training in Pharmaceutical Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians, UK
2006 – 2008 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine, University of Cardiff
1988 – 1995 MD & PhD (equivalent), University of Hamburg, Germany
1992 – 1995 Experimental doctoral thesis work on signal transduction in Leydig cells, Institute for Hormone & Fertility Research, Hamburg (Prof. Leidenberger)
EXAMINATIONS
2008Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK
2005Board examination Medical Microbiology, Virology & Infection Epidemiology, Physicians Chamber Northrhine Westphalia, Germany
1995, 1996USMLE - United States Medical Licensing Examination Part 1 and 2
1996PhD Defense, University of Hamburg, Germany
1995German Medical licensing exam, University of Hamburg, Germany
Academic positions:
1. Honarary Lecturer Kings College, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences (ongoing, since 2012)
2. Honorary Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK, 2008 -2011
3. Honorary Visiting Consultant, Wythenshawe Hospital, UK, 2006 - 2008
4. Clinical Fellow and group leader, Institute for Medical Microbiology, University of Düsseldorf, Germany, 2002 - 2005 (last year level of attending physician)
5. Clinical Fellow, Insitute for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Technical University of Munich, Germany, 2001 - 2002
6. Postdoc & Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Cell Regulation & Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 1997 - 2000
7. Intern-Resident, Department for Hematlogy/Oncology, University of Freiburg, Germany
8. PhD student (equivalent), Institute for Hormone and Fertility Research, University of Hambur, 1992 - 1995
Research interests:
Current:
Development of biomarkers for early decision making in go-nogo decisions in clinical development programmes
Clinical trials in oncology, infectious diseases, neuro-degeneration and immunoinflammation
Past:
Development of new diagnostic assays (realtime PCR) for the identification of Gut-related/food borne pathogens, MRSA and pathogens causing ‘atypical’ pneumonia
TGF-ß signal transduction in vitro und in vivo; generation of transgenic mice
Statistical analysis and database programming as part of the mandatory Infectious disease surveillance (§23 IfSG) (Univ. of Düsseldorf & associated hospitals)
Computer-simulations of biochemical pathways
Any other information:
Professional Memberships
1. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
2. General Medical Council (GMC) and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FPM), UK
3. German Society for Hygiene & Microbiology
4. German Society for Immunology
What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:
Current publication pathways introduce bias in published literature due to the non-anonymous manuscript submission, but anonymous review.
I am in favour of making both submission and review absolutely transparent. Whether the post-hoc review is better than pre-publication remains to be shown; in any case, it will be a lot faster.