Nationality: German

2000
Dr.rer. medic. (Doctoral degree from the Medical Faculty of the Univeristy of Muenster, Germany)

2010-2014
Work package leader (Epidemiology of clozapine use in schizophrenia) of 7th EU Framework
Program Project CRESTAR (Pharmacogenomic biomarkers as clinical decision making tools for clozapine
treatment of schizophrenia)

Since 2009
Senior researcher at the National Centre for Register- based Research, Aarhus University

2007-2008
Assistant professor at the National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University

2005-2006
Assistant professor at the Clinical Epidemiology Department, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus University

2000-2005
Head of the Pharmacoepidemiology Unit at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and
Pharmacoepidemiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany

1999
Research Fellow at the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, Boston University, USA

1996-1999
PhD Student at the Department of Epidemiology, University of Muenster, Germany

1994
Registered Pharmacist

1988-1993
Study of Pharmacy, University of Muenster

Pharmacoepidemiology, Psychopharmacology, Drug utilization, Drug safety and effectiveness in the
treatment of psychiatric disorders with particular focus on antipsychotics and antidepressants,
Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)