Petra Thürmann

Chair of Clinical Pharmacology

Training and studies

1997
Postdoctoral university lecturing qualification in clinical pharmacology at the department of medicine at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

1992
Awarded the professional title "Doctor of Clinical Pharmacology"

1987
Doctoral studies

1979 - 1986
Studied medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Appointments

since 2021
Vice President for Research at the Witten/Herdecke University

2019 - 2021
Head of the Helios Centre for Research and Innovation

2018
Deputy Medical Director at the Helios University Hospital Wuppertal (HUKW)

2016 - 2018
Medical Director at the Helios University Hospital Wuppertal (HUKW)

2004 - 2010
Managing Director of Helios Research Centre GmbH, Berlin

1999 - 2003
Deputy Medical Director at Wuppertal University Hospital (since 1 January 2003) Helios University Hospital Wuppertal (HUKW))

since 1998
Chair of Clinical Pharmacology at Witten/Herdecke University

since 1997
Director of the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology at Wuppertal Hospital

1986 - 1997
Scientific assistant to Prof. Dr N. Rietbrock, Department of Clinical Pharmacology at the University Hospital Frankfurt of the Goethe University

• Pharmacovigilance
• Prescription safety
• Geriatric pharmacotherapy (PRISCUS list)
• Multidisciplinary interventions in nursing homes and primary care
• Patient information regarding drug therapy
• Sex/gender-related differences in drug therapy
• Phase I studies

Memberships in scientific associations

• 2014 - 2018
  Member of the Officers (Board of Directors) of the International Union of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR), Treasurer
• 2009
  Member of the German Society for Gender-Specific Medicine
• 2008
  Member of the Patient Safety Action Alliance
• 2005
  Member of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance
• 2002 - 2014
  Board member of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology of the International Union of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR), Treasurer, Secretary General
• 1999
  Member of the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT)
• 1999
  President of the 9th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics e. V.
• 1998
  Member of the British Society of Pharmacology (BPS), Section Clinical Pharmacology
• 1992
  Working Group for Applied Human Pharmacology (AGAH)
• 1990
  German Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapy e. V. (GKPharm), 1992 - 2002 Board member

Memberships of editorial boards

• 2007
  Member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
• 2006 - 2022
  Member of the International Advisory Board of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
• 2000
  Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Memberships of other medical, scientific and public health administrative bodies

• Since 2024
  Member of the Expert Commission "Health and Resilience" of the Federal Government
• 2021
  Member of the Pharmacists' Drug Commission
• 2020
  Drug Therapy Safety Coordination Group (AMTS) of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
• 2020
  Chairwoman of the scientific advisory board of the BARMER Institute for Health Systems Research (bifg)
• 2013 - 2019
  Member of the Executive Committee of the Council of International Organisations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS, Geneva)
• 2013
  Member of the scientific advisory board of the Scientific Institute of the AOK (WIdO)
• since 2011 - 2023
  Member of the German Council of Experts for the Review of Developments in the Health Care System
• 2009 - 2011
  Member of the scientific advisory board of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care Systems (IQWiG)
• 2007 - 2017
  Member of the scientific advisory board of the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)
• 2006 - 2018
  Member of the scientific advisory board of the German Medical Association
• 2005 - 2009
  Member of the Pharmacovigilance Expert Group of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
• 2004
  Associate member of the Drug Commission of the German Medical Association (full member since 2006)
• 2002
  Chairwoman of the Ethics Committee of Witten/Herdecke University
• 2000 - 2003
  Member of the Commission on Medicinal Products in Statutory Health Insurance (positive list) of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
• 1996 - 2004
  Member of Commission D of the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices

Prices

• December 2021
  William B. Abrams Award in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology (ASCPT)
• October 2013
  Gesundheitspreis-NRW: First prize for the project "Drug therapy safety in retirement and nursing homes. Cross-sectional analysis and feasibility of a multidisciplinary approach"
• March 1997
  Dr Heinz and Helene Adam Prize at the Department of Medicine at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main for the work
  
  Thürmann PA, et al: Influence of isradipine and spirapril on left ventricular hypertrophy and resistance arteries. Hypertension 28: 450 - 456, 1996