Olaf Klungel appointed Professor of Pharmacoepidemiologic Methods
The Executive Board of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 has appointed Dr. Olaf Klungel as Professor of Pharmacoepidemiologic Methods at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences鈥 Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS). Prof. Klungel will also work one day per week at UMC Utrecht鈥檚 Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care. Dr. Klungel is an expert in the field of research methods into the effects and risks of pharmaceuticals. His appointment will be a major addition to the UIPS division of Pharmacoepidemiology & Clinical Pharmacology, which contributes to Utrecht 木瓜福利影视鈥檚 strategic theme of Life Sciences.
Olaf Klungel (1969) is a globally respected expert in the development, improvement and evaluation of statistical and epidemiological methods for determining the beneficial and harmful effects of pharmaceuticals. This field of study deals with research into the fundamentals of large, routinely registered electronic health data, research cohorts and biobanks, which is conducted after medicines have been released to the market. 鈥淭his is very important, because only then can we properly ascertain the adverse effects and effectiveness of medicines in daily practice鈥, explains Klungel.
Optimal
Two people who are very pleased with Dr. Klungel鈥檚 appointment are Prof. Ton de Boer, head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, and Prof. Arno Hoes, chair of the Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care. 鈥淭he Julius Centre has had close contact with the UIPS Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology for many years. With this new post and the combined appointment, we will be able to optimally reinforce one another鈥, according to Hoes.
Centre for Research Methods
The professorship in Pharmacoepidemiologic Methods is part of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology & Clinical Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Within this division, Prof. Klungel is the managing director of the Centre for Research Methods. At the Julius Centre, he will contribute to the methodology research programme under the leadership of Prof. Carl Moons.
Mondriaan Health Research Data
Dr. Klungel joined the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1999, where his duties included serving as the Scientific Manager of the TI Pharma Mondriaan Project, which aims to make routinely recorded health data better accessible for pharmacoepidemiology research. He currently serves on the board of the Mondriaan Health Research Data Foundation. In addition to research, Prof. Klungel develops and provides education in the field of pharmacoepidemiology to students of medicine and pharmacology within the Master鈥檚 programmes Pharmaceutical Sciences, Drug Innovation, and Epidemiology, and the European Programme in Pharmacovigiliance & Pharmacoepidemiology. Dr. Klungel earned his PhD. at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 in 1994, under the supervision of Prof. Albert Bakker.