Irene Kraemer University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

Irene Krämer, PharmD, PhD, is Director of the Pharmacy Department of the University Medical Center at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (Germany) and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the faculty of pharmacy at the same university. She obtained her doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry and continued her postgraduate education at the Pharmacy Department of the Johannes Gutenberg University and went on to complete her postdoctoral thesis in Pharmaceutical Technology, entitled 'Development, Quality Assurance, and Optimization of Ready-to-Use Parenteral Solutions in the Integrated Cancer Care Concept'. The research projects of Prof. Kraemer focus on experimental studies of the physicochemical and microbiological stability of ready-to-administer parenteral preparations mainly used in oncology and intensive care patients. Other research projects deal with the development and evaluation of clinical pharmacy services and the improvement of medication safety by digitalization and automation of the medication process. She also performed numerous studies regarding medication adherence in special patient groups. Prof. Krämer published numerous scientific papers and is the author/editor of several clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical technology textbooks. She received the German Federal Cross of Merit for her dedication to clinical pharmacy and patient care.