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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Melanie Hamann

  • Education

    2013 Habilitation and Venia legendi for „Pharmacology and Toxicology“, Freie Universität Berlin
    2011 Expert of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
    2000 Doctorate (Dr. med. vet.), School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
    1993 - 1998 Studies of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

  • Academic and Professional Career

    2015 - today Professor of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Pharmacology, Justus Liebig University Gießen
    2014 - 2015 Desk Officer for Veterinary Medicinal Products and Animal Welfare, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Lower Saxony
    2002 - 2014 Research Associate/Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin
    1999-2002 Postgraduate Doctoral Candidate/Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

  • Institutional Responsibilities

    2021 - today Vice Dean of Study Affairs, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Justus Liebig University Gießen
    2015 - today Representative Animal Welfare Officer of the Justus Liebig University Gießen

  • Commissions of trust

    2019 - today Member of the Expert Committee for Narcotic Drugs (§ 1 Abs. 2 German Narcotic Drugs Act and § 7 New Psychoactive Substances Act)
    2018 - 2021 Member of the Expert Committee for Pharmacologically Active Substances and Veterinary Medicinal Products of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
    2017 - today Member of the Committee for Pharmaceutical and Feed/Food Law of the Veterinary Association Hessen

  • Fellowships, Awards and Third Party Funding

    2019 - today German Federal Ministry for the Environment/German Environment Agency (UBA): „Environmental emissions of active pharmaceutical substances – accounting for emissions and consequences for risk assessment and management“ in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Fraunhofer ISI)
    2018 - today German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture/German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety: Establishment and Continuation of a decentral veterinary pharmacivigilance center with deepened scientific  analysis of relevant, recorded pharmacovigilance issues (focus: neurotoxicology)
    2012 - today Different Cooperation Projects with the Pharmaceutical Industry
    2009 - 2011 Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, USA
    2008 Oppenheim-Award of the German Dystonia Foundation
    2004 - 2014 Berlin Commission for the Promotion of Young Women Scholars
    2002 - 2009 DFG (Project Ri 345)

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