PhD
German cancer research center (DKFZ)
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
After his studies of pharmacy and the practical year he received the license as a pharmacist. In addition, he completed postgraduate Masters in "Public Health" and "Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology". After completing his doctorate at the Institute of Social Medicine at the University of Lübeck, he joined the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research at the DKFZ in October 2009 for the postdoctoral phase and has been working in this position without interruption for 11 years now. Ben Schöttker is currently working in the area of pharmacoepidemiology with a focus on the drug safety for elderly patients.