Karin Wiedenmayer
- Phone: +41 61 284 81 26
- Fax: +41 61 284 81 03
- Email: karin.wiedenmayer@unibas.ch
- Profession: Senior Pharmaceutical and Public Health Specialist
- Position: Project Leader
- Department/Unit:
Professional activities at Swiss TPH
Karin Wiedenmayer, PharmD, is a Senior Pharmaceutical and Public Health Specialist at the Swiss Centre for International for Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. Karin Wiedenmayer has a background in clinical pharmacy and extensive experience in the area of management of medicines in international health. She has worked in US teaching hospitals, with regulatory agencies and the pharmaceutical industry. Her main interests relate to improving access to medicines, the promotion of rational medicine use and capacity building with a focus on health system development in low and middle income countries. Through her involvement in worldwide assignments in programme assessments, monitoring and evaluation, and project management she has longstanding consultancy and field experience in development cooperation. For tropEd and GIZ she teaches pharmaceutical public health, takes supervisory roles and coordinates graduate courses on medicines management in international health. For the Muhimbili College of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania she teaches clinical pharmacy; in Switzerland she directs the academic postgraduate program FPH for pharmacists.
Higher education & qualifications
2011 | Certificate in Global Health Effectiveness, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA |
2004 | Certificate in History of African Civilization, University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, USA |
1994-1996 | Certificates in Managing Drug Supply and Promotion of Rational Drug Use, World Health Organisation (WHO),Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and IDA Foundation |
1984-1987 | Doctor of Clinical Pharmacy (PharmD), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA |
1976-1982 | Master of Science in Pharmacy (MSc), University of Bern, Switzerland |
Past professional activities
1992 | Manager of Pharmacy, Dr. Lyk, Worb, Switzerland |
1991-1992 | Scientist, Swiss Drug Regulatory Authority IKS (Swissmedic), Department of Registration, Bern, Switzerland |
1990 | Clinical Pharmacist, Valley Hospital (Department of Oncology), Ridgewood, N.J., USA |
1987-1989 | Clinical Pharmacist, UNC Hospitals (Department of Cardiology), University of North Carolina UNC, Chapel Hill, USA |
1984-1987 | Teaching Assistant, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina UNC, Chapel Hill, USA |
1982-1984 | Pharmacy Manager and Associate in Wengen, Worb, Gstaad, Switzerland |