Prof. Dr. Jonathan Kimmelman

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPublic Heatlh, Healthcare Research, Social and Occupational Medicine,Epidemiology and Medical Biometrics/Statistics,Practical Philosophy
KeywordsMeta-Research, Bioethics, Drug Development, Research Ethics, Translational medical research

Current contact address

CountryCanada
CityMontreal
InstitutionMcGill University
InstituteDepartment of Equity, Ethics and Policy

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ulrich DirnaglAbteilung für Experimentelle Neurologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2014

Programme(s)

2014Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Kimmelman is one of the international leaders in the field of medical ethics. In particular he focuses on issues of translational medicine, that is the complex and often futile process by which new pathophysiological insights, diagnostics, and therapies are translated from the preclinical to the clinical realm. In Germany, his research will include improving the design of preclinical research, fostering the uptake and interpretation of preclinical findings among clinical trial designers and developing a series of training modules.