- B.S. Pharmacy, Friedrich Wilhelm University, Bonn Ph.D.
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Social Pharmacy, Humboldt University, Berlin
Almut Winterstein is presently an Assistant Professor at the College of Pharmacy and Affiliate Assistant Professor at the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida. Her research interests focus on drug safety and effectiveness post-marketing, and the evaluation and prevention of inappropriate drug use. Her pharmacoepidemiologic work is conducted in conjunction with the Perry A Foote Laboratory for Outcomes Research and Pharmacoeconomics, and concentrates on various clinical specialties, including diabetes mellitus, cardiological disorders, nephrotoxicity, and vulnerable population such as geriatrics and pediatrics. Quality improvement activities are centered around her appointment as epidemiologist at the Clinical Practice Committee and the Medication Safety Committee at UF&Shands hospital and consultant activities for the Florida Department of Rural Health. Research projects deriving from these and others include the development and evaluation of medication safety programs and clinical decision support systems and quality metrics.
Almut has experience with various large databases, including Medicaid claims data, hospital administrative and clinical databases, various pharmacy medication record systems, and national databases maintained by NCHS and AHQR. Special methodological interests include observational studies, methods to adjust for bias, and meta-analysis.
Almut teaches Evidence-based Pharmacy in the College of Pharmacy professional PharmD program and Pharmacoepidemiology in the department’s PhD program. She is a chair of the Research Advisory Board of the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacist Research and Education Foundation, member of the scientific committee of the Pharmaceutical Care Foundation Germany, and special advisor to the Governor’s Advisory Board for the Implementation of Health Information technology in Florida.
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