Renate Heinisch
Renate Heinisch is a pharmacist, with a doctorate in biopharmacy. From 1994 to 1999 she was Member of European Parliament and vice-chair of the Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA). She has been a researcher at Mainz and Konstanz universities, and at the ETH Zurich. She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry and runned her own business as a pharmacist. She currently is a member of the European Economic and Social Committee, member of BAGSO (Germany's Federal Association of Senior Citizens' Organisations) and Chairwoman of Baden-Württemberg Parents' Association. Her main areas of interest are public health, education, training, youth, research and innovation, information society.-
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Renate Heinisch about new technologies in medicine
Interview with Renate Heinisch, pharmacist, former vice-chair of Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) panel and now member of the European Economic and Social Committee New technologies are going to deeply affect healthcare. Will citizens be ready? Renate Heinisch: We must consider... -
New technologies in medicine: time to prepare
The technological revolution involving artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning and robotics is posed to deeply change healthcare and biomedical research, and things are changing fast. In this rapidly evolving scenario, researchers and health professionals need to acquire new skills and knowledge.