Medic Astrid Petersmann appointed

Prof. Dr. Astrid Petersmann has been appointed to the Professorship for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine at the Department of Human Medicine.

She is also Director of the University Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine at the Klinikum Oldenburg. She was previously Medical Director of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory and Acting Director of the Institute of Clinical Chemistry at the University Medical Centre Göttingen. Petersmann studied biology at the University of Hanover and human medicine at Hannover Medical School and the University of Greifswald. She completed her medical studies while serving in the German Armed Forces, where she rose to the rank of Stabsarzt (Captain Dr.). After earning her doctorate, Petersmann worked at the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine in Greifswald and became senior consultant there in 2014. Following her specialist training she earned her habilitation in 2017 with a paper on the quality of laboratory medicine examinations and then moved to Göttingen in 2019. Her research focuses on improving the quality of laboratory analyses and establishing new analytical methods.