bioskin^® Team

The key to bioskin’s success is our team of highly motivated and skilled professionals.  Team members with clinical, statistical and data management expertise interact closely to efficiently move projects from project planning through implementation to statistical analysis and reporting. 

The staff based in our Hamburg and Berlin offices includes full-time dermatologists and physicians in both clinical units, clinical trial managers and medical writers (M.S., Ph.D. scientists), monitors, quality managers, data managers, statisticians, study nurses, recruiters and administrative support. 

Management

Walter Wigger-Alberti, M.D.

Managing Director
A dermatologist by training, Dr. Wigger-Alberti obtained his M.D. from the University of Kiel, Germany. Following residencies in dermatology in Westerland, Germany and the University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, he assumed a position in 1997 as attending physician and Head of the Skin Research Laboratory in the Department of Dermatology and Dermatological Allergology at the University of Jena, Germany. In 2001 Dr. Wigger-Alberti joined a dermatological CRO as Director of Clinical Research where he remained until joining bioskin^® in April 2009. Dr. Wigger-Alberti also holds a position as lecturer in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Osnabrück.

Betsy J. Hughes-Formella, Ph.D.

Director Business Development and Consulting
Dr. Hughes-Formella has been with bioskin^® since its opening in 1992. In her present position she oversees business development activities and serves as a consultant for early development programs and clinical trial designs. After completion of her M.S. and Ph.D. in Physiology from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia, Dr. Hughes-Formella moved to Hamburg in 1983 to join a research team in steroid research in the Department of Clinical Chemistry at the University Medical Center. After several years she shifted her area of interest to melanoma research and accepted a position as scientific assistant in the Department of Dermatology, where she remained until joining bioskin^®.

Andrea Schmidt, Ph.D.

Director of Clinical Trial Operations
Dr. Schmidt, at bioskin^® since 1999, oversees the clinical trial management which includes trial organization of single and multi-center studies, medical writing and monitoring as well as the proposal and contract management at bioskin. She is also responsible for study allocation and capacity control of the two bioskin^® centers. Dr. Schmidt holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Biology and an M.S. in Microbiology both from the University of Hamburg, and gained experience in the fields of essential oils, disinfectants and microbiological stability testing during that time.

Thomas Frase, M.S.

Head of Statistics and Information Technology
Thomas Frase joined bioskin^® in 1995 to add data management and statistics services to the bioskin^® in-house services. In his present position he heads up biostatistical services and oversees information technology. Mr. Frase holds a M.S in computer science from the University in Kiel, Germany. Before joining bioskin^® Mr. Frase worked as a statistician for research programs on the genetics of psoriasis at the Department of Dermatology of the University of Kiel.

Martin Stricker

Head of Data Management
Martin Stricker is responsible for the oversight of all data management activities at bioskin^®. He studied Chemistry and Computer Science at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Before joining bioskin^® in July 2009 he worked for an international, mid-sized CRO for nine years in various data management positions including Senior Systems Analyst, Senior Programmer, Senior Clinical Data Management Analyst, and KickStart Leader responsible for the start-up of multinational studies. Mr. Stricker has extensive EDC experience.

Andrej Pischkow, M.A.

Head of Quality Management
Andrej Pischkow began his career in clinical research as a Clinical Data Associate at Astra Zeneca in 2001. In October 2005 he joined bioskin^®as a clinical monitor (CRA) and was Lead Monitor from August 2008 to May 2009 when he moved into his current position as Head of Quality Management. Mr. Pischkow holds a M.A. in German and Slavic philology from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University in Greifswald, Germany.