Professor, Head of the Institute
Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Martin Wawruch Prof., M.D., Ph.D.
Employed as Full Professor in Clinical Pharmacology, Head of the Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology of the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University in Bratislava. His main scientific interest is pharmacoepidemiologic analysis of pharmacotherapy in elderly patients: potentially inappropriate medication in older patients; drugs with anticholinergic effects; analyses of antihypertensive, antithrombotic and antibiotic medication; evaluation of adverse drug reactions in hospitalised patients; perception of the risk of over-the-counter medication by older patients; adherence to secondary preventive medication in older patients after stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack and with peripheral arterial disease. He is a member of several Slovak and international scientific societies: Slovak Society for Pharmacology (Board Member); Slovak Society for Clinical Pharmacology (Board Member); Slovak Society for Internal Medicine; Slovak Geriatric Society; International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology; European Drug Utilization Research Group (Member of the Executive Committee) and International Society for Medication Adherence (ESPACOMP).