| PERSONAL INFORMATION |
| Name |
MD Jurgen Drescher PhD |
| Nationality |
German |
| Date of Birth |
25.12.1958 |
| Place of Birth |
Mittweida (Germany) |
| Family Status |
Married, 3 Children |
| EDUCATION |
|
| 1965-1973 |
Primary School |
| 1973-1976 |
Secondary School |
| 1976-1977 |
Study at the Martin-Luther-University Halle, Institute for Preparation for the Study of Biomedicine in the Soviet Union |
| 1977 |
General Certificate of Education |
| 1977-1983 |
Study at the 2nd Medical Institute in Moscow (Russia),
Specialized Training in Medical Biophysics |
| 1980-1983 |
Scientific work at the Russian Institute for Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology; Academy of Medical Sciences Moscow (AMN) |
| 1983 |
Diploma in Medicine |
| 1984 |
Doctoral Degree in Medicine |
| 1987 |
Academical Graduation (Specialization) in Medicine at the
Charite Hospital of the Humboldt University of Berlin:
Physician for Pathological Physiology |
| RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| 1980-1983 |
Thesis for Medical Diploma: "Investigation of the Local
Cerebral Blood Flow of the Normal and Chronic Stressed Rat." |
| 1983-1987 |
Assistant-Physician at the Institute of Pathological Physiology
(Charite Hospital) of the Humboldt-University of Berlin;
Human and Animal Studies in Sleep Research and Vegetative Functions under Chronobiological Aspects |
| 1984 |
Thesis for Doctoral Graduation: "Influence of the Substance P -Heptapeptide Sequence SP(5-11) on the Local Cerebral Blood Flow of the Normal and Chronic Stressed Rat." |
| Since 1983 |
Joint Projects with the former USSR / CIS in the framework of the "Intercosmos" Biosatellite Program in the Field of Cosmic Biology and Medicine, Sleep Research, Psychological Testing and Biotelemetry. |
| 1987-1990 |
Head of the Chronobiological Department of the Institute of Pathological Physiology, Charite Hospital, Berlin |
| 1991 |
Guest-Scientist at the DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine
Cologne, Germany
Research in Aviation and Space Medicine;
CoI in the German - Russian Space Mission - MIR 92
„Evaluation of fluid shifts during Tchibis-LBNP in weightlessness" |
| Since 1991 |
Foundation of the AGNID-Working Group for Non-Invasive Diagnostics, Head of the Working Group,
Scientific - Industrial Cooperation between the Humboldt-University Berlin and Silicon Sensor GmbH Berlin - „OPDIAG" Project |
| 1991 -1993 |
DARA Project „Chronostatus" - Analysis of time structures in the cardiovascular regulation;
Research on peripheral microcirculation in complex with other Non-Invasive diagnostics |
| 1993-1996 |
DARA-Project „SIMSTAT" - Simulation of functional state changes of the cardiovascular regulation during tilt table testing and LBNP as countermeasure for long term space flights, |
| 1993-1996 |
Joint Projects with the Cosmonaute Training Centre „Juri Gagarin" Star City, Moscow in the framework of the DARA Life Science Program:
MEDEX development for the cardiovascular diagnostics during orthostatic stressor load ( LBNP-„Tschibis"); |
| Since 1996 |
PI MIR 97 & MIR 97 E - Investigation of heart rate variability and skin microcirculation during orthostatic stress in weightlessness;
IV/ 96 Guest scientist at the V.A. Medical Centre Richmond /Virginia, USA
Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology - Prof. D.Eckberg ;
Co-I in the NASA Shuttle - MIR space flight projects |
| 1997 |
Joint scientific investigations with Russian, French and American investigators at the base of the „Juri Gagarin" Cosmonaut Training Center CPK Star City, Moscow
CNES / DLR (DARA) HDT- Bedrest Study 97 / 98 Evaluation of the effect of thigh bracelets as countermeasure for cardiovascular deconditioning during long term space flights. |
| 1998 |
MIR 97Extension missions |
| Since1998/99 |
Corporate Development and External Relations - International cooperation
German Aerospace Center |
