The University Hospital

PD Dr. rer. nat. Brigitte Gückel

Study Center of the Department of Radiology in the field of investigator initiated trials (IIT) with a focus on hybrid imaging (PET/MRI, PET/CT).

Phone number: 07071 29-

Phone number: 07071 29-81212

E-mail address: brigitte.gueckel@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Conception of clinical studies in the field of imaging in interdisciplinary teams (according to BO, AMG, MPDG)
Preparation of study protocols & study documents, approval procedures for ethics committees, BfArM, PEI, BfS
Study project management

Clinical trial design and regulatory affairs in the field of clinical imaging. Support in the preparation of study protocols and all documents required for the approval process. PI of the Tübingen PET Registry and of studies in which patients are asked about their experience of a PET/CT or PET/MRI scan. Investigating the subjective perceptions and side effects of patients undergoing scans and assessing the impact of psychological distress on their scan experience.

since 2010Radiology Clinic Study Centre (management role)
2009 - 2010Co-coordinator of the study centre at the University Women's Hospital Tübingen
May 2006Habilitation at the Medical Faculty of the University of Tübingen in the field of Molecular Medicine; Subject: 'Immune interventions in gynaecological oncology'.
1998 - 2010Head of the Tumour Immunology/Immunotherapy Working Group at the University Women's Hospital in Tübingen
1997 - 1998Research associate in the 'Gene Therapy of Human Tumours' group at DKFZ Heidelberg in collaboration with the University Women's Hospital
1995 - 1997Head of the working group ‘Somatic gene therapy in breast and ovarian cancer’ at Heidelberg University Women's Hospital
1992 - 1997Research assistant (‘PostDoc’) at the Heidelberg University Women's Hospital
Juli 1991Doctorate (Dr rer. nat.) in the Department of Biology; topic: ‘The function of the CD2 receptor in T-cell-mediated immune responses’
1988 - 1991Doctoral thesis at the Institute of Immunology & Genetics of the DKFZ in Heidelberg
Nov. 1987Diploma in Biology
1981 - 1987Studying Biology at the University of Kaiserslautern

Teaching in the Radiology Clinic on topics related to the design and conduct of clinical trials
Guest lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen, Germany, in conjunction with Springer Verlag, in the Master's Degree Programm in Biotechnology (Distance Education)