Prof. Dr. Donald Kaiser is retired and lives in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.  He retired there with his wife, Denise, after two years as Director and Advisor on Drug Development for Roche Pharma Japan, Tokyo.  Since joining F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel Switzerland, in 1989, he had been Head of Epidemiology in the Department of Drug Safety, Deputy Head of Global Drug Regulatory Affairs, and Director of Global Biometrics.  He was a Founding Member of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, and served that Society as Head of the Education Committee, for two terms on the Board of Directors, and as Vice President, and member of the Executive Committee. 

Prof. Kaiser trained in Sociology and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated cum laude, and in Health Services Research and Organisational Behaviour at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, where he was awarded a Masters and a Doctorate.  Prof. Kaiser was, for 12 years, on the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he was Professor of Medicine, founder and head of the Division of Information Sciences and Biometrics, and for a four-year period, Director of the Outpatient General Medical Service.  

Prof. Kaiser has authored or co-authored over 250 peer-reviewed scientific articles, with special focus in the areas of hospital infection control, endocrinology, diagnostic cardiology, and adult immunisation.


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