Prof. Dr. Robert Thimme, Medical Director of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of the Medical Center – University of Freiburg at the annual meeting of the German Reaseach Foundation (DFG) in Rostock was elected a member of the Permanent Senate Commission on Key Questions in Clinical Research (SCCR).

The members are doctors conducting medical research as well as scientific researchers from German university hospitals or other research institutions. The task of the Senate Commission is to advise policymakers and government authorities as well as the scientific community and the public on issues relevant to medical research that are socially, politically or economically significant.

• Department of Gastroenterology