Dr. Thomas Breuer is GSK Vaccines Chief Medical Officer. He leads the global medical affairs organisation, safety and pharmacovigilance and patient access functions such as health economics. He is a member of the management team of GSK Vaccines. From 2007 to 2015, Thomas ran the Vaccines Development Organisation and has been instrumental in the development and licensure of many of GSK’s vaccines. Before joining the company in 2001, Thomas had a career in internal medicine and public health. After six years in patient care he worked at the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, USA before joining the German Public Health Institute as Head of Infectious Disease Epidemiology in Berlin. Thomas has a doctorate in medicine from the University of Cologne, Germany. He is board certified in internal medicine and has a Master of Science degree in epidemiology from the University of Texas. Thomas frequently writes about topics related to vaccines and vaccination on LinkedIn.
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