UNESCO Chair of Bioethics at the Medical University of Vienna, Chair of the Austrian Bioethics Commission Vienna, Austria

Academic Career
Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Bioethics at the Medical University of Vienna, (since January 2016)
Director of the Josephinum – Ethics, Collections and History of Medicine (since 2012)
Deputy Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (since 2016)
President of the Austrian Bioethics Commission at the Federal Chancellery (since 2007)

Vice-Rector of the Medical University of Vienna (2011-2015
Managing Director of the Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Vienna (1992 – 2011)
Member of the International Bioethics Commission of the UNESCO (2007-2016)
Member of the Medical Council of the Republic of Austria (former Vice-President)
Member of the Board of the Medical University of Innsbruck (2008-2012)
BMWFW, Seedfinancing Life Sciences, Member of the Ethics Council (since 2016)
Program-Director “Ethical Aspects of Clinical Research (VSCR)”, Vienna (2004 – 2012)
Member of the Scientific Council of the Agence nationale de securité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), France
Member of the Board of the General Assembly of the “European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership- EDCTP” Den Haag (Member since 2006; Vice-Chair of the Board since October 2019)
Co-founder and Scientific Organisation of the Vienna Initiative to Save European Academic Research (VISEAR), Vienna 2005 & 2007
Lecturer in „Ethics in Research“at different organisations and universities

Awards: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Arts; Chevalier de la Légion d’ Honneur, France (2011)

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Druml Christiane, COVID-19 and ethical preparedness, Wiener klinische Wochenschrift (2020)
Just Paul, Druml Christiane, “Seltene Erkrankungen, Aspekte aus Ethik und Praxis“, Facultas 2020 (Book)
Druml, Wilfred, and Christiane Druml. “Übertherapie in der Intensivmedizin.” Medizinische Klinik-Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin 114.3 (2019): 194-201.
Druml, Wilfred, and Christiane Druml. “Help is Helpful.” Critical care medicine 46.5 (2018): 832-833.
Bion, J.et al. (2018). White paper: statement on conflicts of interest. Intensive care medicine, 44(10), 1657-1668.
Ohmann, Christian, et al. “Sharing and reuse of individual participant data from clinical trials: principles and recommendations.” BMJ open 7.12 (2017): e018647.
Neves, Maria do Ceu Patrão, and Christiane Druml. “Ethical implications of fighting malaria with CRISPR/Cas9.” (2017): e000396.
Chneiweiss, Hervé, et al. “Fostering responsible research with genome editing technologies: a European perspective.” Transgenic research 26.5 (2017): 709-713.
Druml, Christiane. “Bioethics internationally and in Austria.” Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 128.7-8 (2016): 229-233.
Druml, Christiane. “The UNESCO International Bioethics Committee and the Network of Ethical Advisory Bodies in Europe: An Interactive Relationship.” Global Bioethics: The Impact of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee. Springer, Cham, 2016. 137-144.
Druml, Christiane, et al. “ESPEN guideline on ethical aspects of artificial nutrition and hydration.” Clinical Nutrition 35.3 (2016): 545-556.
Druml Christiane, Ethikkommissionen und medizinische Forschung, Facultas 2010 (Book)
Druml, Christiane. “Stem cell research: toward greater unity in Europe?” Cell 139.4 (2009): 649-651.