Johanna Beekman PhD

Johanna Beekman is Head Biosample Management within Research & Development of Bayer. Hanna received her PhD from the University of Groningen, Netherlands and worked as a researcher at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston before she joined Schering in Berlin, Germany in 1995. Here she worked in several research departments before joining the Biomarker department of Bayer in 2003. Hanna headed the Biomarker Laboratories for several years before founding the Biosample Management department in 2010.

Biosample Management takes care of all operational aspects of biomarker, pharmacogenetic, immunogenicity and pharmacokinetic samples within Bayer’s clinical trials. The department is also responsible for the management of the Bayer Research Biobank and the Clinical Sample Repository.