Prof. Hermann Handwerker University of Erlangen, Germany

Hermann O. Handwerker was, until recently, Head of the Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology and Dean of Studies at the University of Erlangen. Prior to joining Erlangen University he worked in various laboratories at Zürich, Heidelberg, Leuven, Edinburgh and Uppsala. In Erlangen he organized, for many years, a Special Research... read moreGroup on Pain Research of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. His main research interest is peripheral and central processing of pain and itch in man in health and disease.