Aukje Mantel-Teeuwisse is professor of Pharmacy and Global Health.

She obtained her PharmD in 1998 at Utrecht University. After a few months working as a community pharmacist in Delft (Apotheek Tanthof), she started her PhD studies at the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology of Utrecht University (promotores: prof. dr. A. de Boer and prof. dr. A.J. Porsius). After completion of her thesis in 2004 she started to work as an assistant professor and later as associate professor (July 2016-January 2018) at the same Division. In the period 2005-2010 she worked part-time at the Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board as a liaison between UU and the MEB. 

At present, she is also the Scientific Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre of Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulation. The Centre works closely together with WHO HQ, WHO Collaborating Centres and a wide range of other public stakeholders in the field of pharmaceutical policies and access to medicines. Her research interests include global health, pharmaceutical policy analysis, drug regulatory science, and variation in medicines use across countries. She published almost 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals on these topics.

Aukje has been appointed Director of the Undergradute School of Science at Utrecht University since 1 September 2023. Before that, she served as the Director of the School of Pharmacy for over 9 years. In her educational management capacity she is member of a number of (international) committees and working groups. She is involved in the bachelor and master Pharmacy programmes as well as in the master Drug Innovation programme.