Dr. T.G.H. (Thomas) Kempen

David de Wiedgebouw
Universiteitsweg 99
3584 CG Utrecht

Dr. T.G.H. (Thomas) Kempen

Assistant Professor
Pharmacoepi. and Clinical Pharmacol.
t.g.h.kempen@uu.nl

Dr. Thomas Kempen (PhD, pharmacist) is assistant professor of pharmaceutical care at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and visiting researcher of social pharmacy at Uppsala University, Sweden. His current research focuses on the role of the pharmacist in primary care and transitions of care with a focus on pharmacist prescribing.

Before his position at Utrecht University, he did a postdoc fellowship at Nivel, the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research. He has previously worked as a clinical pharmacist at a primary care practice in Sweden and at Uppsala University Hospital, where he also did his PhD on medication reviews by clinical pharmacists in older hospitalised patients. He has previously been involved in an EU-funded research project about the management of polypharmacy and adherence in older patients.

Thomas is currently general committee member (treasurer) of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy and editorial board member of the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy.