BfR
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Annual Report 2014
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President
Professor Dr. Dr. Andreas Hensel
Vice-President
Professor Dr. Reiner Wittkowski
The Administration Department is
the service provider for all the spe-
cialist departments of the Institute.
It handles infrastructure, personnel
recruitment, advice for employees in
personnel matters, control and moni-
toring of revenues and expenditures,
and the organisational and technical
maintenance of the premises and the
Institute grounds. The department
publishes organisational regulations
for the Institute and is also responsi-
ble at the same time for compliance
with legal provisions.
Administration Department
Head: Heike Morisse
The Risk Communication Department
conducts research projects on the per-
ception of risks in the public sphere
and their early identification, and on
the assessment of their impact. A fur-
ther focus of its work is crisis preven-
tion and coordination. The department
also comprises press and PR activities,
the BfR committee system and the BfR
Academy. The dialogue with various
stakeholders from science, econom-
ics, politics, the media, associations,
non-government organisations and
consumers is also of significance.
Risk Communication Department
Head: PD Dr. Gaby-Fleur Böl
The department assesses consumer
exposure in the areas of food, chemi-
cal and product safety and offers in-
terdisciplinary scientific support in
such areas as mathematical model-
ling. The department performs statu-
tory tasks in the areas of chemical
safety, dangerous goods transport,
poison and product documentation,
and good laboratory practice. It also
conducts research projects and is a
service provider of the BfR's IT re-
quirements.
Exposure Department
Head: Professor Dr. Matthias Greiner
“Identifying risks – protecting health” – this is the central task of the BfR. The Institute is headed
by its President, Professor Andreas Hensel, and his Vice-President, Professor Reiner Wittkowski.
They are supported in their work by several staff units and the nine departments profiled below.
The Executive Board and
the Departments
