Rainer Wolfgang Schmid
Austria

Born in 1949. National of Austria. Associate Professor, Department of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna. Head of the Section on Biomedical and Toxicological Analysis.

Recipient of a doctoral degree in Chemistry, University of Vienna (1977). Postgraduate training in neurochemistry and neuropharmacology, Laboratory of Preclinical Pharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, D.C. (1978-1980). Recipient of a Master’s degree in Toxicology, University of Vienna (1998). Author of 85 articles published in the fields of drug addiction, neuropharmacology, clinical pharmacology and analytical chemistry. Co-Chairman, 4th International Congress of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology, Vienna (1995). Member of the expert panel on designer drugs of the Ministry of Health of Austria and of the Drug Expert Forum of the City of Vienna (since 1997). Project leader of several scientific projects of the city of Vienna: monitoring designer drugs at large youth events (since 1997). Member of the scientific committee of international scientific congresses on drug addiction, clinical toxicology and toxicological analysis. Member of numerous national and international scientific toxicological associations. Participant at drug-related meetings of the European Union (Pompidou Group and European Union-Parliament). Member of the Austrian delegation to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (1999- 2001).

Member of the International Narcotics Control Board (since 2002). Member of the Standing Committee on Estimates (since 2002). Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Estimates and member of the Committee on Finance and Administration (2004).