Carola Förster is a Professor of Translational Medicine and the Director chair Cerebrovascular Sciences at Clinics of Anaesthesia and critical care, Würzburg university hospital, Germany. She obtained a Diploma in Biochemistry, PhD in Biochemistry, Institute of Biotechnology, Research Centre Jülich/ Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Germany. She is currently a Professor for Molecular Medicine, University hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. This position is devoted to leading and developing research in the field of molecular medicine and vascular neurology. The Scientific Focus includes Neurovascular endothelium, vascular biology and inflammatory mechanisms; Cell biology and directed transport processes at the Blood-Brain-Barrier, retinal barriers, blood-labyrinth barrier; Role of the neurovascular barriers in etiology and therapy of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases; Brain-heart axis; Hearing loss and cochlear microvascular pathology; and Gene therapy to the cochlea and retina.