I am a specialist in clinical biochemistry and work particularly with the following areas:
- Drug monitoring (TDM)
- Analysis of illicit substances
- The pre-analytical process
I am interested in the use of drug monitoring of, for example, newer medications that find their way into monitoring with the aim of, for example, reducing side effect profiles. A prerequisite for monitoring is good therapeutic intervals that allow assessment of plasma concentrations of the drugs studied.
In addition to responsibility for drug monitoring and drug of abuse analysis, I also work with quality assurance of the pre-analytical process in clinical biochemistry on a daily basis. This can be in relation to procedures such as venipuncture or ECG recording, but also analyte specific. Optimizing the pre-analysis can significantly improve the analytical result of a given analysis.