An Interview with Denny Fleming

June 2nd, 2015

Last Updated: July 13th, 2015

Written by Jana Stojanova

This month our interview comes from Vellore in Tamil Nadu, India. Denny Fleming, honorary professor at the Clinical Pharmacology Unit of the Christian Medical College, kindly shared her experiences. Denny completed her academic formation in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and has worked at the National Health Service (NHS), the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, and clinical trials in osteoarthritis, Roussel Uclaf, UK, prior to joining the Unit in Vellore in 1998.

Denny’s story reflects typical and unique challenges, but also a great deal of achievements, many of which have been supported through collaborations with IATDMCT colleagues.

An Interview with Alain Verstraete

May 7th, 2015

Last Updated: July 13th, 2015

Written by Jana Stojanova

This month’s blog interview is with long-term member, Alain Verstraete. I met Alain in 2011 and we have collaborated in the Communications Committee since then. Alain is the head of the toxicology laboratory in Ghent University Hospital, and professor at the faculty of medicine and health sciences of Ghent University. He has a long research history investigating driving under the influence of drugs, but has more recently changed course to investigate antimicrobial TDM.

Professor Michael Neely visits members in India, Colombia and Brazil

April 7th, 2015

Last Updated: July 13th, 2015

Written by Jana Stojanova

IATDMCT is committed to fostering education in the fields of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology and amongst the core initiatives are the international lectureship. During 2014, Professor Michael Neely, director of the Laboratory of the Applied Pharmacokinetics and Bioinformatics (LAPKB) of the University of Southern California, was supported by the IATDMCT to undertake the lectureship in India, Colombia and Brazil.

Prof. Philip Walson Q&A

March 4th, 2015

Last Updated: July 13th, 2015

Written by Jana Stojanova

This month we highlight a recent interview in Compass (September 2014), IATDMCT’s regular newsletter and highly valued member benefit. Compass interviewed Professor Philip Walson, past president and founder of IATDMCT, for the regular section ‘IATDMCT Mentor Interviews’.

In the interview Professor Walson shared some of his ideas about the future of TDM and clinical toxicology, what we might expect to see and some of the challenges. The full interview, which traces Professor Walson’s extraordinary career, can be accessed here: http://www.iatdmct.org/docment-test/19-iatdmct-compass-september2014-pdf.html [Members only access].

Despite a long list of career achievements including co-founder and director of numerous clinical trials offices; director of various clinical laboratories and poison’s centers, and principal investigator of several institutions and research units, Phil cites being involved in setting up the IATDMCT as one of the achievements he is most proud of.