Professor
,Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Christa M. Cobbaert, PhD, Clinical Chemist, EurSpLM
Professor of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Leiden, the Netherlands
Christa Cobbaert is heading the Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Department at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) in Leiden, the Netherlands. Her scientific research is on medical test development and evaluation, with a major focus on test standardization, for the sake of better patient outcome. Her work resulted in >170 original publications and several appointments on (inter)national positions because of her expertise on metrological traceability of test results. In her research group protein panels are developed using mass spectrometry-based proteomics, a promising technology for precision diagnostics and an alternative for replacing flawed and hardly standardized immunoassays.
Professor Cobbaert is the current chair of the European Federation of Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) working group on Test Evaluation, which develops tools for guiding development of biomarkers to medical tests (https://www.eflm.eu/site/page/a/1158). She is the vice-chair of the IFCC Scientific Division EC, involved with metrology and standardization of medical tests (http://www.ifcc.org/ifcc-scientific-division/) and a member of ISO TC 212 working group 2 on reference systems. She is representing EFLM in the IVD subgroup under the Medical Device Coordination Group during meetings with the European Commission on the interpretation of the IVDR 2017/746. Christa is the chair of the EFLM Task Force on European Regulatory Affairs (https://www.eflm.eu/site/page/a/1650)
Sunday, July 10, 2022
5:40 PM – 5:50 PM
Monday, July 11, 2022
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM