Co-Medical Director. Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Center for Celiac Research. University of Maryland, Baltimore. Maryland, USA. Department of Pediatrics. Universitá Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Carlo Catassi, MD, is a visiting scientist in the Department of Pediatrics at MGH. A graduate of the University of Pisa School of Medicine, Dr. Catassi is also associate professor of pediatrics at the Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona, Italy, where he is engaged in clinical, teaching and research responsibilities. An expert on the prevalence of celiac disease worldwide, Dr. Catassi has led many research studies at the Center and co-authored review articles with Dr. Fasano for The New England Journal of Medicine and other journals.
Interview about celiac disease and other gluten-related disorders.
Dr. Patrick R. Murray, Ph.D has been a Worldwide Director of Scientific Affairs For Diagnostic Systems at GeneOhm Sciences Canada Inc., July 7, 2011. Dr. Murray serves as Chief of Microbiology Service Department of Laboratory Medicine at (NIH) National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. While at NIH, Dr. Murray oversaw the clinical and research programs in Microbiology as well as postdoctoral training of Ph.D. and M.D. microbiology and infectious disease fellows. He received the NIH Clinical Center Director’s Award for Patient Care and the NIH Director’s Award for Clinical Research. Prior to NIH, Dr. Murray served as a Professor and Head of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and as Professor in the Department of Medicine & Pathology at Washington University in Saint Louis. He served as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Cepheid since September 12, 2007. He holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from UCLA and Postgraduate Training in Clinical Microbiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Interview about mass spectrometry in microbiology.
Dr. Heichman is an adjunct associate professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Her role at ARUP as the director of the PharmaDx program involves developing and managing collaborations with pharmaceutical companies. The PharmaDx team recently received FDA approval of two companion diagnostic tests developed and validated for use with the drug Gleevec. Dr. Heichman holds an AB in genetics from UC Berkeley and a PhD in biological chemistry from the UCLA School of Medicine. She trained as a postdoctoral fellow in the field of cycle control at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Interview with Carolina Ciacci (Italy) – Director of gastrointestinal immunology center for the study of celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome and food intolerance in hospital S. Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D’Aragona, Salerno.
Interview with Dr. Sverre Sandberg (Norway) – President of the European Organization for External Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine.
Interview with Dr. Peter Vervaart (Australia) – Chair of the Committee on Internet and e-Learning.