This month we hear from Dr. Maria Shipkova, with whom I have had the pleasure of collaborating in the Communications Committee since the 2011 IATDMCT Congress in Stuttgart, where Maria and her colleagues were very gracious hosts. During this collaboration I have seen how hard Maria has worked to contribute to IATDMCT member services, from her previous work as Compass Editor to her current role as Director of Education, as well as participating in the Immunosuppressive Drugs scientific committee.  It’s a pleasure to hear from Maria, and find out about her work life and current projects, especially since her story exemplifies a successful and transversal clinical TDM and toxicology service.

Maria Shipkova
Central Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Klinikum Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany

This month we highlight the Member's only Resources Area which offers content from meetings, including congresses and regional meetings, as well as content proposed by the diverse scientific committees. These are grouped by multimedia type. In this post we share the content available to date, and invite members to continue contributing.

Contact the Communications Committee for further information.

If you would like to share your thoughts about the Resources area Tweet to IATDMCT, post in our LinkedIn group or comment on our Facebook page. 

It was a real honour to hear from doctor Roger Jelliffe this month: if we talk about IATDMCT heroes, he would be closer to a super hero status. Dr Jelliffe shares his extraordinary career in modelling drug behaviour, and its use for dose adaptation and personalization of therapy, mixing in ideas along the way from nuclear science, aerospace engineering and astronomy.

Roger Jelliffe
Consultant Clinical Pharmacologist, Laboratory of Applied Pharmacokinetics and Bioinformatics
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Many thanks to the Compass Editorial Team:

Paula Schaiquevich
Edgar Spencer
Franck Saint-Marcoux.

I really enjoyed the June 2016 Compass. Have you read it yet?

I thought I would briefly overview the reports as a reminder of this fantastic space we have for sharing amongst our members. The Compass is a member only benefit, so we recommend sharing the news with your colleagues who might not be members.  You could forward this blog post, or the monthly E-News, or boldly send them an IATDMCT membership application form!