Maria Shipkova

• 2018 – Medical Head Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Synlab Holding Germany GmbH, MVZ Leinfelden-Echterdingen with teaching appointment at University of Tübingen
• 2003 -2018 – Senior scientist and Head TDM/Tox Section, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Klinikum Stuttgart, Germany
• 1999- 2002 – Resident Dept. of Clinical Chemistry, University Göttingen, Germany
• 1995-1999 – Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Clinical Chemistry, University Göttingen, Germany
• 1992-1995 – Resident Dept. of Clinical Chemistry, University Sofia, Bulgaria
• 1991-1992 – Resident Dept. Internal Medicine, University Sofia, Bulgaria

Academic Degrees:

• Dr. med. University Göttingen, Germany, 2002
• D-r (BG)., University Sofia, Bulgaria, 1990

Professional Registrations:

• Fellow European Board of Laboratory Medicine/Medical Biopathology (F.E.B.L.M./M.B.), 2013
• Clinical Pathology Consultant, 1996

Professional Society Memberships:

• Vereinte Deutsche Gesellschaft für Laboratoriumsmedizin und Klinische Chemie (DGKL)
• International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology (IATDMCT)
• Transplantation Society
• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Publications:

• 166 publications contributed to scientific journals and books on the following topics: therapeutic drug monitoring, drug metabolism, drug toxicity, development and evaluation of analytical methods, organ function tests, biomarkers of drug effects

Stipends and Awards:

• 2015 Grant from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research “Validation of GcfDNA based diagnostic test to detect organ damage after kidney transplantation”
• 2011 Grant of the Pathobiochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics Foundation, DGKL, Analytical validation of biomarker assays in transplantation medicine
• 2005 Young Investigator Award of the International Society for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology (IATDMCT)
• 2004 Grant of the Pathobiochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics Foundation, DGKL, Acyl glucoronides of mycophenolic acid
• 2002 Grant of the University Göttingen, Germany, Acyl glucuronide of mycophenolic acid
• 1998 Stipend Volkswagen Foundation, Germany, Metabolism of immunosuppressants
• 1996 Stipend Otvoreno Obschtestvo, Bulgaria, Pharmacokinetics of Taxol
• 1995 Tempus Phare stipend of the EU, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Varia:

• Reviews Editor of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) (2018 – )
• Secretary IATDMCT (2017 -2021)
• Director of Education IATDMCT (2015 – 2017)
• Vice-Chair IATDMCT Communication Committee (2011 – 2017) and member of the Communication Committee till 2019
• Member of the IATDMCT Biomarkers in transplantation Working Group (2009 – )
• Coordinator “TDM of Everolimus” Consensus Project (2013-2016)
• Past-Chair of the IATDMCT Immunosuppressive Drugs Scientific Committee (2013–2015)
• Past Editor in Chief of the IATDMCT Newsletter “Compass” (2009 – 2015)
• Member of the LOC of the 11th IATDMCT Congress, 2011, Stuttgart, Germany
• Member of the Editorial Boards of Journal of Laboratory Medicine