The UNC team of health economists and pharmacists assessed the cost and availability of cancer medicines used to treat three common types of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. Costs often exceeded the yearly income of a government worker, and frequent stockouts in the public health systems drive patients…| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
The Trinity Challenge on Community Access to Effective Antibiotics is seeking innovative, low-cost data and technology solutions in LMICs that address: Lack of stock control at the sub-national/local level in community settings. AND/OR …| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
Dr. Sachiko Ozawa was appointed to serve as an Expert on the African Working Group on Substandard and Falsified Medical Products for the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD). Congratulations to Sachi, we are sure her experience will benefit this working group! …| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
This systematic study of the quality of small-molecule anti-cancer drugs in four countries in sub-Saharan Africa shows serious problems are present that could impact patient care outcomes. The manuscript…| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
Alyssa Wicks defended her PhD dissertation on March 31 and is now ready for her next adventure! Alyssa worked as part of a large, interdisciplinary team to validate lead screening kits against the "gold standard" of home lead risk assessment with portable XRF. Her paper describing the kit…| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
“Drug Trash to Treasure”Adviser: Marya Lieberman, Ph.D.2nd Place Winner: $2,000 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the year 2021, the annual number of drug-related overdose deaths in the…| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
In her three-minute talk, Hiru explained how she turns drug trash into a treasure of information about the composition of the street drug supply in several communities. She explained how this information can save lives. Hiru came in second out of all the participants from UND and won $2,000!| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
"Validation of a low-cost lead hazard screening kit for the home environment" is now published. Congratulations to Alyssa, Ornella, Jocelyn, Angela, Marya, Graham, Matthew, Gabe, and Heidi! …| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
Ola defended his PhD dissertation 29 March, 2024, and is now joining Abbvie Pharmaceuticals in Chicago, IL as a Research Scientist. Congratulations to Dr. Awotunde!| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
Not all fentanyl test strips are the same, and the differences between different brands and even different batches of the same brand matter a lot when you're trying to detect lethal fentanyl levels in street drugs. Published 15 June 2024 in Harm Reduction Journal, the recent commentary, "An…| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
Fentanyl test strips are an important tool for detecting opioids that can cause fatal overdoses. By testing over 200 fentanyl analogs with two brands of fentanyl test strips (FTS), Kathleen Hayes found that the test strips can detect many, but not all, fentanyl analogs. The types of analogs…| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
Reporting from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism features the chemoPAD project; chemoPAD team members Dr. Paul Ndom, Prof. Marya Lieberman, and Prof. Ayenew Ashenef are quoted…| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
June 22, 2023--After defending her dissertation, "Methods for Pharmaceutical and Illicit Drug Analysis," Kathleen Hayes is now a PhD and will move on to Abbvie as a medical writer. Good luck Kat, we will miss you! …| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
Joanne Cogdell, CEO of harm reduction organization Naxos Neighbors, and her collaborator Marya Lieberman, University of Notre Dame, were awarded the 2023 Next Changemaker Award from the Lucy Institute for Data and Society. The award of $51,000 will support our efforts to find emerging hazards in street…| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
The goal of the ChemoPAD project is to use paper analytical devices to screen the quality of chemotherapy drugs in sub-Saharan Africa. The team includes collaborators from seven institutions and five countries. US: University of Notre Dame and University of North Carolina, Ethiopia: …| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
Olatunde Awosiji Awotunde presented a poster on "Combining orthogonal analytical techniques to identify substandard or falsified formulations of pharmaceuticals " at the 2023 NOBCChE meeting. Congratulations to Ola on representing Notre Dame at this national event! …| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
Congratulations to Heather and Kat--their manuscript, "Development and validation of a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method for the analysis of 53 benzodiazepines in illicit drug samples," was just accepted by Forensic Chemistry! This manuscript follows the earlier method for analysis…| Paper Analytical Device Project | Project Updates
Paper analytical devices (PADs) are test cards that can quickly determine whether a drug tablet contains the correct medicines. They are cheap and easy to use. They don't require power, chemicals, solvents, or any expensive instruments, so they can be deployed rapidly at large scale whereever a problem with pharmaceutical quality is suspected.| Paper Analytical Device Project
Paper analytical devices (PADs) are test cards that can quickly determine whether a drug tablet contains the correct medicines. They are cheap and easy to use. They don't require power, chemicals, solvents, or any expensive instruments, so they can be deployed rapidly at large scale whereever a problem with pharmaceutical quality is suspected.| Paper Analytical Device Project
Paper analytical devices (PADs) are test cards that can quickly determine whether a drug tablet contains the correct medicines. They are cheap and easy to use. They don't require power, chemicals, solvents, or any expensive instruments, so they can be deployed rapidly at large scale whereever a problem with pharmaceutical quality is suspected.| Paper Analytical Device Project
