Education in the Use of Biomarkers in Diabetes (C-EUBD)

Membership

NamePositionCountryTermTime in Office
E. EnglishChairUK2nd2024 01 - 2026 12
K.LeeMemberKR1st 2025 04 - 2027 12
J. SkrhaMemberCZ2nd2025 01 - 2027 12
E. KilpatrickMemberUK2nd2025 01 - 2027 12
L. KunzMember/AbbottUS1st2025 04 - 2027 12
D. SacksConsultantUS
E.Lenters-WestraConsultantNL
C. SiebelderConsultantNL

Terms of reference

  • To maintain and further develop the network of reference laboratories for the measurement of HbA1c (through collaboration with C-TLM and any other appropriate IFCC committee).
  • To work in partnership with national and international recognised bodies, associated with diabetes care, to promote the appropriate clinical and analytical use of biomarkers for diabetes.
  • To work with industry partners, to promote the appropriate clinical and analytical use of biomarkers for diabetes (for example in the support of meeting national and international regulatory guidance).
  • To support the development national and internationally recognised quality criteria for POCT IVDs for biomarkers of diabetes in a range of clinical settings (where these differ from laboratory methods).
  • To monitor the literature on current and emerging biomarkers and advise on best practice in relation to laboratory aspects of diabetes.

List of Corresponding Members, nominated by National Societies

NameIFCC Member Society
D. AslanTurkish Biochemical Society (TBS)
W. Cheneke GebisaEthiopian Medical Laboratory Association (EMLA)
E. SchleicherDeutche Gesellschaft fur Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin e.V. (DGKL)
A. MoscaItalian Society of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology (SIBioC)
Iiris SalonenFinnish Society of Clinical Chemistry (SKKY)
A. CojLithuanian Society of Laboratory Medicine
E.Rojano-RodriguezMexican Association of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (CMCLabC)
R. Kumar DubeyNepalese Association for Clinical Chemistry (NACC)
B. Kumar YadavNepalese Association for Laboratory Science (NAMLS)
B. OkesinaAssociation of Clinical Chemists Nigeria (ACCN)
R. NandaAssociation of Medical Biochemists of India (AMBI)
M. BanerjeeAssociation of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI)
P. GillerySociété Francaise de Biologie Clinique (SFBC)
L. Figueroa MontesAssociacion Medica Peruana de Patologia Clinica (AMPPC)
A. ZemlinSouth African Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (SAACB)

List of Corresponding Members, nominated by Corporate Members

NameCompany
S. BaraldiA. Menarini Diagnostics
M. BermanAbbott
T. WangLifotronic
C. Hilty-MoorRoche
H. BoeSebia
R. MolinaroSiemens Healthcare
Annika ErikssonRadiometer

Committee Chair's contact

Prof. Emma ENGLISH

Associate Teaching Professor in Medical and Health Sciences
Chair of the IFCC Committee for Education in the use of Biomarkers in Diabetes
Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge
Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge CB23 8AQ
E-mail: emma.english@ice.cam.ac.uk