Scientific Division

Growth Hormone (WG-GH)

Membership

Name	Position	Country	Term	Time in Office
E. Lentjes	Chair	NL	1st	2017 01 - 2019 12
C. Arsene	Member	DE
M. Quaglia	Member	UK
C. Sturgeon	Member	UK
J.S. Blanchet	Member/Beckman Coulter	FR
M. Rottmann	Member/Roche	DE
C. Weykamp	Consultant	NL
C. Cobbaert	Consultant	NL

Terms of Reference

• To achieve standardization of growth hormone through secondary reference materials and a reference measurement procedure

Current projects

• Define the analyte/masureand to be measured
• Testing the feasibility of serum pools as secondary, commutable reference preparations
• Preparation of secondary reference preparation for GH (3 serum pools)
• Development of an LCMSMS based reference method for GH

List of Corresponding Members, nominated by National Societies

Name	Full and Affiliate Member Societies
Lyn Boscato	Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists (AACB)
Guzin Aykal	Turkish Biochemical Society (TBS)

List of Corresponding Members, nominated by Corporate Members

Name	Corporate Members
Neil Parker	SIEMENS Healthcare Diagnostics

Working Group Chair's contact

Dr. Eef LENTJES
Clinical Chemist (Endocrinol.)
Division Laboratory and Pharmacy, LKCH
University Medical Center Utrecht
Room number KC03.045
P.O. Box 85090
3508 AB Utrecht - Netherlands
Tel: +31 88 75 542 59
Mobile: +31 6 2774 42 03
Email: EGWM.Lentjes@umcutrecht.nl