Category
Kerlijn
Van Assche
Research pharmacist
Research Theme
Medicine quality
Kerlijn Van Assche joined the Medicine Quality Research Group as a research pharmacist in 2020. Initially she was trained as a hospital pharmacist and later obtained a master's in International Health in Charité's Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health in Germany.
Previously, she was involved in research with the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) on data of QUAMED, a North-South Network that promotes universal access to quality-ensured medicines.
Before joining IDDO's Medicine Quality Research Group, Kerlijn worked as a quality assurance pharmacist with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ensuring the use of quality medicines and medical devices in their projects across the world.
All Publications
Using matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation mass spectrometry combined with machine learning for vaccine authenticity screening
Clarke, R., Bharucha, T., Arman, Y., Gangadharan, B., Gomez Fernandez, L., Mosca, S., Lin, Q., Van Assche, K., Stokes, R., Dunachie, S., Deats, M., Merchant, H., Caillet, C., Walsby-tickle, J., Probert, F., Matousek, P., Newton, P., Zitzmann, N., & McCullagh, J. (2024). Npj Vaccines, 9(1).
Innovative method for rapid detection of falsified COVID-19 vaccines through unopened vials using handheld Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS)
Mosca, S., Lin, Q., Stokes, R., Bharucha, T., Gangadharan, B., Clarke, R., Gomez Fernandez, L., Deats, M., Walsby-tickle, J., Yohan Arman, B., Chunekar, S., Patil, K., Gairola, S., Van Assche, K., Dunachie, S., Merchant, H., Kuwana, R., Maes, A., McCullagh, J., … Matousek, P. (2023). Vaccine, 41(47), 6960-6968.
Quality assurance systems of pharmaceutical distributors in low-income and middle-income countries: weaknesses and ways forward
Nebot Giralt, A., Bourasseau, A., White, G., Pouget, C., Tabernero, P., Van Assche, K., & Ravinetto, R. (2020). BMJ Global Health, 5(10).
Pharmaceutical quality assurance of local private distributors: a secondary analysis in 13 low-income and middle-income countries
Van Assche, K., Nebot Giralt, A., Caudron, J., Schiavetti, B., Pouget, C., Tsoumanis, A., Meessen, B., & Ravinetto, R. (2018). BMJ Global Health, 3(3).