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Dr Cathrin Hauk joined IDDO’s Medicine Quality Research Group as a research pharmacist in 2022. She coordinates the FORESFA (Forensic epidemiology and impact of substandard and falsified antimicrobials on public health).
Cathrin studied pharmacy and obtained a MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies at the University of Tübingen, Germany. During her PhD, her research focused on the quality of medicines in low- and middle-income countries and on detection methods for substandard and falsified medicines. She also taught pharmacy students and was involved in organising the course "Pharmacy in Global Health" at the Pharmaceutical Institute of the University of Tübingen.
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Stable isotope ratio analysis: an emerging tool to trace the origin of falsified medicines
Roncone, A., Kelly, S., Giannioti, Z., Hauk, C., Caillet, C., Newton, P., Perez-Mon, C., & Bontempo, L. (2024). Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 174.
Trade in substandard and falsified medicines
Hagen, N., Hauk, C., & Heide, L. (2022). In D. Brombacher, G. Maihold, M. Müller, & J. Vorrath (Eds.), Geopolitics of the Illicit: Linking the Global South and Europe (pp. 191-215). Nomos.
An open-source smartphone app for the quantitative evaluation of thin-layer chromatographic analyses in medicine quality screening
Hauk, C., Boss, M., Gabel, J., Schäfermann, S., Lensch, H., & Heide, L. (2022). Scientific Reports, 12.
Identification of substandard and falsified medicines: influence of different tolerance limits and use of authenticity inquiries
Hauk, C., Hagen, N., & Heide, L. (2021). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104(5), 1936-1945.
Substandard and Falsified Antibiotics and Medicines against Noncommunicable Diseases in Western Cameroon and Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Schäfermann, S., Hauk, C., Wemakor, E., Neci, R., Mutombo, G., Ngah Ndze, E., Cletus, T., Nyaah, F., Pattinora, M., Wistuba, D., Helmle, I., Häfele-Abah, C., Gross, H., & Heide, L. (2020). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103(2), 894-908.
Identification of Falsified Chloroquine Tablets in Africa at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Gnegel, G., Hauk, C., Neci, R., Mutombo, G., Nyaah, F., Wistuba, D., Häfele-Abah, C., & Heide, L. (2020). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103(1), 73-76.
Quality assurance in anti-tuberculosis drug procurement by the Stop TB Partnership-Global Drug Facility: Procedures, costs, time requirements, and comparison of assay and dissolution results by manufacturers and by external analysis.
Hauk, C., Schäfermann, S., Martus, P., Muzafarova, N., Babaley, M., Waning, B., & Heide, L. (2020). PloS One, 15(12), e0243428.
Quality of medicines in southern Togo: Investigation of antibiotics and of medicines for non-communicable diseases from pharmacies and informal vendors.
Schäfermann, S., Wemakor, E., Hauk, C., & Heide, L. (2018). PloS One, 13(11), e0207911.