Cobbaert Christa M

Christa Cobbaert is Professor of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Leiden. Her scientific research focuses on test evaluation with great attention to standardization, harmonization and trueness verification of medical test results, for proteomics and precision diagnostics she works on the selection, development and standardization of better protein biomarkers using quantitative Mass Spectrometry proteomics, as promising alternative for immunoassay-based tests. She has several appointments on (inter)national positions because of her expertise on metrological traceability of test results. She is chair of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) Scientific Division EC and member of ISO TC 212/working group 2. She chairs the European Federation of Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Task Force on European Regulatory Affairs and at the national level is is heading the Dutch Calibration 2.000 initiative. Her scientific work is done in close collaboration with international colleagues and has resulted in ca. 190 original publications.