Cathrin Hauk
FORESFA Coordinator
- Research pharmacist
Dr Cathrin Hauk joined the 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) project.
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.
Recent publications
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An open-source smartphone app for the quantitative evaluation of thin-layer chromatographic analyses in medicine quality screening.
Journal article
Hauk C. et al, (2022), Scientific reports, 12
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Identification of Substandard and Falsified Medicines: Influence of Different Tolerance Limits and Use of Authenticity Inquiries.
Journal article
Hauk C. et al, (2021), The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 104, 1936 - 1945
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Substandard and Falsified Antibiotics and Medicines against Noncommunicable Diseases in Western Cameroon and Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Journal article
Schäfermann S. et al, (2020), The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 103, 894 - 908
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Identification of Falsified Chloroquine Tablets in Africa at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Journal article
Gnegel G. et al, (2020), The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 103, 73 - 76
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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.
Journal article
Hauk C. et al, (2020), PloS one, 15