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Sascha Johannes, Medical Affairs Director at Thermo Fisher Scientific, is a clinical research scientist (PhD) with more than 8 years of experience in the clinical profiling of innovative in vitro diagnostics. His focus has been on expanding utility of immunoassay biomarkers in infectious disease, oncology and women’s health. Prior to his current position at Thermo Fisher Scientific he has worked in growing roles of responsibility accelerating clinical evidence generation and fostering scientific engagement programs. Dr. Johannes is driven by the passion to improve patient management and outcomes through optimized diagnostic workflows. Based in the greater Berlin area, he interacts with national and international colleagues, experts, medical societies and professional working groups. Dr. Johannes is currently building a Center of Excellence for Medical Affairs within his organization and would like to bring his spirit of advancing best practices and elevating the strategic weight of Medical Affairs to our Medical Affairs Professional Society.
Volker Liebenberg, Director Medical Affairs EMEA at Illumina, is a physician with more than 15 years of experience in the development and commercialization of in-vitro diagnostics (IVD). His focus has been on implementation of innovative technologies, especially molecular diagnostics, to improve healthcare at scale. Prior to illumina he was with several molecular diagnostic companies including QIAGEN GmbH, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and Epigenomics AG, where he gained experience and drove implementation of novel biomarkers and IVD-products across various indications in oncology, infectious disease and prenatal screening. Dr. Liebenberg’s passion is to improve patient care by innovating diagnostic technologies and translating them into routine care. Based in Berlin, he interacts with societies, leading medical institutions and companines across the globe driving the generation and dissemination of evidence proving the value of diagnostics.
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