Harmonization and Standardization of Serologic Tests for Autoimmune Diseases

Join us for a webinar on the Harmonization and Standardization of Serologic Tests for Autoimmune Diseases. In this Autoimmunity Speaker Series event, Xavier Bussyot, M.D., Ph.D. of University Hospitals Leuven, will discuss a practical approach to the autoimmunity laboratory and introduce the use of likelihood ratios in clinical reporting. This webinar takes on the challenges of autoimmune serology testing in a new light with a key focus on the following topics.

Topics of discussion include:

• Basics on Likelihood Ratio (LR)
• Comparative studies on LR in rheumatoid arthritis and ANCA-associated vasculitis
• LR in Quality Control schemes
• LR and reference populations
• Introducing and reporting LR in laboratory and clinical use
• Practical experience

All webinars will take place at 11 a.m. (PST)/2 p.m. (EST)/8 p.m. (CET).

Xavier Bossuyt gained his medical qualification and Ph.D. at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). After training in clinical pathology at the University Hospitals Leuven and at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA, he spent two years at the department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology of the University Hospital Zürich as a post-doctoral researcher.

Bossuyt is currently a professor of medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven and a clinical laboratory immunologist at the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University Hospitals Leuven. His research mainly focuses on protein chemistry, serologic markers in autoimmune diseases, the immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae, and immunodeficiencies.