Task Force on Geriatric Laboratory Medicine (TF-GLM)
Membership
| Name | Position | Country | Term | Time in Office |
| C. Balion | Chair | CA | 1st | 2016 03 - 2018 12 |
| G. Lippi | Member | IT | 1st | 2016 03 - 2018 12 |
| F. Sagin | Member | TR | 1st | 2016 03 - 2018 12 |
| L. Shaw | Member | US | 1st | 2016 03 - 2018 12 |
| G. Sypniewska | Member | PL | 1st | 2016 03 - 2018 12 |
Aim
The TF-GLM aims to improve knowledge and understanding of key changes in physiology and pathophysiology that occur in elderly subjects and the impact that these may have on laboratory medicine parameters.
Objectives
1. To conduct a literature review of laboratory medicine in geriatric populations
2. To write and publish a review article on the impact of ageing on laboratory medicine parameters
3. To undertake three specific literature based projects of importance to laboratory medicine in geriatric subjects. These projects will be selected in association with a partner clinical organisation and may include:
• Reference intervals for key laboratory medicine parameters
• The impact of drugs commonly prescribed to geriatric subjects on metabolism and the consequences for laboratory medicine parameters
• New biomarkers of ageing and/or specific disorders found in geriatric subjects
• Clinical guidelines for the investigation of one or more disorders occurring in geriatric populations
Cooperation
The TF-GLM will seek to collaborate with an international clinical organisation. The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) has been approached to be a partner for TF-GLM
Delivery
1. TF-GLM will publish a general review on the impact of ageing on laboratory medicine parameters
2. TF-GLM will publish a scientific article at the conclusion of each specific project
3. TF-GLM will seek to provide speakers and symposia an international congresses of laboratory medicine and geriatric medicine
4. TF-GLM will produce simple educational support materials (e.g. on-line learning module) to assist trainees in laboratory medicine to understand the impact of ageing
Accountability
The TF-GLM will report to the Executive Board through the President.
List of Corresponding Members, nominated by National Societies
| Name | Full Member Society |
| Shu-Ping Hui | Japan Society of Clinical Chemistry (JSCC) |
| Ram Vinod Mahato | Nepalese Association for Clinical Chemistry |
| Abdullah Mainasara | Association of Clinical Chemists Nigeria (ACCN) |
| Saman Peduru Hewa | Association for Clinical Biochemistry, Sri Lanka |
List of addresses
Chair
Dr. Cynthia Marie Balion
Department of Laboratory Medicine
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
50 Charlton St. East
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 4A6
Canada
e-mail: balion@hhsc.ca
Members
Prof. Giuseppe Lippi
Full Professor of Clinical Biochemistry
Section of Clinical Biochemistry
University of Verona
E-mail: giuseppe.lippi@univr.it
Prof. Grażyna Odrowąż-Sypniewska
Chair and Department of Laboratory Medicine
Collegium Medicum Bydgoszcz
Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń
ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 9
85-094 Bydgoszcz
Poland
e-mail: grazynaodes@interia.pl; odes@cm.umk.pl
Ferhan G. Sagin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Ege University, Faculty of Medicine
Department of Medical Biochemistry
35100 Bornova, Izmir
Turkey
E-mail: ferhan.sagin@ege.edu.tr; ferhan.sagin@gmail.com
Dr. Leslie M. Shaw
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
7.103 Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA
email: Les.Shaw@uphs.upenn.edu