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SPEAKERS: Dr. Armin Schwarzbach and Professor Leona Gilbert
TITLE: How ISO 13485:2016 and ISO 15189 are Revolutionising Lyme Disease Testing
DATE: Wednesday 12th February 2025
TIME: 18:00 BST (GMT)
19:00 CEST (Central European Time), 13:00 EDT (Eastern Time)
DESCRIPTION:
Join Professor Leona Gilbert and Dr. Armin Schwarzbach to explore how ISO 13485:2016 and ISO 15189 are transforming Lyme disease diagnostics. These standards ensure the quality and reliability of medical devices and laboratory operations, enabling accurate and dependable test results. ISO 13485:2016 focuses on robust quality management for medical devices, emphasising clinical validation to meet regulatory requirements and improve patient safety.
ISO 15189 sets the benchmark for excellence in medical laboratories, guaranteeing precise and reliable diagnostic outcomes. Accreditation by agencies like CAP, UKAS, and INAB strengthens trust in Lyme disease test results, ensuring high standards worldwide. Learn how adopting these standards improves diagnosis, enhances patient care, and promotes global access to effective Lyme disease testing.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Professor Leona Gilbert is a Docent / Adjunct Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology and the CEO of Te?ted Oy, a university spinoff company that has a goal to get the patient tested so they can be treated and recover quicker. Leona has over 20 years’ experience in research driven initiatives that provided valuable tools for patients.
She has a doctorate in biotechnology and a very long experience in bio-innovation and bio-business. She has supervised numerous PhD, MSc and BSc students and her various peer-reviewed articles span turning research results into translational value with developing novel delivery vectors as well as diagnostic lab-on-chip platforms.
In addition, Leona’s publications also demonstrate the thorough investigation of how a common virus or bacterium can contribute to autoimmune diseases. Another highlight in these publications is the demonstration of a multi-disciplinary background and collaborative efforts between clinicians, microbiologists, diagnostic developers, nano-scientists, physicists, and engineers.
Gilbert’s research initiatives into complete diagnostic platforms and clinical profiling of patients for tick-borne and autoimmune diseases will allow a better understanding of how chronic conditions could be established with infectious pathogens.
Dr. Armin Schwarzbach is a world expert in the field of laboratory medicine and infectious diseases. He is committed to working tirelessly on refining the various diagnostic tests for Borrelia burgdorferi and coinfections, a research area to which he has devoted more than 20 years of his professional life.
His unparalleled expertise in testing for tick-borne disease culminated in the creation in 2015 of his own laboratory, ArminLabs, in Augsburg, Germany. Under his watchful eye, his 30-strong, hand-picked laboratory team has processed over 150.000 samples from patients with tick-borne disease, in addition to all the other medical and specialised tests run daily for practitioners from over 150 countries.
Read Dr. Schwarzbach’s full profile HERE
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SPEAKERS: Dr Raymond Perrin DO (UK) PhD
TITLE: Through The Looking Glass: Long COVID and the Perrin Technique
DATE: Tuesday 1st April 2025
TIME: 19:00 BST (GMT)
20:00 CEST (Central European Time), 14:00 EDT (Eastern Time)
DESCRIPTION:
This lecture will explore the fundamental principles behind the manual diagnostic and treatment techniques developed by Dr Perrin in the 1990s for ME/CFS and FMS and how they can evaluate and improve the drainage of the brain and spine and restore better health in Long COVID. . Dr Perrin will explain how the basic mechanisms of the neuro-lymphatic system (now known as the glymphatic system) works, and how it is compromised in the millions of Long COVID patients all over the world.
Join us for an insightful lecture exploring Dr. Perrin’s innovative manual diagnostic and treatment methods, developed in the 1990s, to support patients with ME, CFS and FMS. Dr. Perrin will delve into how these techniques enhance brain and spinal drainage, promoting recovery and improved health for individuals with Long COVID.
Gain a deeper understanding of the neuro-lymphatic (glymphatic) system, its critical role in brain health, and how disruptions in this system affect millions of Long COVID patients worldwide. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the mechanisms driving these conditions and the path to better health.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Dr. Raymond Perrin qualified in 1984 from the British School of Osteopathy in London.
His research since 1989 into ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has expanded our knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of complex neurological disease. In July 2005 he was awarded a doctorate by the university of Salford, UK for his thesis on the involvement of cerebrospinal fluid and lymphatic drainage in ME/CFS.
Since 2007 he has held the academic post of Honorary Senior lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, UK and is also honorary clinical research fellow at in the faculty of Biology Medicine and Health at The University of Manchester.
In 2015 he joined the international faculty of the German School of Osteopathy (OSD) and teaches osteopathic theory and practice to students in colleges all over Europe and to the medical profession world-wide.
His research into ME/CFS and now Long- COVID has been published in major medical journals including The British Medical Journal and the JAOA and has written bestselling books on his protocol ‘The Perrin Technique’ .
He has just completed a new research project with the UK’s National Health Service into Long-COVID due to be published soon, and a book on the subject ‘Through the Looking Glass: diagnosing and treating Long-COVID using The Perrin Technique was published on November 7th this year.
For his service to osteopathy Ray was appointed a vice-patron of the University College of Osteopathy and he was the winner of the inaugural Research and Practice Award from the Institute of Osteopathy in 2015.
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REGISTER HERE: www.aonm.org/Perrin