Marya Lieberman
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Professor of Chemistry
- Low-quality medicines
- Fake pharmaceuticals
- Counterfeit drug detection
- Fentanyl (opioid) detection
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South Bend Tribune
Residents shocked and concerned by elevated lead hazards in South Bend neighborhoods
June 27, 2024
Ornella Joseph and Vikrant Jandev, graduate students with the Notre Dame Lead Innovation Team, provided lead testing at the summer kickoff at Randolph Park on June 1.
WTHR (Indianapolis)
Local governments hand out fentanyl test strips, but they could be illegal in Indiana
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June 06, 2024
Researchers at University of Notre Dame test fentanyl and other test strips for their effectiveness. Dr. Marya Lieberman’s team tested five different test strip brands on more than 200 compounds. Lieberman found that while there are sometimes false positives, overwhelmingly, the strips on the market are accurate and effective when used properly.
Bloomberg
How Tainted Chemo Wound Up in Pediatric Cancer Wards
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December 14, 2023
Marya Lieberman is a chemistry professor at the University of Notre Dame. She has blue hair, a refrigerator full of chemo drugs and obvious enthusiasm for the intricacies of lab testing. Over the years she’d heard about issues with the quality of chemo drugs in low-income countries.
New test in the works to catch defective cancer drugs
October 06, 2023
Now, researchers led by Professor Marya Lieberman of the University of Notre Dame have made the drug a focus of their work developing devices that flag poor-quality medicines.
Bloomberg
Politics Could Imperil Probe of Narco Access to U.S. Chemicals
January 27, 2021
Marya Lieberman, a professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, agreed that safety concerns would likely be a deal killer.
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