Research team sorts out drug screen false positive results

Two SyBBURE alumni, Jennifer Colby, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and her husband, Jake Hughey, PhD, assistant professor of Biomedical Informatics and Biological Sciences at VUMC identified 13 previously unknown drug compounds that cause false positives screenings for amphetamines, buprenorphine (an opioid), cannabinoids and methadone in urine testing. The study won the Academy Distinguished Abstract Award from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry. Read more here, an article by Paul Govern.