Women in BioCop - Biographies
Organisation: Health Canada
Country: Canada
* PhD - Carleton University (2001) in Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Experience includes:
* Research scientist with Food Research Division, Health Canada (2002 - present)
* Analysis of environmental and agricultural chemical contaminants in foods.
Dr. Tittlemiers' role within BioCop is managing development and evaluation of surface plasmon resonance chip surfaces for analysis of fluoroquinolones at Health Canada within BioCop Work Package 8 (Therapeutics)
Areas of interest:
Our research deals with emerging persistent organic pollutants and veterinary drug residues found in food. Our work is mainly concerned with the development and application of methods to extract and quantitate these compounds in food. However, we are also involved in collaborations to examine the toxicology of these compounds. The purpose of our research is to allow for the analysis of these compounds in foods sampled during the Total Diet Studies and Human Milk Surveys, and thus estimate the level of exposure to the Canadian population.
Languages: English
Awards, Membership of Professional Societies:
Member, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives
Member, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Publications:
1. G. Dufresne, A. Fouquet, D. Forsyth, S.A. Tittlemier (2007). “Multi-residue determination of quinolone and fluoroquinolone antibiotics in shrimp by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry”. Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL. In press.
2. S.A. Tittlemier, J. Van de Riet, G. Burns, R. Potter, C. Murphy, W. Rourke, H. Pearce, G. Dufresne (2007). “Analysis of veterinary drug residues in fish and shrimp composites collected during the Canadian Total Diet Study, 1993-2004”. Food Additives and Contaminants. 24:14-20.
3. S.A. Tittlemier, K. Pepper, L. Edwards (2006). “Concentrations of Perfluorooctanesulfonamides in Canadian Total Diet Study Composite Food Samples collected between 1992 and 2004” Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54:8385-8389.
4. A.-C. Huet, C. Charlier, S.A. Tittlemier, G. Singh, S. Benrejeb, P. Delahaut (2006). “Simultaneous Determination of (Fluoro)quinolone Antibiotics in Kidney, Marine Products, Eggs, and Muscle by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)”. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54:2822-2827.
5. S.A. Tittlemier, K. Pepper, L. Edwards, G. Tomy (2005). “Development and Characterization of a Solvent Extraction – Gas Chromatographic/Mass Spectrometric Method for the Analysis of Three Neutral Perfluorooctanesulfonamide Compounds”. Journal of Chromatography A. 1066:189-195