Kerlijn Van Assche works in the Medicine Quality Research Group of the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) & Mahidol Oxford Research Unit (MORU). Initially, she was trained as a hospital pharmacist and later obtained a master’s in International Health at Charité’s Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health in Germany.Previously, she was involved in research with the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp, Belgium, on data of QUAMED, a North-South Network that promotes universal access to quality-ensured medicines.Before joining the Medicine Quality Research Group, Kerlijn worked as a quality assurance pharmacist with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ensuring the use of quality medicines and medical devices in their projects across the world.