‘Science doesn’t always work in the way you expect it to’

By 2020-07-10T09:59:00

An image showing Lee Goodwin in a lab at contract research organistion Covance

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Meet Lee Goodwin, a bioanalytical chemist who helps unpick what our bodies do with the drugs they are given, such as antivirals as treatment for Covid-19

Bioanalytical chemists help unpick what our bodies do with the drugs we take. Lee Goodwin is a bioanalytical chemist involved in determining drug and drug metabolite concentrations by analyzing blood and urine samples. His group is currently supporting trials of antiviral drugs being assessed as potential treatments for Covid-19. In this Q&A, he talks about this work, his hopes and his initial brush with chromatography.

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