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Johanna Camara (Fed)

Research Chemist

Johanna began her employment at NIST as an NRC Postdoctoral Associate. Her activities have encompassed a wide variety of areas, including: MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry of bacteria, molecular cloning of stable-isotope labeled proteins for mass spectral internal standards, and the quantification of small organic molecules in pharmaceuticals, foods, and biological SRMs with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. She has participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program at NIST as an application reviewer and research mentor. Johanna is also the Clinical SRM Program Coordinator, the Quality Manager for the Organic Chemical Metrology Group, and the Deputy Quality Manager for the Chemical Sciences Division.

Membership and Professional Activities:

  • Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology Consensus Committee
    - Member, 2013 - 2015
    Chemistry and Toxicology Expert Review Panel Chairholder, 2016 - 2018
    Chemistry and Toxicology Expert Review Panel Member, 2019 - present
    - NIST delegate to CLSI, 2013 - present
  • US Technical Advisory Group to ISO/TC212 Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems
    - Voting member, 2013 - present
    - Executive Committee Member 2017 - present
  • Washington Chromatography Discussion Group
    - Committee member, 2005 - 2007
  • IFCC Working Group-Commutability member, 2014-present

Awards

  • COSMOS Club Grants-in-Aid to Young Scholars, 2004
  • CSTL Exploratory Research Proposal, FY2006
  • NIST Materials Measurement Laboratory Outreach Accolade for developing and leading a week-long training course on isotope dilution-mass spectrometry in clinical measurements for staff from six National Metrology Institutes, 2017
  • 2018 Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award for Advancing Vitamin D Metrology

Publications

Feasibility of Metrological Traceability Implementation Using the Joint Committee on Traceability in Laboratory Medicine Database Entries Including the Fulfillment of "Fit-for-Purpose" Maximum Allowable Measurement Uncertainty

Author(s)
MAURO PANTEGHINI, Johanna Camara, VINCENT DELATOUR, Katleen Van Uytfanghe, Hubert Vesper, Tianjiao Zhang
Background: In previous publications, the Task Force on Reference Measurement System Implementation proposed a procedural approach combining a critical review

Recommendations for setting a criterion and assessing commutability of sample materials used in external quality assessment/proficiency testing schemes

Author(s)
Sverre Sandberg, Pernille Fauskanger, Jesper Johansen, Thomas Keller, Jeffrey Budd, Neil Greenberg, robert rej, MAURO PANTEGHINI, VINCENT DELATOUR, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Liesbet Deprez, Johanna Camara, Finlay MacKenzie, Alicia Lyle, Eline van der Hagen, Chris Burns, W. Greg Miller
It is important for external quality assessment materials (EQAMs) to be commutable with clinical samples; i.e., they should behave like clinical samples when
Created October 9, 2019, Updated December 8, 2022