Oral Fluid as Alternative Matrix for Drug Testing: Clinical Utility and Method Development Adina Badea, PhD, DABCC (1,2) (1) Lifespan Academic Medical Center (2) The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Adina Badea, PhD, DABCC (Presenter) Lifespan/Rhode Island Hospital & the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Presenter Bio: Dr. Adina Badea, PhD, DABCC, earned her BA in Chemistry from Wellesley College, and her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed her clinical chemistry and toxicology fellowship at UCSF, where she worked under the supervision of Dr. Alan Wu and Dr. Kara Lynch on developing methods and finding new solutions to current challenges in clinical toxicology testing. Currently, she is Director of Toxicology at Rhode Island Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where she focuses on expanding the capabilities of the clinical toxicology lab using high resolution mass spectrometry. Her research interests include bringing state-of-the-art testing to the service of emergency medicine patients and to address public health crises with real-time comprehensive toxicology testing via collaborations with the local Poison Control Center and Department of Health.