{"id":244,"date":"2026-01-26T15:19:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collinsawuah.com\/index.php\/areas-of-expertise\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:36:23","slug":"areas-of-expertise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/collinsawuah.com\/index.php\/areas-of-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Areas of Expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"244\" class=\"elementor elementor-244\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f0f08 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84f0f08\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4218fe elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4218fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;bounceIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Areas of Expertise<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6a4412 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e6a4412\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48ff000 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48ff000\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31fd95a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31fd95a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/collinsawuah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A1-1-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-251\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/collinsawuah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A1-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/collinsawuah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A1-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/collinsawuah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A1-1.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-584d41e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"584d41e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30925ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30925ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Clinical and Environmental Radiochemistry<br \/><\/strong>Proficient in characterizing radionuclides across clinical, biological, and ecological environments, with expertise in sample preparation, radiotracer techniques, analytical measurements, and radionuclide speciation.<\/p><p>Experienced in assessing contamination sources, evaluating patient-specific radiochemical behavior in nuclear medicine, and conducting environmental radiochemistry investigations for risk mitigation and regulatory oversight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16ed4e3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"16ed4e3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd009d4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd009d4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d5311a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d5311a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/collinsawuah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a2-768x324.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-250\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/collinsawuah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a2-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/collinsawuah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a2-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/collinsawuah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a2.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db988a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db988a3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cef09a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cef09a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Radiation &amp; 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