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Patrice Held, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Utah
Scholarly Emphasis:
Clinical laboratory testing for inherited metabolic disorders.
Titles:
- Assistant Medical Director, Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
- Assistant Medical Director, Newborn Screening Laboratory
About Patrice Held, Ph.D.
Dr. Held is the Assistant Medical Director of the Biochemical Genetics and Supplemental Newborn Screening Laboratory at ARUP and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Utah. She is certified in Clinical Biochemical Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics.
As a clinical biochemical geneticist, Dr. Held's research emphasis is on developing, evaluating, and adapting new assays for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with metabolic disorders.
Selected Publications
- Jean JC, Harding CO, Oakes SM, Yu Q, Held PK, Joyce-Brady M. (1999). gamma-Glutamyl transferase (GGT)deficiency in the GGTenu1 mouse results from a single point mutation that leads to a stop codon in the first coding exon of GGT mRNA. Mutagenesis, 14(1), 31-6.
- Held P, Harding CO. (2003). L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylate supplementation in murine gamma-GT deficiency. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 34(11), 1482-7.
- Smyk-Pearson SK, Bakke AC, Held PK, Wildin RS. (2003). Rescue of the autoimmune scurfy mouse by partial bone marrow transplantation or by injection with T-enriched splenocytes. Clin Exp Immunol, 133(2), 193-9.
- Held PK. (2006). disorders of tyrosine catabolism. Mol Genet Metab, 88(2), 103-6.
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Professional Education
- 2007 - Board Certification in Clinical Biochemical Genetics, ABMG
- 2005 - Ph.D. Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregion Health & Science University
- 2000 - B.S., Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison