Heather Nelson, PhD, DABCC

Assistant Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine

Education

• Doctorate Degree—Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
• Fellowship—Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Fellowship—Clinical Chemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Clinical Chemistry
• Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC)

Research Interests

• Endocrinology
• Diabetes
• Lipids
• Laboratory best practices

Awards

• 2024 ADLM Division and Academy abstract awards
• 2022 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting—Student Oral Presentation: First Place
• 2022 AACC SYCL Travel Grant
• 2021 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting—Student Research Poster Award: Honorable mention
• 2021 ACLPS Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award

Recent Publications

• Kushnir MM, Nelson HA, Doyle K. Clinical utility and analytical aspects of direct measurements of free hormones using mass spectrometry based methods. J Appl Lab Med. 2022;7(4):945-970.
• Wyness SP, Nelson HA, Jensen R, et al. Clinical and analytical characterization of the DiaSorin and ScheBo fecal pancreatic elastase-1 assays. Pancreas. 2022;51(3):243-249.
• Nelson HA, La'ulu SL, Lu J, et al. Mitigation of biotin interference in manual and automated immunoassays by preconjugating biotinylated antibodies to the streptavidin surface as an alternative to biotin depletion. J Appl Lab Med. 2022;7(3):762-775.
• Nelson HA, Joshi HR, Straseski JA. Mistaken identity: the role of autoantibodies in endocrine disease. J Appl Lab Med. 2022;7(1):206-220.
• Nelson HA, Wood KE, McMillin GA, et al. Concordance of umbilical cord drug screening in multiple births: experience from a reference laboratory and academic medical center. J Anal Toxicol. 2022;46(6):611-618.
• Nelson HA, Genzen JR, Delgado JC, et al. An interference in an automated HCO3^- assay leads to an unexpected IgG monoclonal gammopathy diagnosis. J Appl Lab Med. 2021;7(2):622-625.
• Nelson HA, Johnson LM. Hereditary pancreatitis in a young adult: acute to chronic. Clin Biochem. 2021;98:78-80.
• Walker JT, Haliyur R, Nelson HA, et al. Integrated human pseudoislet system and microfluidic platform demonstrate differences in GPCR signaling in islet cells. JCI Insight. 2020;5(10):e137017.