Christina Colette Pierre, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Chemist, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Director, Chemistry Section, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Technical Director of Coagulation, Penn Medicine Lancaster General and Women and Babies Hospitals, Lancaster, PA
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BSc (Biomedical Sciences (Major), Biochemistry (Minor) )
University of Waterloo, 2008.
PhD (Molecular & Cell Biology)
Department of Biology, McMaster University, 2015.
Permanent linkBSc (Biomedical Sciences (Major), Biochemistry (Minor) )
University of Waterloo, 2008.
PhD (Molecular & Cell Biology)
Department of Biology, McMaster University, 2015.
Selected Publications
Butler W, Pierre CC, King BE, Young BA. : Milky Urine in a Patient with Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes. Clin Chem 3(70): 1099-1102, September 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvae092. Case Report.Conlin SE, Pierre CC, Greene DN, Gill EL. : Affirmative Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Patients: A Guide to Patient Assessment. Clin Lab Med no volume(no issue): no pages, August 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2024.07.012 Review article.
Turino Miranda K, Greene DN, Collister D, Krasowski MD, Ahmed SB, Cirrincione LR, Rosas SE, Saad N, Pierre CC: A Holistic Framework for the Evaluation of Kidney Function in a Gender-Diverse Landscape. Am J Kidney Dis 84(2): 232-240, August 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.01.522. Epub 2024 Mar 6. Review.
Torres C, Muldrow RA, Naranjo AR, Cotten SW, Pierre CC, Greene DN.: Development and validation of an LC-MSMS method to quantify creatinine from dried blood spots. J Mass Spectrom Adv Clin Lab 32(no issue): 50-59, Mar 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jmsacl.2024.03.001. eCollection 2024 Apr.
Pierre CC, Greene DN, Delany S, Lockwood CM, Palmer OP: Reconsidering the use of race adjustments in maternal serum screening. Am J Obstet Gynecol 229(5): 522-525, November 2023.
Pierre CC: New Consensus Report Recommends against the Use of Race in Genetic Research. Clin Chem 69: 941-942, Aug 2023.
Pierre CC, Greene DN, Marzinke M, Hoenig M, Levey AS. : Refitting Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Equations to Find A Fit For All. Clinical Laboratory News July 2023.
Christina C Pierre, Mark A Marzinke, Sofia B Ahmed, David Collister, Jessica M Colón-Franco, Melanie P Hoenig, Thomas Lorey, Paul M Palevsky, Octavia Peck Palmer, Sylvia E Rosas, Joseph Vassalotti, Cameron T Whitley, Dina N Greene: AACC/NKF Guidance Document on Improving Equity in Chronic Kidney Disease Care. J Appl Lab Med 8(4): 789-816, July 2023 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfad022.
Pierre CC, Wiencek JR.: The impact of environmental factors on external and internal specimen transport. Clin Biochem 115: 13-21, May 2023.
Wiencek JR, Pierre CC, Füzéry AK: Environmental factors in the preanalytical phase of laboratory testing. Clin Biochem 115: 1-2, May 2023.