D. Hunter Best,
PhD
Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Best is a medical director of Molecular Genetics and Genomics at ARUP and an assistant professor of clinical pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Best received his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pathology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a fellowship in Clinical Molecular Genetics at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville. His research focuses on the genetics of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pathology
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Associate Professor (Clinical) Pediatrics - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Clinical Pathology Pediatric Genetics |
| Board Certification | American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Molecular Genetics) |
Dr. Best is a medical director of Molecular Genetics and Genomics at ARUP and an assistant professor of clinical pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Best received his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pathology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a fellowship in Clinical Molecular Genetics at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville. His research focuses on the genetics of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Academic Locations
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pathology
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Associate Professor (Clinical) Pediatrics - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Clinical Pathology Pediatric Genetics |
| Board Certification | American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Molecular Genetics) |
Research Interests
- Gene Discovery in Rare Disease
- Molecular Genetics
- Genetics of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Education History
| Fellowship | Vanderbilt University Clinical Molecular Genetics Clinical Fellow, 2009 |
| Doctoral Training | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Molecular and Cellular Pathology Ph.D., 2007 |
| Undergraduate | North Carolina State University Biochemistry B.S., 2002 |