Marc Roger Couturier,
PhD

Languages Spoken: English, French
Dr. Couturier is the medical director of Microbial Immunology, Parasitology and Fecal Testing, and Infectious Disease Rapid Testing at ARUP. He is also an assistant professor of pathology at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine. Dr. Couturier received his PhD in medical microbiology and immunology with specialty in bacteriology from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He served as a research associate/post-doctoral fellow at the Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health and completed a medical microbiology fellowship (ABMM) at the University of Utah. He is board certified in medical microbiology, and a member of the American Society for Microbiology and Infectious Disease Society of America.
Dr. Couturier is interested in diarrheal illnesses and improving the sensitivity of their diagnosis, in particular, emerging and underappreciated agents of diarrhea. Through his training in the Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, he developed molecular diagnostic methods for the detection of Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli. His continued interest in diarrheal pathogens has sparked research efforts in Campylobacter spp., Clostridium difficile, parasitic protozoa, and enteric viruses.
Dr. Couturier has research experience in the field of H. pylori pathogenesis, and is now investigating the prevalence of this pathogen in a poorly defined population in Utah. In addition to defining the local prevalence, Dr. Couturier is actively working to identify sub-populations of high risk individuals with disparate access to medical care in attempts to identify patients at increased risk of developing severe complications such as gastric cancers.
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pathology
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Associate Professor (Clinical) |
Academic Divisions | Clinical Pathology Moonlighter |
Dr. Couturier is the medical director of Microbial Immunology, Parasitology and Fecal Testing, and Infectious Disease Rapid Testing at ARUP. He is also an assistant professor of pathology at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine. Dr. Couturier received his PhD in medical microbiology and immunology with specialty in bacteriology from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He served as a research associate/post-doctoral fellow at the Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health and completed a medical microbiology fellowship (ABMM) at the University of Utah. He is board certified in medical microbiology, and a member of the American Society for Microbiology and Infectious Disease Society of America.
Dr. Couturier is interested in diarrheal illnesses and improving the sensitivity of their diagnosis, in particular, emerging and underappreciated agents of diarrhea. Through his training in the Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, he developed molecular diagnostic methods for the detection of Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli. His continued interest in diarrheal pathogens has sparked research efforts in Campylobacter spp., Clostridium difficile, parasitic protozoa, and enteric viruses.
Dr. Couturier has research experience in the field of H. pylori pathogenesis, and is now investigating the prevalence of this pathogen in a poorly defined population in Utah. In addition to defining the local prevalence, Dr. Couturier is actively working to identify sub-populations of high risk individuals with disparate access to medical care in attempts to identify patients at increased risk of developing severe complications such as gastric cancers.
Academic Locations
ARUP
801-583-2787-Ext.3406
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pathology
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Associate Professor (Clinical) |
Academic Divisions | Clinical Pathology Moonlighter |
Education History
Fellowship | University of Utah, Department of Pathology Medical Microbiology Fellow |
Postdoctoral Fellowship | Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Department of Molecular Diagnostics Microbiology Postdoctoral Fellow |
Doctoral Training | University of Alberta, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Bacteriology Ph.D. |
Undergraduate | Acadia University Biology with Honours B.S. |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Shakir SM, Mansfield CR, Hays ED, Couturier MR, Hillyard DR (2019). Evaluation of a Novel High-Definition PCR Multiplex Assay for the Simultaneous Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Human Clinical Specimens. (Epub ahead of print) J Clin Microbiol.
- Hanson KE, Gabriel N, Mchardy I, Hoffmann W, Cohen SH, Couturier MR, Thompson GR 3rd (2019). Impact of IVIG therapy on serologic testing for infectious diseases. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 114952.
- Mathison BA, Couturier MR, Pritt BS (2019). Diagnostic Identification and Differentiation of Microfilariae. J Clin Microbiol, 57(10).
- Couturier MR, Bard JD (2019). Direct-from-Specimen Pathogen Identification: Evolution of Syndromic Panels. Clin Lab Med, 39(3), 433-451.
- Davis RE, Mathison BA, Couturier MR (2018). Raillietiniaisis in a Toddler From Hawaii: A Case of Mistaken Tapeworm Identity. Clin Infect Dis, 69(6), 1053-1055.
- Miller HK, Binder AM, Peterson A, Theel ES, Volpe JM, Couturier MR, Cherry CC, Kersh GJ (2018). Trends in Q fever serologic testing by immunofluorescence from four large reference laboratories in the United States, 2012-2016. Sci Rep, 8(1), 16670.
- Swanson EA, March JK, Clayton F, Couturier MR, Arcega R, Smith R, Evason KJ (2018). Epithelial Inclusions in Gallbladder Specimens Mimic Parasite Infection: Histologic and Molecular Examination of Reported Cystoisospora belli Infection in Gallbladders of Immunocompetent Patients. Am J Surg Pathol, 42(10), 1346-1352.
Global Impact
Education History
Doctoral Training | University of Alberta, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Bacteriology Ph.D. |
Undergraduate | Acadia University Biology with Honours B.S. |