Brittany A. Young
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Brittany A. Young, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Dr. Young is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She serves as Co-Medical Director at the University Hospital Clinical Laboratory and CLIA Laboratory Director at Farmington Health Center, ensuring precise diagnostic testing and overseeing critical lab areas such as microbiology, clinical chemistry, hematology, and point-of-care testing. As Chair of the Point-of-Care Testing Committee, she ensures tests are completed according to best practice standards and provides consultancy to clinical teams.

Board certified in Medical Microbiology, Dr. Young plays a pivotal role in institutional preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks, having chaired the COVID-19 Laboratory Subcommittee. She is also a member of several professional societies and serves on the Point-of-Care Testing Committee for the College of American Pathologists.

Board Certification

American Board of Pathology (Sub: Medical Microbiology)
American Board of Pathology (Clinical Path)

Dr. Young is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She serves as Co-Medical Director at the University Hospital Clinical Laboratory and CLIA Laboratory Director at Farmington Health Center, ensuring precise diagnostic testing and overseeing critical lab areas such as microbiology, clinical chemistry, hematology, and point-of-care testing. As Chair of the Point-of-Care Testing Committee, she ensures tests are completed according to best practice standards and provides consultancy to clinical teams.

Board certified in Medical Microbiology, Dr. Young plays a pivotal role in institutional preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks, having chaired the COVID-19 Laboratory Subcommittee. She is also a member of several professional societies and serves on the Point-of-Care Testing Committee for the College of American Pathologists.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pathology -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification
American Board of Pathology (Sub: Medical Microbiology)
American Board of Pathology (Clinical Path)

Education history

Undergraduate Biology, Spanish - Creighton University B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Saint Louis University School of Medicine M.D.
Doctoral Training Molecular Microbiology and Immunology - Saint Louis University School of Medicine Ph.D.
Residency Clinical Pathology - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
Chief Resident Pathology - University of Utah School of Medicine Co-Chief Resident
Fellowship Medical Microbiology - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Havens JR, Fluker SA, Schimmel J, McCrary LM, Miller LS, Udo T, Manabe YC, Luetkemeyer A, Burkholder G, Moon AM, Chastain CA, Price JC, Cafardi J, Gallegos-Orozco JF, Young BA, Young J, Aparicio C, Song Y, Lai E, Louw G (2026). Performance Evaluation of the Xpert® HCV test on Fingerstick Blood in a Prospective Observational Clinical Study at CLIA-Waived Sites in the United States. Clinical infectious diseases,
  2. Lin L, Filtz M, Wilson J, Errigo R, Zuromski LM, Nguyen Sorenson A, Young B (2025). Comparing Refrigeration to Immediate Room Temperature Testing for Uric Acid Monitoring in Rasburicase-Treated Patients. The journal of applied laboratory medicine, 10(2), 296-304.
  3. Pandya V, Nguyen Sorenson AHT, Jones E, Young BA, Pearson L (2023). Spirited away: Can ethanol testing in add-on orders provide meaningful results?. Clinical biochemistry, 115, 97-102.
  4. Pandya V, McMillin GA, Young B (2023). Deceptively Simple: Can Urine Samples from CLIA-Waived Urine Drug Screen Devices Be Reused for Confirmatory Testing?. The journal of applied laboratory medicine, 8(2), 341-346.
  5. Young BA, Spencer JF, Ying B, Toth K, Wold WS (2013). The effects of radiation on antitumor efficacy of an oncolytic adenovirus vector in the Syrian hamster model. Cancer Gene Ther, 20(9), 531-7.
  6. Young BA, Spencer JF, Ying B, Tollefson AE, Toth K, Wold WS (2013). The role of cyclophosphamide in enhancing antitumor efficacy of an adenovirus oncolytic vector in subcutaneous Syrian hamster tumors. Cancer Gene Ther, 20(9), 521-30.
  7. Scatizzi JC, Mavers M+, Hutcheson J, Young BA, Samways DSK, Corbett JA, Egan TM, Perlman H (2009). The cyclin dependent kinase domain of p21 is a suppressor of IL-1ß-mediated inflammation in activated macrophages. Eur J Immunol, 39(3), 820-5.

Review

  1. Young BA, Hanson KE, Gomez C (2019). Molecular Diagnostic Advances in Transplant Infectious Diseases. Current infectious disease reports, 21(12), 52.

Case Report

  1. Boylan KE, Larsen BT, Young BA, Downs-Kelly E, Panchabhai TS, Collum ES, Jensen L, Emerson L (2018). Pulmonary Mycobacterial Spindle Cell Pseudotumor: A Report of 3 Cases Including a Practical Approach to Histopathologic Recognition of This Unusual Entity. International journal of surgical pathology, 26(7), 629-634.

Letter

  1. Shen W, Young BA, Bosworth M, Wright KE, Lamb AN, Ji Y (2018). Prenatal detection of uniparental disomy of chromosome 2 carrying a CHRND pathogenic variant that causes lethal multiple pterygium syndrome. [Letter to the editor]. Clin Genet, 93(6), 1248-1249.

Other

  1. Rice (2019). Can NGS replace routine respiratory testing? Study says not yet.