Christina Colette Pierre, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Coagulation Laboratory and Point-of-Care Testing
Division of Laboratory Medicine
Contact InformationHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
7 Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: christina.pierre@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Specialty Division
Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Expertise
Coagulation, Clinical Chemistry, Point of Care
Research Expertise
Health Care Equity and Access
Education
BSc (Biomedical Sciences (Major), Biochemistry (Minor) ), University of Waterloo, 2008
PhD (Molecular & Cell Biology), Department of Biology, McMaster University, 2015
Specialty Certification
Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry, 2021
Postgraduate Training
Fellow, Clinical Chemistry, University of Virginia, 2018-20
Awards and Honors
Further Additional National Scholarship, The Government of Trinidad and Tobago, 2004-08
Dean’s Honors List, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 2005-07
Department of Biology Travel Scholarship, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2009
The Richard Fuller Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2012-14
Department of Biology Travel Scholarship, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2013
Department of Biology Graduate Student Achievement Award, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2013
Yates Travel Fund Award, Graduate Students Association, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2013
Best Podium Presentation (3rd), Biology Graduate Research Day, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2013
Best Podium Presentation (2nd), Juravinski Cancer Centre Oncology Research Day, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2014
Academic Achievement Award, Junior Achievement, Trinidad & Tobago, 2015
SYCL Domestic Travel Grant, Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC), 2019
Trainee Educational Grant, Mass Spectrometry Applications to the Clinical Lab, 2019
University of Virginia Department of Pathology, Above and Beyond Award, 2020
William L. Roberts Award with Distinction, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians & Scientists, 2020
Fellow, Academy of the Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC), 2021
Outstanding Contribution Award, Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) Health Equity and Access Division, 2022
Impact Award, Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) Penn-Del Section, 2022
Presidential Citation, Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC), 2024
Memberships and Professional Organizations
Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC), 2018-present
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, 2022-present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Prenatal Screening for Open Neural Tube Defects
Butler W, Ramesh RG, von Reusner J, Dugoff L, Srinivas SK, Pierre CC, Herman DS. JAMA Pediatr 2025 Jan 6. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5913. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39761055.
Milky Urine in a Patient with Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes
Butler W, Pierre CC, King BE, Young BA. Clin Chem 3(70): 1099-1102, 2024, PMID:39222934
Affirmative Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Patients: A Guide to Patient Assessment.
Conlin SE, Pierre CC, Greene DN, Gill EL. Clin Lab Med 2024.
A Holistic Framework for the Evaluation of Kidney Function in a Gender-Diverse Landscape
Turino Miranda K, Greene DN, Collister D, Krasowski MD, Ahmed SB, Cirrincione LR, Rosas SE, Saad N, Pierre CC. Am J Kidney Dis 84(2): 232-240, 2024. PMID:38458377
Development and validation of an LC-MSMS method to quantify creatinine from dried blood spots
Torres C, Muldrow RA, Naranjo AR, Cotten SW, Pierre CC, Greene DN. J Mass Spectrom Adv Clin Lab 32: 50-59, 2024. PMID:38511102
Reconsidering the use of race adjustments in maternal serum screening.
Pierre CC, Greene DN, Delany S, Lockwood CM, Palmer OP. Am J Obstet Gynecol 229(5): 522-525, 2023.
New Consensus Report Recommends against the Use of Race in Genetic Research
Pierre CC. Clin Chem 69: 941-942, 2023.
Refitting Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Equations to Find A Fit For All
Pierre CC, Greene DN, Marzinke M, Hoenig M, Levey AS, Clinical Laboratory News, 2023.
AACC/NKF Guidance Document on Improving Equity in Chronic Kidney Disease Care
Pierre CC, Marzinke MA, Ahmed SB, Collister D, Colón-Franco JM, Hoenig MP, Lorey T, Palevsky PM, Palmer OP, Rosas SE, Vassalotti J, Whitley CT, Greene DN. J Appl Lab Med 8(4): 789-816, 2023. PMID:37379065
The impact of environmental factors on external and internal specimen transport
Pierre CC, Wiencek JR., Clin Biochem 115(): 13-21, 2023, PMID:36379239
