These publications arose from work conducted by the clinical chemistry fellows during their fellowship training. Some publications were naturally published after the fellow completed training, but all publications are directly attributable to work conducted while in training.
Michael E. Walsh, PhD
Walsh ME, Cervinski MA, Geno KA. Questionable FSH Results in a 52-Year-Old Female with Amenorrhea. Clin Chem. 2023;69:1204–5.
Walsh ME, Sietsma DJ, Martin IW, Brunelle LA. Comparison of 2 Sets of Immunoassays Used in Modified 2-Tiered Testing Algorithms for the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 2025;10:370–9.
Walsh ME, Kelliher MT, Hubbard JA, Cervinski MA. Evaluation of Immunoassay Performance for the Detection of Opioids in Urine. J Appl Lab Med. 2025;10:559–71.
Walsh ME, Williams GR, Jannetto PJ, Geno KA. Evaluating Updated Fentanyl Immunoassays for Loperamide Interference. J Appl Lab Med. 2025;10:1607–13.
Yasel F. Alvarez, PhD
Alvarez YF, Kelliher MT, Hubbard JA, Nerenz RD, Cervinski MA. Reevaluating the Icterus Index Cutoff of a Jaffé Creatinine Method. J Appl Lab Med. 2022;7:1151–7.
Geno KA, Alvarez YF, Hubbard JA, Nerenz RD, Singh RJ. Comparison of a Reformulated Automated Vitamin D Assay, Its Predecessor, and 2 Contemporary Formulations. J Appl Lab Med. 2026;11:592–8.
Michael T. Kelliher, PhD
Javanbakht A, Kelliher MT, Poore BA, Harris VS, Cervinski MA. An Unexpectedly Normal Sweat Chloride. Clin Chem. 2021;67:1037–8.
Kelliher MT, Levy JJ, Nerenz RD, Poore B, Johnston AA, Rogers AR, et al. Comparison of Symptoms and Antibody Response Following Administration of Moderna or Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022;146:677–85.
Bradley A. Poore, PhD
Poore B, Nerenz RD, Brodis D, Brown CI, Cervinski MA, Hubbard JA. A comparison of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid and spike antibody detection using three commercially available automated immunoassays. Clin Biochem. 2021;95:77–80.
Poore B, Hamilton R, Kelliher MT, Mahmood S, Mindiola-Romero AE, Richards R, et al. Retrospective Evaluation of the Antibody Prevalence in Epilepsy and Encephalopathy (APE2) Score. J Appl Lab Med. 2022;7:36–45.
K. Aaron Geno, PhD
Geno KA, Tolan NV, Singh RJ, Nerenz RD. Improved recognition of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 by 2 automated immunoassays. The journal of applied laboratory medicine. Oxford University Press; 2020;5:1287–95.
Geno KA, Poore B, Cervinski MA, Nerenz RD. Gamma Glutamyl Transferase Activity Has Limited Utility in Assessment of Alkaline Phosphatase Elevations. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 2021;6:1623–7.
Geno KA, Cervinski MA, Nerenz RD. Pregnancy and the fetus. Handbook of Diagnostic Endocrinology. Elsevier; 2021. page 543–79. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128182772000157
Geno KA, Reed MS, Cervinski MA, Nerenz RD. Evaluation of Thyroid Function in Pregnant Women Using Automated Immunoassays. Clin Chem. 2021;67:772–80.
Hubbard JA, Geno KA, Khan J, Szczepiorkowski ZM, de Gijsel D, Ovalle AA, et al. Comparison of Two Automated Immunoassays for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Antibodies. J Appl Lab Med. 2021;6:429–40.
Geno KA, Badea A, Lynch KL, Jannetto P, Hubbard JA, Nerenz RD, et al. An Opioid Hiding in Plain Sight: Loperamide-Induced False-Positive Fentanyl and Buprenorphine Immunoassay Results. J Appl Lab Med. 2022;7:1318–28.
Grace R. Williams, PhD
Williams GR, Cervinski MA, Nerenz RD. Assessment of biotin interference with qualitative point-of-care hCG test devices. Clin Biochem. 2018;53:168–70.
Williams GR, Nerenz RD. Not Your Ordinary Rash. Clin Chem. 2019;65:733–7.
Williams GR, Cook L, Lewis LD, Tsongalis GJ, Nerenz RD. Clinical Validation of a 106-SNV MALDI-ToF MS Pharmacogenomic Panel. J Appl Lab Med. 2020;5:454–66.
Williams GR, Tsongalis GJ, Lewis LD, Barney RE, Cook LJ, Aaron Geno K, et al. Potential Impact of Pharmacogenomic Single Nucleotide Variants in a Rural Caucasian Population. J Appl Lab Med. 2023;8:251–63.
David J. Kemble, PhD
Kemble DJ, Brunelle AA, Boulanger JA, Cervinski MA, Nerenz RD. The Urine that Would Not Freeze. J Appl Lab Med. 2017;2:132–3.
Kemble DJ, Jackson T, Morrison M, Cervinski MA, Nerenz RD. Analytical and Clinical Validation of Two Commercially Available Immunoassays Used in the Detection of TSHR Antibodies. J Appl Lab Med. 2017;2:345–55.
Kemble DJ, Cervinski MA. A Single-Column Gas Chromatography Method for Quantifying Toxic Alcohols. J Appl Lab Med. 2020;5:300–10.
Zahra Shajani-Yi, PhD
Shajani-Yi Z, Lee HK, Cervinski MA. Hyponatremia, Hypokalemia, Hypochloremia, and Other Abnormalities. Clin Chem. 2016;62:898.
Olson NJ, Shajani-Yi Z, Cervinski MA, Ornstein DL. Prolonged Bleeding in a 34-Year-Old Man following Oral Surgery. Clin Chem. 2016;62:1676–7.
Shajani-Yi Z, Martin IW, Brunelle AA, Cervinski MA. Method Validation of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and α-Fetoprotein in Cerebrospinal Fluid: Aiding the Diagnosis of Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors. J Appl Lab Med. 2017;2:65–75.
Shajani-Yi Z, Brunelle AA, Nerenz RD. Ready to Settle. Clin Chem. 2017;63:1546–7.
Shajani-Yi Z, de Abreu FB, Peterson JD, Tsongalis GJ. Frequency of Somatic TP53 Mutations in Combination with Known Pathogenic Mutations in Colon Adenocarcinoma, Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, and Gliomas as Identified by Next-Generation Sequencing. Neoplasia. New York, N.Y.; 2018;20:256–62.
Cotten SW, Shajani-Yi Z, Cervinski MA, Voorhees T, Tuchman SA, Korpi-Steiner N. Reference intervals and diagnostic ranges for serum free κ and free λ immunoglobulin light chains vary by instrument platform: Implications for classification of patient results in a multi-center study. Clin Biochem. 2018;58:100–7.
Shajani-Yi Z, Johnston AA, Casella SJ, Cervinski MA. Low serum alkaline phosphatase activity due to asymptomatic hypophosphatasia in a teenage girl. Clin Biochem. 2018;59:90–2.
Shi J, Dhaliwal P, Zi Zheng Y, Wong T, Straseski JA, Cervinski MA, et al. An Intact ACTH LC-MS/MS Assay as an Arbiter of Clinically Discordant Immunoassay Results. Clin Chem. 2019;65:1397–404.