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The condition of venous thromboembolism, illustrated here, can be treated using direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) such as direct factor Xa inhibitors. ARUP’s new chromogenic assays can be used to help assess treatment efficacy.

ARUP Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Genzen, MD, PhD (left), and Lauren Pearson, DO, MPH, chief medical officer of ARUP at University of Utah Health, are coauthors of a newly published JAMA Research Letter that summarizes results of a survey of clinical labs to evaluate adoption of a new equation to assess kidney function based on creatinine in patient serum. The new equation eliminates adjustment factors for race.

Lauren Pearson, DO, MPH, is the first appointed chief medical officer of ARUP at University of Utah Health. Her new role will support ARUP’s commitment to continuous quality improvement for clinical laboratory services across the University of Utah Health system.