Benjamin T. Bradley, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine

Specialties

• Clinical virology
• Molecular pathogen detection
• Infectious disease pathology

Education

• Doctorate Degree—Tulane University School of Medicine
• Medical Degree—Tulane University School of Medicine
• Residency—Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center
• Fellowship—Clinical Microbiology, University of Utah/ARUP Laboratories

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology)
• American Board of Pathology (Medical Microbiology)

Research Interests

• Development and clinical implementation of viral diagnostics
• Direct-from-tissue detection of infectious organisms
• Infectious disease pathology education

Awards

• Paul Stranjord Young Investigator Award (2020)
• Stranjord-Clayson Award (2020)
• Jacob Ambrose Storck Prize (2017)

Recent Publications

• Platt AP, et al. Pulmonary Co-Infections Detected Premortem Underestimate Postmortem Findings in a COVID-19 Autopsy Case Series. Pathogens. 2023;12:932.
• Couturier MR, Bradley BT. Molecular Diagnosis of Emerging Pathogens: Policy and Practical Considerations for Laboratorians. Advances in Molecular Pathology. 2023.
• Ma A, Bradley BT. Clinical testing of pediatric mpox specimens: Unique features and challenges in a low prevalence population. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2023;163:105447.
• Lieberman NAP, et al. Clinical performance and trends during the first two months of monkeypox virus PCR testing at two United States reference labs. J Clin Microbiol. 2022;60(12):e0137122.
• Ma A, et al. Characterization of the cytopathic effects of monkeypox virus isolated from clinical specimens and differentiation from common viral exanthems. J Clin Microbiol. 2022;60(12):e0133622.
• Mathison BA, Bradley BT. Review of the clinical presentation, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of leishmaniasis. Lab Med. 2023;54(4):363–71.
• Wondimu B, et al. Cokeromyces recurvatus incidentally found in a patient with gastric outlet obstruction. Mycopathologia. 2022;187(5-6):605–10.
• Bradley BT, et al. Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels measured by the AdviseDx SARS-CoV-2 assay are concordant with previously available serologic assays but are not fully predictive of sterilizing immunity. J Clin Microbiol. 2021;59(9):e0098921.
• Donlan AN, et al. IL-13 is a driver of COVID-19 severity. JCI Insight, 2021;6(15):e150107.
• Addetia A, et al. In vivo generation of BK and JC polyomavirus defective viral genomes in human urine samples associated with higher viral loads. J Virol. 2021;95(12): e00250–21.
• Phipps WS, et al. Unexpected presence of an unusual opioid in a patient with chronic pain. Clin Chem. 2021;67(4):596–599.
• Bradley BT, et al. Histopathology and ultrastructural findings of fatal COVID-19 infections in Washington State: a case series. Lancet. 2020;396(10247):320–332.
• Bradley BT, et al. Emerging respiratory infections: the infectious disease pathology of SARS, MERS, pandemic influenza, and Legionella. Semin Diagn Pathol.2019;36(3):152–159.
• Peddu V, et al. High-resolution profiling of human cytomegalovirus cell-free DNA in human plasma highlights its exceptionally fragmented nature. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):3734.