Patricia R. Slev, PhD

Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine

Specialties

• Immunogenetics
• Infectious disease
• Immunology
• Clinical chemistry

Education

• Doctoral Degree—Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida
• Fellowship—Biology, University of Utah
• Fellowship—Clinical Chemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Clinical Chemistry (Clinical Chemistry)

Research Interests

• Infectious disease and immunogenetics

Awards

• Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Pathology, University of Utah, 2012
• Fellow Research Presentation, First Place, Department of Pathology, University of Utah, 2008
• Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award, ACLPS, 2006
• Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award, ACLPS, 2005
• Graduate Student Representative, University of Florida, 1995

Recent Publications

• Anderson C, Rawal M, Hymas W, et al. Development of a dual-target measles virus PCR assay and testing trends at a national reference laboratory. J Clin Microbiol. 2026;64(1):e0140225.
• Stark DL, Falekun S, Jorgensen S, et al. Prevalence of hepatitis D in the United States. J Appl Lab Med. 2025 Sep 3;10(5):1133-1139.
• Torres JR, Paxton JH, León ES, et al. Cardiac arrest management in United States emergency departments during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020. Ann Emerg Med. 2025;86(1):47-56.
• Lozier B, Martins T, Slev P, et al. Determination of positivity cutoff for an automated Aspergillus fumigatus-specific immunoglobulin-G Assay in a national reference laboratory. J Appl Lab Med. 2025 May 2;10(3):619-628.
• Weber KD, Mower W, Krishnadasan A, et al. Coronavirus disease 2019 infections among emergency health care personnel: impact on delivery of United States emergency medical care, 2020. Ann Emerg Med. 2024;84(1):40-48.
• Saadalla A, Jacela J, Poll R, et al. Immunoassay testing of alpha-gal specific immunoglobulin-E: data from a national reference laboratory. J Appl Lab Med. 2024;9(2):262-272.
• Balogun K, Slev PR. Towards achieving the end of the HIV epidemic: advances, challenges and scaling-up strategies. Clin Biochem. 2023;117:53-59.
• Mohr NM, Krishnadasan A, Harland KK, et al. Emergency department personnel patient care-related COVID-19 risk. PLoS One. 2022;17(7):e0271597.
• Nandakumar V, Profaizer T, Lozier BK, et al. Evaluation of a novel multiplex platform for simultaneous detection of IgG antibodies against the 4 main SARS-CoV-2 antigens. J Appl Lab Med. 2022;7(3):698-710.
• Rychert J, Couturier MR, Elgort M, et al. Evaluation of 3 SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody assays and correlation with neutralizing antibodies. J Appl Lab Med. 2021;6(3):614-624.
• Schrading WA, Trent SA, Paxton JH, et al. Vaccination rates and acceptance of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among U.S. emergency department health care personnel. Acad Emerg Med. 2021;28(4):455-458.
• Zhang YV, Wiencek J, Meng QH,  et al. AACC practical recommendations for implementing and interpreting SARS-CoV-2 EUA and LDT serologic testing in clinical laboratories. Clin Chem. 2021;67(9):1188-1200.
• Mohr NM, Harland KK, Krishnadasan A, et al. Diagnosed and undiagnosed COVID-19 in US emergency department healthcare personnel: a cross-sectional analysis. Ann Emerg Med. 2021;78(1):27-34.