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3601 The Vanderbilt ClinicNashville, TN 37232
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Summary
- Dr. Heather Pua, MD is a board certified pathologist in Nashville, Tennessee. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Tennessee and California. She is a Resident Physician at UCSF School of Medicine.
Education & Training
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2009 - 2013- University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Molecular Genetic Pathology, 2011 - 2012
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2011 - Present
TN State Medical License 2017 - 2026
American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic- American Board of Pathology Pathology - Molecular Genetic
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Transcriptome Complexity Disentangled: A Regulatory Molecules Approach.Amir Asiaee, Zachary B Abrams, Heather H Pua, Kevin R Coombes
Biorxiv. 2025-03-10 - A Software Tool for Reagent Design to Expand Access to Single-Nucleotide Variant Detection by the Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay.Dalton J Nelson, Kunal Chugh, Heather H Pua, Frederick R Haselton
The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 2025-03-01 - Epithelial outgrowth through mesenchymal rings drives lung alveologenesis.Nicholas M Negretti, Yeongseo Son, Philip Crooke, Erin J Plosa, John T Benjamin
JCI Insight. 2025-01-07
Press Mentions
Biologist Upasna Sharma Wins NIH Director's New Innovator AwardOctober 1st, 2019
Pua Lands NIH Director's New Innovator AwardOctober 1st, 2019- For the First Time, Professor Observes Crystallized Iron Product, Hemozoin, Made in MammalsOctober 1st, 2019
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Grant Support
- Regulation of extracellular vesicle biogenesis through cell adhesionVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER2020–2026
