Department Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Director, Clinical Chemistry
Interests
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Laboratory Medicine, Education, Self-Collection of Specimens, Toxicology, Immunology, Pre-Analytical Considerations, Mass Spectrometry
Education and Training
Clinical Chemistry Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2023
PhD, Physiology & Biophysics (concentration in Molecular Biology and Genetics), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA, 2020
MS, International Program in Addiction Studies, VCU, Richmond, VA, 2015
Post-baccalaureate, Pre-Health Graduate Certificate, VCU, Richmond, VA, 2013
BA, Chemistry with Mathematics minor, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA, 2011
National Activities
The Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI), 2022 – present
American Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (ASHI), 2022 – present
The Association for Mass Spectrometry and Advances in the Clinical Lab (MSACL), 2022 – present
Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS), 2022 – present
Females in Mass Spectrometry (FeMS), 2020 – present
Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC), 2020 – present
Junior Member, Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology Division (CDID) Leadership Board, 2022 – 2023
Appointed Member, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Steering Committee, 2023 – present
Association of Women in Science (AWIS), 2019 – present
American Chemical Society (ACS), 2009 – present
Peer Reviewer, Journal of Immunological Methods, 2023 - present
Peer Reviewer, Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, 2023 - present
Notable Publications
Fyffe-Freil, RC, Baumann, NA, & Block, DR. (2023). A-122 Fluid Type (STILL) Matters: An Analysis of Quality Control Material Suitability for Measuring Eleven Body Fluid Analytes in the Clinical Laboratory, Clinical Chemistry, Volume 69, Issue Supplement_1, October 2023, hvad097.112
Fyffe-Freil, RC, Wockenfus, AA, Hain, EA, Nicklas, MA, Baumann, NA, & Katzman, BM. (2023). A-123 Increased Rate of Recurrent Hemolysis Is Associated With COVID-19 Infection and Propofol Administration in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Clinical Chemistry, Volume 69, Issue Supplement_1, October 2023, hvad097.113
Gona, SR, Rosenberg, J, Fyffe-Freil, RC, Kozakiewicz, JM, & Money, ME. (2023). Review: Failure of Current Digoxin Monitoring for Toxicity: New Monitoring Recommendations to Maintain Therapeutic Levels for Efficacy. Front Cardiovasc. Med., 10
Fyffe-Freil, RC, Jannetto, PJ, & Vanderboom, PV. (2023). To Boldly Go Where No Device Has Gone Before: Specimen Self-Collections for the Clinical Laboratory. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 45(4); 29-37. February 13, 2023.
Fyffe-Freil, RC, Vanderboom, PV, Sampson, M, Remaley, A, Meeusen, J, & Donato, L. (2022). More Than Just Heart Disease. Am J Clin Path, 158(Supplement_1), S4.
Yamashita, TS, Mirande, M, Huang, C-T, Kearns, A, Fyffe-Freil, RC, Singh, R, Foster, T, Thompson, G, Lyden, M, McKenzie, T, Robert, W, & Dy, B. (2022). Persistence and recurrence of hypercalcemia after parathyroidectomy over five decades (1965-2010) in a community-based cohort. Annals of Surgery, online ahead of print, PMID: 36017920
Wickramaratne, N, Li, R, Tian, T, Khoraki, J, Kang, HS, Chmielewski, C, Maitland, J, Liebrecht, LK, Fyffe-Freil, RC, Lindell, SL, & Mangino, MJ. (2021). Cholangiocyte Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) is a Potential Molecular Mechanism Driving Ischemic Cholangiopathy in Liver Transplantation. PLoS One, 16(7), PMID: 34234356
Fyffe-Freil, RC, Limkemann, A, Lindell, SL, Mangino, MJ. (2018). The Role of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Activity in Liver Preservation Injury. FASEB J, 32(S1), pp 873.12
Wickramaratne, N, Liebrecht, L, Reichstetter, H, Fyffe-Freil, RC, Blocher, C, Aboutanos, MB, & Mangino, M. (2017). Effects of Polyethylene Glycol 20,000 on the Management of Brain Dead Organ Donors in a Canine Model. J Am Coll Surg, 225(4), p. S200
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Assistant: Kristy Helm 402-559-2052