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Nazmin Bithi, PhD, DABCC
Assistant Professor & Associate Director of Clinical Practice, Department of Pathology Clinical Chemistry

 


Email: nabithi@utmb.edu

  • Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine; method verification, validation, and implementation; quality assurance and quality improvement; pediatric biomarkers and acute kidney injury; analytical interferences and point-of-care testing; clinical mass spectrometry, proteomics, and translational applications of laboratory diagnostics.
  • INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE FIELD OF STUDY COMPLETION
    Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX Clinical Chemistry Fellowship Clinical Chemistry (ComACC-accredited) 2026
    University of Utah School of Medicine / ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT Clinical Chemistry Fellowship Clinical Chemistry (ComACC-accredited) 2023
    Cleveland State University / Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH PhD Clinical-Bioanalytical Chemistry, Clinical Chemistry Specialization 2021
    University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh BPharm Pharmacy 2014
  • Diplomate, The American Board of Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Chemistry2026
    ADLM Texas Section ASM Outstanding Abstract Award Recipient 2026, 2025
    Best Oral Presentation Award, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital 2026, 2025
    Best Manuscript Award, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute 2022
  • The University of Texas Medical Branch 2026-Present
    Baylor College of Medicine 2024-2026
    Texas Children Hospital  2024-2026
    Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) 2022-Present
    University of Utah School of Medicine 2021-2023
    Mass Spectrometry & Advances in the Clinical Lab (MSACL) 2020-Present
    Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM; formerly AACC)2019-Present
    Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute2017-2021
    • Bithi, Nazmin, et al. "Assessment of non-invasive fibrosis scoring systems in pediatric MASLD: A retrospective comparison across healthy, MASLD, and biopsy-staged groups." Clinica Chimica Acta (2026): 120905.
    • Bithi, Nazmin, Earnest JP Daniel, and Sridevi Devaraj. "Acute kidney injury: Detection, risk stratification, and predictive biomarkers." Clinica Chimica Acta (2026): 120830.
    • Bithi N, Ibrahim R, Tam E, et al. Validation of NGAL Assay in a Pediatric Population. Practical Laboratory Medicine. 2025.
    • Bithi N, Ibrahim R, Devaraj S. Evaluation of Postpartum Glucose Tolerance Testing Implementation for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Quality Assurance Study. Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science. 2025.
    • Bithi N, Ibrahim R, Rector K, et al. Structured Reporting and Reflex Confirmation Enhance Toxicology Oversight in Perinatal Urine Drug Screening: A Six-Month Institutional Review. International Journal of Clinical and Translational Medicine. 2025.
    • Goel R, Bithi N, Emili A. CF-MS in the spotlight: Recent advances in charting high-resolution protein interaction networks. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 2024.
    • Bithi N, Ricks D, Zuromski L, et al. Method validation of an ICP-MS assay for the analysis of magnesium, copper and zinc in RBC. Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Advances in the Clinical Lab. 2024.
    • Bithi N, Merrigan SD, McMillin GA. Does Labetalol Trigger False Positive Drug Testing Results? Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2022.
    • Bithi N, Link C, Wang R, Willard B, Hine C. Caloric Restriction alters Sulfhydrome Profiles in Major Metabolic Tissues Dependent on Cystathionine Gamma Lyase Activity. Nature Communications. 2021;12:1-20.
    • Henderson YO, Bithi N, Link C, Yang J, Hine C. Late-life intermittent fasting decreases aging-related frailty and increases renal hydrogen sulfide production in a sexually dimorphic manner. GeroScience. 2021;43:1527-1554.
    • Jonsson WO, Margolies NS, Mirek ET, et al. Physiological responses to dietary sulfur amino acid restriction are influenced by Atf4 status and biological sex. Journal of Nutrition. 2021;151:785-799.