Yachana Kataria, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Biography
Yachana Kataria, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Lab Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Before arriving at the university, Dr. Kataria completed a fellowship in clinical chemistry and was the assistant director of clinical chemistry at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Yachana Kataria, Medical Director of Clinical Chemistry Laboratories at Boston Medical Center, focuses on bringing public health to the clinical laboratory. Leveraging data analytics in laboratory medicine can offer valuable insights for patient care and population health. Her research, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, assesses the durability of seroimmunoglobulins and she also studies risk factors for multiple myeloma. Laboartory medicine plays a crucial role of laboratories in healthcare, advocating for partnerships with data analytics to support value-based care, optimize patient outcomes, and reduce costs.
Other Positions
- Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
- Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center, Boston University
Education
- University of Illinois, Chicago, PhD
- University of Chicago, BA
Publications
- Published on 3/24/2025
Noguez JH, Merrill AE, McShane AJ, Kataria Y. The 2024 PhD Board-Certified Clinical Chemist Compensation Survey. J Appl Lab Med. 2025 Mar 24. PMID: 40126870.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/3/2025
Dodge MC, Prokaeva T, Mendelson L, Joshi T, Sanchorawala V, Kataria Y. High-Sensitivity and Conventional Cardiac Troponin-I Assays in AL Amyloidosis. J Appl Lab Med. 2025 Mar 03; 10(2):315-324. PMID: 39495058.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/20/2024
Dodge MC, Ellervik C, Kataria Y. A Meta-analysis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Anti-spike Immunoglobulin G Antibody Durability up to 9 Months After Full Vaccination in Adults. Clin Lab Med. 2025 Mar; 45(1):111-136. PMID: 39892931.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/12/2024
Kataria Y, Niharika Pillalamarri B, Zirpoli G, Szalat R, Palmer JR, Bertrand KA. Body size and risk of multiple myeloma in the Black Women's Health Study. Br J Cancer. 2024 Mar; 130(5):830-835. PMID: 38212484.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/14/2023
Ruiz Lopez JN, McNeil GE, Zirpoli G, Palmer JR, Kataria Y, Bertrand KA. Vitamin D and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) among U.S. Black women. Cancer Causes Control. 2024 Feb; 35(2):277-279. PMID: 37707565.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/17/2023
Dodge MC, Ye L, Duffy ER, Cole M, Gawel SH, Werler MM, Daghfal D, Andry C, Kataria Y. Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Serum Antibodies Through the Alpha, Delta, and Omicron Surges Among Vaccinated Health Care Workers at a Boston Hospital. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Jul; 10(7):ofad266. PMID: 37396669.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/1/2023
Thorsen SU, Liu X, Kataria Y, Mandrup-Poulsen T, Kaur S, Uusitalo U, Virtanen SM, Norris JM, Rewers M, Hagopian W, Yang J, She JX, Akolkar B, Rich S, Aronsson CA, Lernmark Å, Ziegler AG, Toppari J, Krischer J, Parikh HM, Ellervik C, Svensson J. Interaction Between Dietary Iron Intake and Genetically Determined Iron Overload: Risk of Islet Autoimmunity and Progression to Type 1 Diabetes in the TEDDY Study. Diabetes Care. 2023 May 01; 46(5):1014-1018. PMID: 36867433.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/11/2023
Chen DY, Chin CV, Kenney D, Tavares AH, Khan N, Conway HL, Liu G, Choudhary MC, Gertje HP, O'Connell AK, Adams S, Kotton DN, Herrmann A, Ensser A, Connor JH, Bosmann M, Li JZ, Gack MU, Baker SC, Kirchdoerfer RN, Kataria Y, Crossland NA, Douam F, Saeed M. Spike and nsp6 are key determinants of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 attenuation. Nature. 2023 Mar; 615(7950):143-150. PMID: 36630998.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/10/2023
Chen DY, Kenney D, Chin CV, Tavares AH, Khan N, Conway HL, Liu G, Choudhary MC, Gertje HP, O'Connell AK, Kotton DN, Herrmann A, Ensser A, Connor JH, Bosmann M, Li JZ, Gack MU, Baker SC, Kirchdoerfer RN, Kataria Y, Crossland NA, Douam F, Saeed M. Role of spike in the pathogenic and antigenic behavior of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 Omicron. bioRxiv. 2023 Jan 10. PMID: 36263066.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/29/2022
Dodge MC, Cole M, Duffy ER, Werler MM, Kataria Y. Fifteen-Month Follow-Up of Anti-Spike Receptor-Binding Domain SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies among Healthcare Workers in Boston, MA. J Appl Lab Med. 2022 Oct 29; 7(6):1430-1437. PMID: 35793233.
Read at: PubMed
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