Biography
Masten received a B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering (1980) from the University of Cincinnati, and a B.S. degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences (1988) from Weber State University. She earned her Doctorate degree (1993) from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Following her PhD, she completed a year-long Post-doctoral Fellowship in the Department of Microbiology at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, a four-year Post-doctoral Fellowship in the Department of Pathology at the University of New Mexico, and subsequently completed a Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory Director Fellowship at the University of New Mexico and TriCore Reference Laboratories.
Personal Statement
My teaching interests range from teaching undergraduate to graduate students, medical students to post-sophomore fellows, and residents, as well as Molecular Pathology and HLA Director Training fellows. A major focus of my teaching is active learning methodologies and active learning techniques applied to immunology, molecular diagnostics, transplantation, and clinical management.
My academic service at the university is as Director for the Medical Laboratory Sciences Program.
My clinical service is as an American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) accredited HLA Laboratory Director at TriCore Reference Laboratories in support of solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, disease susceptibility testing, pharmacogenomic testing, and histocompatibility testing for other clinical purposes.
At the national level, I am an ASHI Accreditation Review Board (ARB) Commissioner and Laboratory Inspector, along with a Laboratory Inspector for the College of American Pathologists (CAP). I have served as a mentor to new ASHI Lab Directors and an on the ASHI Director Training Review Committee.
My current research interests are anti-histocompatibility (HLA) antibodies; HA-related pharmacogenomics; and HLA polymorphism. My research interests align with my primary clinical and teaching interests in the areas of immunology and immunogenetics, especially the role of HLA in the immune response in transplantation, and the role HLA plays in disease.
Areas of Specialty
Histocompatibility
Immunogenetics
Immunology
Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Clinical Laboratory Management
Certifications
Diplomate, American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
ASHI-accredited HLA Laboratory Director: HSC/BM Transplantation: Related Donor, HSC/BM Transplantation: Unrelated Donor, Solid Organ Transplantation: Deceased Donor, Solid Organ Transplantation: Live Donor, and Histocompatibility Testing for Other Purposes
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)-approved Medical Laboratory Sciences Program Director
Medical Laboratory Scientist, American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Achievements & Awards
American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI)-accredited HLA Laboratory Director: HSC/BM Transplantation: Related Donor, HSC/BM Transplantation: Unrelated Donor, Solid Organ Transplantation: Deceased Donor, Solid Organ Transplantation: Live Donor, and Histocompatibility Testing for Other Purposes, 2014 - present
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory Director Fellowship at the University of New Mexico and TriCore Reference Laboratories, 2001-2005
Post-doctoral Fellowship in the Department of Pathology at the University of New Mexico, 1994-1998
Post-doctoral Fellowship in the Department of Microbiology at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, 1993-1994
Gender
Female
Languages
- English
Courses Taught
Introduction to Clinical Immunology (MEDL 234), Medical Laboratory Science Program
Clinical Management and Education (MEDL 445), Medical Laboratory Sciences Program
Introduction to Medical Laboratory Sciences (MEDL 300), Molecular Diagnostics Section, Medical Laboratory Sciences Program
Research and Scholarship
Rose Aguirre-Chavez, Jules Rir-Sima-Ah, Brianna Bodo, Sandy Dunaway, Samantha Darling, Jane Dominguez-Pineda, Elizabeth Kuhn, Margaret Chambers, Barbara Masten, Devon Chabot-Richards. Transfer of Flow Cytometric XM Data from the BD FACSCanto II into the HistoTrac Database. Human Immunol. Volume 79, Suppl, October 2018, Page 156; ASHI, Baltimore, MD, 2018.
Kathleen Madden MD, Jordan Foreman BS, Devon Chabot?Richards MD, Barbara Masten PhD, Michael Davis MD. Preliminary Identification of Immune Cells in the Perfusate of Renal Allografts Undergoing Hypothermic Machine Perfusion. Human Immunol. Volume 79, Suppl, October 2018, Page 142; ASHI, Baltimore, MD, 2018.
Margaret Chambers, Rose Aguirre-Chavez, Brianna Bodo, Sandy Dunaway, Samantha McIntyre, Jane Pineda, Jules Rir-Sima-Ah, Barbara Masten, Devon Chabot-Richards. HLA-DQB1*03:04 is Serologically Distinct from HLA-DQB1*03:01. Human Immunol. Volume 78, Suppl., P123, ASHI, San Francisco, CA, 2017.
Masten, B, Koenig, S. 2013 HLA-B*57:01 Testing: Its Use as a Genetic Screening Test to Prevent Abacavir Hypersensitivity (SAM eligible). College of American Pathologists - Online CME Self-Assessment Module released June, 2013.