
Bridgit Crews, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Contact
- Email: bridgit@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-273-6201
Division: Laboratory & Genomic Medicine
Titles
Medical Director of Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Toxicology
Education
BA, Chemistry: University of California Davis (2001)
PhD, Chemistry: University of California Santa Barbara (2007)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: The Scripps Center for Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics, La Jolla, California (2008)
Fellowship, Clinical Chemistry: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2013)
Boards
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Chemistry: Chemistry (2013), Toxicology (2016)
Research Interests
My research focuses on the development and clinical application of mass spectrometry (MS) technologies, including liquid chromatography tandem MS, high-resolution MS, and inductively coupled plasma MS to detect and quantify drugs, steroid hormones, metals, and other clinically relevant biomarkers that may be used to diagnose or monitor disease.
Selected Publications
Development and Validation of a High-sensitivity Rapid Xylazine Dipstick for Clinical Urine Testing
Publication
Detection of Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs
Publication
Xylazine Positivity in Opioid-positive Drug Screens on an Inpatient Labor Unit
Publication
Xylazine Pharmacokinetics in Patients Testing Positive for Fentanyl and Xylazine
Publication