Hunter Best

Hunter Best, PhD, FACMG, is an accomplished professional in the field of molecular testing and genomics with extensive experience at ARUP Laboratories since July 2009, serving as Operational Platform Director for Next-Generation Sequencing and Medical Director, while overseeing molecular testing laboratories. Concurrently, Hunter Best holds academic positions at the University of Utah School of Medicine, progressing from Assistant Professor to Professor and also serving as Associate Director at the ARUP Institute for Clinical & Experimental Pathology. Prior experience includes a Clinical Molecular Genetics Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from July 2007 to June 2009. Hunter Best earned a Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Pathology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.S. in Biochemistry from North Carolina State University.