Contact Info
Email: elyon@hudsonalpha.org
Phone: (256) 327-9547
Location: 601 Genome Way, Huntsville, AL 35806
Elaine Lyon, PhD, FACMG
Clinical Focus: Promoting high quality and appropriate clinical genomic testing
Elaine Lyon, PhD, FACMG, comes from the University of Utah, where she served as medical director for molecular genetics, genomics and pharmacogenetics at the Associated Regional and University Pathologists (ARUP) Laboratories. At ARUP, she designed and validated laboratory assays for clinical use, including genomic sequencing. During her tenure, Lyon helped established four laboratory sections at ARUP: Molecular Genetics, Fragment Analysis, Genetics Sequencing and Genomics. She also held a faculty position at the University of Utah School of Medicine as professor of pathology.
Lyon received her PhD in medical genetics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and completed a fellowship in clinical molecular genetics at the University of Utah. She has served as president of the Association for Molecular Pathology and led the organization’s Task Force for the Framework for the Evidence Needed to Demonstrate (FEND) Clinical Utility. Lyon is also a member of the board of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Lyon brings more than 20 years of clinical genomics experience to the institute. Her national and international efforts have promoted appropriate molecular genetic clinical testing.
1997 – 1999 Fellow in Molecular Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
1994 – 1997 Fellow in Clinical Molecular Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
1993 – 1994 Fellow in Molecular Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
1988 – 1993 PhD in Medical Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala.
1986 – 1988 MS in Microbiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
1978 – 1982 BS in Microbiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
1997 – 1999 Acting Medical Director, ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics
1999 – 2018 Medical Director, ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics
2001 – 2008 Assistant Medical Director, ARUP, Sequencing Laboratory and Flow Cytometry
2001 – 2010 Space Committee, ARUP Laboratories
2003 Continuing Improvement Board, ARUP Laboratories
2003 – 2018 Co-Medical Director, ARUP, Pharmacogenetics
2005 HELIX Laboratory Information System subcommittee, ARUP
2005 Genetics Planning Group, ARUP Laboratories
2001 – 2007 Assistant Professor (Clinical), University of Utah, Department of Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah
2007 – 2010 Associate Professor (Clinical), University of Utah, Department of Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah
2008 – 2012 Division Medical Director, Genetics Division. ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah
2011 – 2015 Associate Professor (Tenure Track), University of Utah, Department of Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah
2012 – 2016 Medical Director, Section Head, Integrated Oncology & Genetics, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah
2015 – 2018 Professor (Tenured), University of Utah, Department of Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah
2016 – 2018 Medical Director, Molecular Genetics & Genomics. ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah
2017-2018 Chair, Department Academic Committee, University of Utah, Department of Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah
2018 – present Director, Clinical Services Laboratory, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama
2014 Jeffrey A Kant Leadership Award, Association for Molecular Pathology
1993 Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Award, University of Alabama at Birmingham
1993 Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
1988 Valedictorian, Brigham Young University, College of Biological Sciences
1987 – 1989 Graduate Internship, Brigham Young University
1981 – 1982 Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
1980 Dean’s Honor Roll, Brigham Young University
1979 Dean’s Honor Roll, Brigham Young University
1978 – 1982 Presidential Scholarship, Brigham Young University
1978 Valedictorian, Moapa Valley High School