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Ruth A. Lininger, MD, MPH

Ruth A. Lininger, MD, MPH

  • Associate Professor, Pathology (Winston-Salem)
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Education
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1990
University of North Carolina School of Public Health, 1992
Residency
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Duke University, 1995
Fellowship
Gynecologic and Breast Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1996
Integrative Medicine, Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, 2018
Board Certifications
American Board of Pathology, Pathology-Anatomic/Pathology-Clinical
Positions
Associate Professor, Pathology (Winston-Salem)
Departments and Affiliations
Pathology (Winston-Salem)

Research

  • Publications
  • Androgen and estrogen receptor mRNA status in apocrine carcinomas. Bratthauer GL, Lininger RA, Man YG, Tavassoli FA. Diagn Mol Pathol. 2002 Jun; 11(2):113-8.
  • Steroid receptor coactivator expression throughout the menstrual cycle in normal and abnormal endometrium. Gregory CW, Wilson EM, Apparao KB, Lininger RA, Meyer WR, Kowalik A, Fritz MA, Lessey BA. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 2002 Jun; 87(6):2960-6.
  • Elevated endometrial androgen receptor expression in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. Apparao KB, Lovely LP, Gui Y, Lininger RA, Lessey BA. Biol. Reprod. 2002 Feb; 66(2):297-304.
  • Adult-derived stem cells from the liver become myocytes in the heart in vivo. Malouf NN, Coleman WB, Grisham JW, Lininger RA, Madden VJ, Sproul M, Anderson PA. Am J Pathol. 2001 Jun; 158(6):1929-35.
  • Down-regulation of HP1Hsalpha expression is associated with the metastatic phenotype in breast cancer. Kirschmann DA, Lininger RA, Gardner LM, Seftor EA, Odero VA, Ainsztein AM, Earnshaw WC, Wallrath LL, Hendrix MJ. Cancer Res. 2000 Jul; 60(13):3359-63.
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