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Sharon Zeldin (they/them)

Hometown

Staten Island, NY

Undergraduate College

Brown University

Research Interests

translational science, molecular medicine, bioinformatics, chronic disease, Hippo signalling, heart failure

Publications

• Jefferson WN, Padilla-Banks E, Suen AA, Royer LJ, Zeldin SM, Arora R, Williams CJ. Uterine Patterning, Endometrial Gland Development, and Implantation Failure in Mice Exposed Neonatally to Genistein. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 Mar;128(3):37001. doi: 10.1289/EHP6336. Epub 2020 Mar 18. PMID: 32186404; PMCID: PMC7138129.
• Wang X, Zeldin S, Shi H, Zhu C, Saito Y, Corey KE, Osganian SA, Remotti HE, Verna EC, Pajvani UB, Schwabe RF, Tabas I. TAZ-induced Cybb contributes to liver tumor formation in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. J Hepatol. 2022 Apr;76(4):910-920. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.11.031. Epub 2021 Dec 11. PMID: 34902531; PMCID: PMC8934258.
• Shi H, Wang X, Li F, Gerlach BD, Yurdagul A Jr, Moore MP, Zeldin S, Zhang H, Cai B, Zheng Z, Valenti L, Tabas I. CD47-SIRPα axis blockade in NASH promotes necroptotic hepatocyte clearance by liver macrophages and decreases hepatic fibrosis. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Nov 23;14(672):eabp8309. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abp8309. Epub 2022 Nov 23. PMID: 36417485; PMCID: PMC10199725.
• Osman A, Hofford RS, Meckel KR, Dave YA, Zeldin SM, Shipman AL, Lucerne KE, Trageser KJ, Oguchi T, Kiraly DD. Dietary polyphenols drive dose-dependent behavioral and molecular alterations to repeated morphine. Sci Rep. 2023 Jul 27;13(1):12223. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39334-9. PMID: 37500710; PMCID: PMC10374644.
• Osman A, Mervosh NL, Strat AN, Euston TJ, Zipursky G, Pollak RM, Meckel KR, Tyler SR, Chan KL, Buxbaum Grice A, Drapeau E, Litichevskiy L, Gill J, Zeldin SM, Thaiss CA, Buxbaum JD, Breen MS, Kiraly DD. Acetate supplementation rescues social deficits and alters transcriptional regulation in prefrontal cortex of Shank3 deficient mice. Brain Behav Immun. 2023 Nov;114:311-324. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.08.020. Epub 2023 Aug 30. PMID: 37657643; PMCID: PMC10955506.

Awards/Grants

• 2019 Summer Internship Program (SIP) Training Award, National Institute of Health (NIH)
• 2019 Northeast Society of Toxicology, First Place, Poster Award
• 2020 Magna Cum Laude, Brown University
• 2023 Drs. George and Helene Hill Scholarship, Alumni Association of Rutgers NJMS

Hobbies

Teaching with New York Academy of Science, advocacy and policy work via American Medical Association, gardening, fashion, art, designing, philosophy

Email: smz67@njms.rutgers.edu