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Martha Susiarjo, Ph.D.

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University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box EHSC
Rochester, NY 14642

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Martha Susiarjo is an Assistant Professor in the department of Environmental Medicine, and member of the Environmental Health Sciences Center. She received her PhD in Genetics from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. Research in the Susiarjo Lab investigates the underlying mechanisms of the developmental origin of health and disease focusing on how epigenetic mechanisms mediate gene-environment interaction. Her laboratory uses imprinted genes as epigenetic markers to test the effect of environmental exposure on DNA methylation regulation on fetal and placental development. Additional, she is also interested in elucidating the role of environmental exposure on maternal health during pregnancy and the potential beneficial role of nutritional supplementation. Her research is supported by an R01 grant from the NIEHS. The lab employs bisulfite sequencing analysis, mouse genetics and embryology, molecular biology, and next generation sequencing.

Credentials

Education

1999
BA | Case Western Reserve University
Biology

2007
PhD | Case Western Reserve University
Genetics

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

04/01/2008 - 07/24/2015
University of Pennsylvania Mentor: Dr. Marisa Bartolomei Project: Studying effects of environmental exposure on the mammalian epigenome and characterizing the relevant mechanisms leading to abnormal metabolic health in mice exposed to endocrine disrupting compounds

Awards

2013
Susan Heyner Award for Excellence in Research
Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania Center for Research in Reproduction a
Location: University of Pennsylvania

2003
Departmental Symposium Best Poster Award
Sponsor: Case Western Reserve University Department of Genetics

1999
Departmental and University Honors, magna cum laude
Sponsor: Case Western Reserve University

1999
Russell M. Lawall Prize for Excellence in Biology
Sponsor: Case Western Reserve University

1998
Phi Beta Kappa

1998
ASEAN Student Research Award
Sponsor: US-ASEAN Business Council

1995 - 1999
University Dean's High Honor
Sponsor: Case Western Reserve University

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Publications

Journal Articles

3/23/2022
Loh KP, Sanapala C, Watson EE, Jensen-Battaglia M, Janelsins MC, Klepin HD, Schnall R, Culakova E, Vertino P, Susiarjo M, Lin PJ, Mendler JH, Liesveld JL, Huselton EJ, Taberner K, Mohile SG, Mustian K. "A single-arm pilot study of a mobile health exercise intervention (GO-EXCAP) in older patients with myeloid neoplasms." Blood advances.. 2022 Mar 23; Epub 2022 Mar 23.

3/2022
Reed JM, Spinelli P, Falcone S, He M, Goeke CM, Susiarjo M. "Evaluating the Effects of BPA and TBBPA Exposure on Pregnancy Loss and Maternal-Fetal Immune Cells in Mice." Environmental health perspectives.. 2022 Mar; 130(3):37010. Epub 2022 Mar 28.

12/20/2021
Loh KP, Sanapala C, Janelsins M, Klepin HD, Schnall R, Culakova E, Sohn MB, Vertino P, Susiarjo M, Jensen-Battaglia M, Becker MW, Liesveld J, Mendler JH, Huselton E, Lin PJ, Mustian K. "Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial of a mobile health exercise intervention for older patients with myeloid neoplasms (GO-EXCAP 2)." Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2021 Dec 20; Epub 2021 Dec 20.

Books & Chapters

2015
Chapter Title: Introduction to Epigenetic Mechanisms: The Probable Common Thread for Various Developmental Origin of Health and Diseases Effects
Book Title: The Epigenome and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Author List: Susiarjo, M
Edited By: Cheryl Rosenfeld
Published By: Academic Press 2015

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