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Erin Zinkhan

Erin Zinkhan, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Intermountain Medical Center

801-507-7000

Primary Children's Hospital

Newborn Intensive Care Unit
801-662-4100

University of Utah Hospital

Newborn Intensive Care Unit
801-581-2745
  • Dr. Erin Zinkhan received her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. She completed her Pediatrics Residency and Neonatology Fellowship at the University of Utah. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah in the Division of Neonatology. Her clinical interests include nutrition in premature and sick infants. Dr. Zinkhan’s research focus is the study of long-term health problems of inadequate nutrition during pregnancy.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
  • Dr. Erin Zinkhan received her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. She completed her Pediatrics Residency and Neonatology Fellowship at the University of Utah. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah in the Division of Neonatology. Her clinical interests include nutrition in premature and sick infants. Dr. Zinkhan’s research focus is the study of long-term health problems of inadequate nutrition during pregnancy.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Neonatology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)

    Education history

    Fellowship Neonatology - University of Utah Fellow
    Pediatrics - University of Utah Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Texas Southwestern Medical School M.D.
    Bioengineering, specialization in Cellular and Molecular Engineering - Rice University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Zinkhan EK, Yu B, McKnight R (2018). Uteroplacental Insufficiency Impairs Cholesterol Elimination in Adult Female Growth-Restricted Rat Offspring Fed a High-Fat Diet. Reprod Sci, 26(9), 1173-1180.
    2. Miller TA, Dodson RB, Mankouski A, Powers KN, Yang Y, Yu B, Zinkhan EK (2019). Impact of diet on the persistence of early vascular remodeling and stiffening induced by intrauterine growth restriction and a maternal high-fat diet. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 317(2), H424-H433.
    3. Brunelli L, Jenkins SM, Gudgeon JM, Bleyl SB, Miller CE, Tvrdik T, Dames SA, Ostrander B, Daboub JAF, Zielinski BA, Zinkhan EK, Underhill HR, Wilson T, Bonkowsky JL, Yost CC, Botto LD, Jenkins J, Pysher TJ, Bayrak-Toydemir P, Mao R (2019). Targeted gene panel sequencing for the rapid diagnosis of acutely ill infants. Mol Genet Genomic Med, 7(7), e00796.
    4. Zinkhan EK, Yu B, Schlegel A (2018). Prenatal Exposure to a Maternal High Fat Diet Increases Hepatic Cholesterol Accumulation in Intrauterine Growth Restricted Rats in Part Through MicroRNA-122 Inhibition of Cyp7a1. Front Physiol, 9, 645.
    5. Dodson RB, Miller TA, Powers K, Yang Y, Yu B, Albertine KH, Zinkhan EK (2017). Intrauterine growth restriction influences vascular remodeling and stiffening in the weanling rat more than sex or diet. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 312(2), H250-H264.
    6. McKnight RA, Yost CC, Zinkhan EK, Fu Q, Callaway CW, Fung CM (2016). Intrauterine growth restriction inhibits expression of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase, a regulator of protein translation. Physiol Genomics, 48(8), 616-25.
    7. Zinkhan EK, Zalla JM, Carpenter JR, Yu B, Yu X, Chan G, Joss-Moore L, Lane RH (2016). Intrauterine growth restriction combined with a maternal high-fat diet increases hepatic cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein receptor activity in rats. Physiol Rep, 4(13).
    8. Karanth S, Zinkhan EK, Hill JT, Yost HJ, Schlegel A (2016). FOXN3 Regulates Hepatic Glucose Utilization. Cell Rep, 15(12), 2745-55.
    9. Zinkhan EK, Chin JR, Zalla JM, Yu B, Numpang B, Yu X, Jiang C, Callaway CW, McKnight RA, Joss-Moore L, Lane RH (2014). Combination of intrauterine growth restriction and a high-fat diet impairs cholesterol elimination in rats. Pediatr Res, 76(5), 432-40.
    10. Zinkhan EK, Lang BY, Yu B, Wang Y, Jiang C, Fitzhugh M, Dahl M, Campbell MS, Fung C, Malleske D, Albertine KH, Joss-Moore L, Lane RH (2014). Maternal tobacco smoke increased visceral adiposity and serum corticosterone levels in adult male rat offspring. Pediatr Res, 76(1), 17-23.
    11. Zinkhan EK, Fu Q, Wang Y, Yu X, Callaway CW, Segar JL, Scholz TD, McKnight RA, Joss-Moore L, Lane RH (2012). Maternal Hyperglycemia Disrupts Histone 3 Lysine 36 Trimethylation of the IGF-1 Gene. J Nutr Metab, 2012, 930364.
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