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Erin Zinkhan
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Erin Zinkhan, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University of Utah Hospital

Newborn Intensive Care Unit
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

Intermountain Medical Center

5121 Cottonwood Street
Murray , UT 84107

Primary Children's Hospital

Newborn Intensive Care Unit
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113

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

Education history

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Miller TA, Dodson RB, Mankouski A, Powers KN, Yang Y, Yu B, Zinkhan E (2019). Impact of diet on the persistence of early vascular remodeling and stiffening induced by intrauterine growth restriction and a maternal high-fat diet. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 317(2), H424-H433.
  2. Zinkhan EK, Yu B, McKnight (2019). Uteroplacental Insufficiency Impairs Cholesterol Elimination in Adult Female Growth-Restricted Rat Offspring Fed a High-Fat Diet. Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 26(9), 1173-1180.
  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 (2019). Targeted gene panel sequencing for the rapid diagnosis of acutely ill infants. Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, 7(7), e00796.
  4. Zinkhan EK, Yu B, Schlegel (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. Frontiers in physiology, 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 C (2016). Intrauterine growth restriction inhibits expression of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase, a regulator of protein translation. Physiological genomics, 48(8), 616-25.
  7. Karanth S, Zinkhan EK, Hill JT, Yost HJ, Schlegel (2016). FOXN3 Regulates Hepatic Glucose Utilization. Cell reports, 15(12), 2745-55.
  8. Zinkhan EK, Zalla JM, Carpenter JR, Yu B, Yu X, Chan G, Joss-Moore L, Lane R (2016). Intrauterine growth restriction combined with a maternal high-fat diet increases hepatic cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein receptor activity in rats. Physiological reports, 4(13),
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Zinkhan EK, Fu Q, Wang Y, Yu X, Callaway CW, Segar JL, Scholz TD, McKnight RA, Joss-Moore L, Lane R (2012). Maternal Hyperglycemia Disrupts Histone 3 Lysine 36 Trimethylation of the IGF-1 Gene. Journal of nutrition and metabolism, 2012, 930364.