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Anastasia Freedman, PhD (she/her)

Received her Doctorate in ESE! (2020-2024)

Contact Info: stasfree@live.unc.edu

LinkedIn: Anastasia Freedman

Anastasia received her BA in Music and Interdisciplinary Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill. She is interested in studying toxicology through a maternal health lens.

Publications:

  1. Szilagyi JT, Freedman AN, Kepper SL, Keshava AM, Bangma JT, Fry RC. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Differentially Inhibit Placental sTrophoblast Migration and Invasion In Vitro. Toxicol Sci. 2020 Jun 1;175(2):210-219. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfaa043. PMID: 32219433; PMCID: PMC7253207.
  2. Zavala J, Freedman AN, Szilagyi JT, Jaspers I, Wambaugh JF, Higuchi M, Rager JE. New Approach Methods to Evaluate Health Risks of Air Pollutants: Critical Design Considerations for In Vitro Exposure Testing. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 23;17(6):2124. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17062124. PMID: 32210027; PMCID: PMC7143849.
  3. Eaves LA, Nguyen HT, Rager JE, Sexton KG, Howard T, Smeester L, Freedman AN, Aagaard KM, Shope C, Lefer B, Flynn JH, Erickson MH, Fry RC, Vizuete W. Identifying the Transcriptional Response of Cancer and Inflammation-Related Genes in Lung Cells in Relation to Ambient Air Chemical Mixtures in Houston, Texas. Environ Sci Technol. 2020 Nov 3;54(21):13807-13816. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02250. Epub 2020 Oct 16. PMID: 33064461; PMCID: PMC7757424.
  4. Bhattacharya A, Freedman AN, Avula V, Harris R, Liu W, Pan C, Lusis AJ, Joseph RM, Smeester L, Hartwell HJ, Kuban KCK, Marsit CJ, Li Y, O’Shea TM, Fry RC, Santos HP Jr. Placental genomics mediates genetic associations with complex health traits and disease. Nat Commun. 2022 Feb 4;13(1):706. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28365-x. PMID: 35121757; PMCID: PMC8817049.