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Katelyn Huff (she/her)

Doctoral Candidate in the Curriculum of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine (2020-present)

Contact Info: huff25@live.unc.edu

LinkedIn: Katelyn Huff

Katelyn received her BS in Biochemistry from Purdue University. Her research explores the effects of perinatal exposures (i.e., maternal BMI, inorganic arsenic exposure, etc) on CpG methylation of ‘placental epigenetic clock’ loci, leveraging data from the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns (ELGAN) longitudinal study. She plans to evaluate associations between placental epigenetic aging and later child outcomes, specifically cognitive development.

Publications:

  1. Suarez-Trujillo A, Huff K, Ramires Ferreira C, Paschoal Sobreira TJ, Buhman KK, Casey T. High-fat-diet induced obesity increases the proportion of linoleic acyl residues in dam serum and milk and in suckling neonate circulation. Biol Reprod. 2020 Oct 5;103(4):736-749. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioaa103. PMID: 32542328.
  2. Huff K, Suárez-Trujillo A, Kuang S, Plaut K, Casey T. One-to-one relationships between milk miRNA content and protein abundance in neonate duodenum support the potential for milk miRNAs regulating neonate development. Funct Integr Genomics. 2020 Sep;20(5):645-656. doi: 10.1007/s10142-020-00743-y. Epub 2020 May 27. PMID: 32458191.
  3. Suarez-Trujillo A, Wernert G, Sun H, Steckler TS, Huff K, Cummings S, Franco J, Klopp RN, Townsend JR, Grott M, Johnson JS, Plaut K, Boerman JP, Casey TM. Exposure to chronic light-dark phase shifts during the prepartum nonlactating period attenuates circadian rhythms, decreases blood glucose, and increases milk yield in the subsequent lactation. J Dairy Sci. 2020 Mar;103(3):2784-2799. doi: 10.3168/jds.2019-16980. Epub 2020 Jan 21. PMID: 31980225.