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Research Associate
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME: Harmon, Erin
POSITION TITLE: Research Associate, James A. Eddy Research Institute (Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital)
EDUCATION/TRAINING/INSTITUTION AND LOCATION/DEGREE/Completion Date/FIELD OF STUDY
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY B.S. 05/2002 Biomedical Engineering
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY M.S. 12/2005 Biological Sciences
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY Ph.D. 08/2009 Biological Sciences
A. POSITIONS AND HONORS
Previous Positions and Employment
2013-2019 Lecturer, Biology Department, Russell Sage Colleges, Albany, NY
2017-2018 The Sage Colleges Exemplary Service Award for Faculty Member, Russel Sage Colleges, Albany, NY
2012-2013 Adjunct Professor, Biology Department, Russell Sage Colleges, Troy, NY
2009-2014 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Current Positions and Employment
2019- Research Associate, James A. Eddy Research Institute, Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, Schenectady, NY
B. PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Journal Articles
Gillen RW, Harmon EY, Weil B, Fusco-Gessick B, Novak PP, Barrett AM. Prism Adaptation Treatment of Spatial Neglect: Feasibility During Inpatient Rehabilitation and Identification of Patients Most Likely To Benefit. 2022. Front. Neurol. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.803312
McKenna H, Jones J, Harmon EY. Move in the Tube Sternal Precautions: A Retrospective Analysis of a Single Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility. 2022 CPTJ. DOI: 10.1097/CPT.0000000000000194
Jain E, Harmon EY, Sonagere, MB. Functional outcomes and post-discharge care sought by patients with COVID-19 compared to matched controls after completing inpatient acute rehabilitation. 2021. PMR.13(6):618-625.
Gillen RW, Fusco-Gessick B, Harmon EY. How we assess spatial neglect matters: prevalence of spatial neglect as measured by the Catherine Bergego Scale on rehabilitation outcomes. 2021. AJPMR.100(5):443-449.
Schaub NJ, D’Amato AR, Mason A, Corr DT, Harmon EY, Lennartz MR, Gilbert RJ. The effect of engineered nanotopography on electrospun microfibers on fiber rigidity and macrophage cytokine production. 2017. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed. Apr 26:1-21 [Epub ahead of print]
Ng HP, Zhu X, Harmon EY, Lennartz MR, Nagarajan S. Reduced Atherosclerosis in apoeE-inhibitory FcyRIIb-Deficient Mice is Associated With Increased Anti-Inflammatory Responses by T Cells and Macrophages. 2015. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 35(5):1101-12
Harmon EY, Fronhofer V 3rd, Keller RS, Feustel PJ, Zhu X, Xu H, Avram D, Jones DM, Nagarajan S, Lennartz MR Anti-inflammatory immune skewing is atheroprotective: Apoe-/-FcyRIIb-/- mice develop fibrous carotid plaques. 2014. J Am Heart Assoc. 3(6)
Tsu K, Hsiao YC, Juarez O, Shi B, Harmon EY, Phelps IG, Lennartz MR, Glass IA, Doherty D, Ferland RJ. The Joubert syndrome-associated missense mutation(V443D) in the Abelson-helper integration site (AHI1) protein alters its localization and protein-protein interactions. 2013. J Biol Chem. 288(19):13676-94
Wang X, Hu G, Gao X, Wang, Y, Zhang W, Harmon EY, Zhi X, Xu Z, Lennartz MR, Barroso M, Trebak M, Chen C, Zhou J. 2012. The induction of yes-associated protein expression after arterial injury is crucial for smooth muscle phenotypic modulation and neointima formation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 32(11):2662-9
Harmon EY, Fronhofer V, Keller RS, Feustel PJ, Brosnan MJ, von der Thusen JH, Loegering DJ, Lennartz MR. Ultrasound biomicroscopy for longitudinal studies of carotid plaque development in mice: validation with histological endpoints. PLoS One. 2012 Jan; 7(1)e29944
Wang X, Hu G, Betts C, Harmon EY, Keller RS, Van De Water L, Zhou J. Transforming growth factor-b1-induced transcript protein, a novel marker for smooth muscle contractile phenotype, is regulated by serum response factor/myocardin protein. 2011. J Biol Chem. Dec; 286(48):41589-99
Yund EE, Hill JA, Keller RS. Hic-5 is required for fetal gene expression and cytoskeletal organization of neonatal cardiac myocytes. 2009. J Mol Cell Cardiol.47(4):520-7. Epub 2009 Jun 18
Abstract or Symposium Presentations in Conferences
Laurens K, Lennartz MR, Harmon EY. Effect of FcyRIb deletion on fibrosis of vital organs. Poster presented at
Sage Colleges Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017, Troy, NY
Harmon EY, Lennartz MR Impact of Fc receptor expression on plaque stability. Poster presented at GORDON Conference 2011, Charolette, NC
Harmon EY, Fronhofer V, Zhao Z, Lennartz MR. Impact of Fc receptor expression on plaque stability. Poster presented at NESMS 2010, Albany NY
Yund EE, Burkholder H, Loftus JC and Keller RS Membrane targeted paxillin disrupts integrin signaling of cardiac myocytes. Poster presented at FASEB 2006, San Francisco, CA
C. RESEARCH SUPPORT
Ongoing Research Support
None
