Avery W. Zierk, MD
Avery W. Zierk, MD

Avery W. Zierk, MD

Avery W. Zierk, MD, is a neonatology fellow in the Division of Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.


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About Avery W. Zierk

Titles

Fellow

Awards and Honors

Alpha Omega Alpha (Member of AOA)
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Alpha Omega Alpha, Magna Cum Laude, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
MAYS Grant at College of Charleston, Awarded funding for undergraduate research

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

American Medical Association
American Academy of Pediatrics

Education & training

Medical Degree

MD - University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC

Residency

Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Fellowship

Neonatology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Team affiliations

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Publications

Publications

2016

Sommer, G., Zierk, A., Fedarovich, A., Brock, A., Fedarovich, D., Heise, T.. The RNA chaperon activity of the human La protein (LARP3). RNA & Disease. 2016, Aug; 3(1): 1-5.

Heise, T., Kota, V., Brock, A., Morris, A.B., Rodriguez, R.M., Zierk, A., Howe, P.H., Sommer, G. The La protein counteracts cisplatin-induced cell death by stimulating protein synthesis of anti-apoptotic factor Bcl2. Oncotarget. 2016, Apr; 7(20): 29664-29676.

2015

Kuehnert, J., Sommer, G., Zierk, A., Fedarovich, A., Brock, A., Fedarovich, D., Heise, T. Novel RNA chaperone domain of RNA-binding protein La is regulated by AKT phosphorylation. Nucleic Acids Research. 2015, Jan; 43(1): 581-594.