Shya Erika Navazesh, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Email

shya.navazesh@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate: Pediatrics - Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

BS from University of California, Davis: 03/2020 - Davis, California, United States; Animal Science

PhD from University of California, Davis: 12/2025 - Davis, California, United States; Nutritional Biology

Selected Publications

Navazesh S, Ter Horst A, Wen W, Brown CT, Ji P. " Dietary iron and metal-based growth differentially modulate growth and gut microbiome of weaned piglets " Anim Microbiome. 2026 Apr 4; 8 (64)
Pubmed PMID: 41965860.
Navazesh SE, Ter Horst A, Wen W, Liu Y, Kiang D, Li Z, Yu A, Brown CT, Ji P.. " Dietary iron and metal-based growth promoters differentially modulate the gut resistome and Escherichia coli virulome in weaned pigs " J Anim Sci Biotechnol. 2026 May 9; 17 (87)
Pubmed PMID: 42106836.
Perng V, Li C, Klocke CR, Navazesh SE, Pinneles DK, Lein PJ, Ji P. " Iron Deficiency and Iron Excess Differently Affect Dendritic Architecture of Pyramidal Neurons in the Hippocampus of Piglets. " J Nutr.. 2021 Jan 4; 151 (1)
Pubmed PMID: 33245133.
Perng V, Navazesh SE, Park J, Arballo JR, Ji P. Iron Deficiency and Overload Modulate the Inflammatory Responses and Metabolism of Alveolar Macrophages. " Iron Deficiency and Overload Modulate the Inflammatory Responses and Metabolism of Alveolar Macrophages " Nutrients. 2022 Jul 28; 14 (15)
Pubmed PMID: 35956279.
Navazesh SE, Ji P. " Iron Stress Reprograms Enterocyte Metabolism " Metabolites. 2025 Oct 24; 15 (11)
Pubmed PMID: 41295277.
Zhou F, Ebea P, Mutai E, Wang H, Sukreet S, Navazesh S, Dogan H, Li W, Cui J, Ji P, Ramirez DMO, Zempleni J. " Small Extracellular Vesicles in Milk Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier in Murine Cerebral Cortex Endothelial Cells and Promote Dendritic Complexity in the Hippocampus and Brain Function in C57BL/6J Mice " Front Nutr.. 2022 May 6; 9
Pubmed PMID: 35600828.