Rate My Professor Sara Sarasua

Sarasua's career at Clemson University builds on her doctoral dissertation, "Analysis of Genotype, Phenotype, and Age Progression in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome" (2012). Her key publications encompass "Head size in Phelan-McDermid syndrome: A literature review and pooled analysis of 1980 patients identifies candidate genes on 22q13" (Genes, 2023), "Sleep disturbances in Phelan-McDermid syndrome: Clinical and metabolic profiling of 56 individuals" (Clinical Genetics, 2023), "Genetics of kidney disorders in Phelan-McDermid syndrome: evidence from 357 registry participants" (Pediatric Nephrology, 2023), and "Position effects of 22q13 rearrangements on candidate genes in Phelan-McDermid syndrome" (PLoS One, 2021). With over 39 publications and more than 2,300 citations documented on Google Scholar, her contributions elucidate genotype-phenotype correlations in rare disorders. She received the Junior Tenure Track Outstanding Teaching Award from the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences in 2024 and has obtained seed grant funding, including from the Health Sciences Center and SC TRIMH for projects on adhesive capsulitis etiology, epidemiology, and translational research.