Faculty

Shefali Setia Verma, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Graduate Group Affiliations

Contact information

D202, 3700 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
Shefali.SetiaVerma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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Education:
B.Tech (Biotechnology)
Jaipur National University, 2008.
M.S. (Bioinformatics)
New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2011.
PhD (Bioinformatics and Genomics)
Penn State University, 2018.

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Selected Publications

Furquim CP, Lannawill C, Chandrasekaran G, Cucchiara A, Kallan MJ, Martin L, Feres M, Bittinger K, Divaris K, Glessner J, Kantarci A, Giannobile W, Verma SS, F Teles.: Developing Predictive Models for Periodontitis Progression Using Artificial Intelligence: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. J Clin Periodontol Aug 2025.

Smit RAJ, Wade KH, Hui Q, Arias JD, Yin X, Christiansen MR, Yengo L, Preuss MH, Nakabuye M, Rocheleau G, Graham SE, Buchanan VL, Chittoor G, Graff M, Guindo-Martínez M, Lu Y, Marouli E, Sakaue S, Spracklen CN, Vedantam S, Wilson EP, Chen SH, Ferreira T, Ji Y, Karaderi T, Lüll K, Machado M, Malden DE, Medina-Gomez C, Moore A, Rüeger S, Akiyama M, Allison MA, Alvarez M, Andersen MK, Appadurai V, Arbeeva L, Bartell E, Bhaskar S, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Bollepalli S, Bork-Jensen J, Bradfield JP, Bradford Y, Brandl C, Braund PS, Brody JA, Broeckel U, Burgdorf KS, Cade BE, Cai Q, Camarda S, Campbell A, Cañadas-Garre M, Chai JF, Chesi A, Choi SH, Christofidou P, Couture C, Cuellar-Partida G, Danning R, Degenhardt F, Delgado GE, Delitala A, Demirkan A, Deng X, Dietl A, Dimitriou M, Dimitrov L, Dorajoo R, Eichelmann F, Eliasen AU, Engmann JE, Erdos MR, Fairhurst-Hunter Z, Farmaki AE, Faul JD, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Forer L, Frank M, Freitag-Wolf S, Fritsche LG, Fuchsberger C, Galesloot TE, Gao Y, Geller F, Giannakopoulou O, Giulianini F, Gjesing AP, Goel A, Gordon SD, Gorski M, Grove J, Guo X, Gustafsson S, Haessler J, Hansen TF, Havulinna AS, Haworth SJ, Heard-Costa N, Hemerich D, Highland HM, Hindy G, Ho YL, Hofer E, Holliday E, Horn K, Hornsby WE, Hottenga JJ, Huang H, Huang J, Huerta-Chagoya A, Huo S, Hwang MY, Hwu CM, Iha H, Ikeda DD, Isono M, Jackson AU, Jansen IE, Jiang Y, Johansson I, Jonsson A, Jørgensen T, Kalafati IP, Kanai M, Kanoni S, Kårhus LL, Kasturiratne A, Katsuya T, Kawaguchi T, Kember RL, Kentistou KA, Kim D, Kim HN, Kim YJ, Kleber ME, Knol MJ, Kurbasic A, Lauzon M, Le P, Lea R, Lee JY, Lee WJ, Leonard HL, Li H, Li SA, Li X, Li X, Liang J, Lin H, Lin K, Liu J, Liu X, Lo KS, Long J, Lores-Motta L, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Lyytikäinen LP, Mahajan A, Malik MZ, Mamakou V, Mangino M, Manichaikul A, Marten J, Mattheisen M, McDaid AF, Mei Q, Meiselbach H, Melendez TL, Milaneschi Y, Miller JE, Millwood IY, Mishra PP, Mitchell RE, Møllehave LT, Mononen N, Mucha S, Munz M, Mykkänen J, Nakatochi M, Nardone GG, Nelson CP, Nethander M, Nho CW, Nielsen AA, Nolte IM, Nongmaithem SS, Noordam R, Ntalla I, Nutile T, Pandit A, Pauper M, Petersen ERB, Petersen LV, Piluso F, Polašek O, Poveda A, Pyarajan S, Raffield LM, Rakugi H, Ramirez J, Rasheed A, Raven D, Rayner NW, Riveros C, Rohde R, Ruggiero D, Ruotsalainen SE, Ryan KA, Sabater-Lleal M, Santin A, Saxena R, Scholz M, Shen B, Shi J, Shin JH, Sidore C, Sidorenko J, Sim X, Slieker RC, Smith AV, Smith JA, Smyth LJ, Southam L, Steinthorsdottir V, Sun L, Takeuchi F, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Tcheandjieu C, Terzikhan N, Tesolin P, Teumer A, Theusch E, Thompson DJ, Thorleifsson G, Timmers PRHJ, Trompet S, Turman C, Vaccargiu S, van der Laan SW, van der Most PJ, van Klinken JB, van Setten J, Verma SS, Verweij N, Veturi Y, Wang CA, Wang C, Wang JS, Wang L, Wang YX, Wang Z, Warren HR, Bin Wei W, Wen W, Wheeler WA, Wickremasinghe AR, Wielscher M, Winsvold BS, Wong A, Wuttke M, Xia R, Yamamoto K, Yang J, Yao J, Young H, Yousri NA, Yu L, Zeng L, Zhang W, Zhang X, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhou W, Zimmermann ME, Zoledziewska M, 't Hart LM, Adair LS, Adams HHH, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Al-Mulla F, Arnett DK, Asselbergs FW, Åsvold BO, Attia J, Banas B, Bandinelli S, Beilin LJ, Bennett DA, Bergler T, Bharadwaj D, Biino G, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Borja JB, Bouchard C, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Brumpton B, Buring JE, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chandak GR, Chanock SJ, Chaturvedi N, Ida Chen YD, Chen Z, Cheng CY, Cho YS, Christensen K, Christophersen IE, Ciullo M, Cole JW, Collins FS, Concas MP, Cooper RS, Cruz M, Cucca F, Cutler MJ, Damrauer SM, Dantoft TM, de Borst GJ, de Geus EJC, de Groot LCPGM, De Jager PL, de Kleijn DPV, de Silva HJ, Dedoussis GV, den Hollander AI, Du S, Easton DF, Eckardt KU, Elders PJM, Eliassen AH, Ellinor PT, Elmståhl S, Erdmann J, Evans MK, Fatkin D, Feenstra B, Feitosa MF, Ferrucci L, Florez JC, Ford I, Fornage M, Franke A, Franks PW, Freedman BI, Gieger C, Girotto G, Golightly YM, Gonzalez-Villalpando C, Gordon-Larsen P, Grallert H, Grant SFA, Grarup N, Griffiths L, Gudnason V, Haiman C, Hakonarson H, Hansen T, Hartman CA, Hattersley AT, Hayward C, Heid IM, Heng CK, Hengstenberg C, Herzig KH, Hewitt AW, Hishigaki H, Hougaard DM, Hoyng CB, Huang PL, Huang W, Huang WY, Huffman JE, Hunt SC, Hutri N, Hveem K, Hyppönen E, Iacono WG, Ichihara S, Ikram MA, Isasi CR, Jarvelin MR, Jin ZB, Jöckel KH, Jonas JB, Joshi PK, Jousilahti P, Jukema JW, Kähönen M, Kamatani Y, Kang KD, Kaprio J, Kardia SLR, Karpe F, Kato N, Kavousi M, Kee F, Kessler T, Khera AV, Khor CC, Kiemeney LALM, Kim BJ, Kim EK, Kim HL, Kirchhof P, Kivimaki M, Koh WP, Koistinen HA, Kokkinos A, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Kovacs P, Kraaijeveld A, Kraft P, Krauss RM, Kumari M, Kutalik Z, Laakso M, Lange LA, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Lee H, Lee NR, Lehtimäki T, Lemaitre RN, Li H, Li L, Lieb W, Lin X, Lind L, Linneberg A, Liu CT, Liu J, Loeffler M, London B, Lu F, Lubitz SA, Mackey DA, Magnusson PKE, Manson JE, Marcus GM, Marques Vidal P, Martin NG, März W, Matsuda F, McCarthy MI, McGarrah RW, McGue M, McKnight AJ, Medland SE, Mellström D, Metspalu A, Mitchell BD, Mitchell P, Mook-Kanamori DO, Mori TA, Morris AD, Mucci LA, Munroe PB, Nalls MA, Nazarian S, Nelson AE, Neville MJ, Newton-Cheh C, Nielsen CS, Niinikoski H, Nikus K, Nöthen MM, Ogunniyi A, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Orozco L, Pahkala K, Pajukanta P, Palmer CNA, Parra EJ, Pattaro C, Pedersen O, Pennell CE, Penninx BWJH, Perusse L, Peters A, Peyser PA, Porteous DJ, Posthuma D, Power C, Pramstaller PP, Province MA, Psaty BM, Qi Q, Qu J, Rader DJ, Raitakari OT, Rallidis LS, Rao DC, Redline S, Reilly DF, Reiner AP, Rhee SY, Ridker PM, Rienstra M, Ripatti S, Ritchie MD, Rivadeneira F, Roden DM, Rosendaal FR, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Rutters F, Ryu S, Sabanayagam C, Salako B, Saleheen D, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sanghera DK, Sattar N, Schmidt B, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Schulze MB, Schunkert H, Scott LJ, Scott RJ, Sever P, Sheu WHH, Shoemaker MB, Shu XO, Simonsick EM, Sims M, Singleton AB, Sinner MF, Smith JG, Snieder H, Spector TD, Spedicati B, Stampfer MJ, Stark KJ, Strachan DP, Tabara Y, Tai ES, Tang H, Tardif JC, Thanaraj TA, Tönjes A, Tuomi T, Tuomilehto J, Tusié-Luna MT, van Dam RM, van der Harst P, Van der Velde N, van Duijn CM, van Schoor NM, Vitart V, Vohl MC, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Völzke H, Vrieze S, Wacher-Rodarte NH, Walker M, Wander GS, Wareham NJ, Watanabe RM, Watkins H, Weir DR, Werge TM, Widen E, Willemsen G, Willett WC, Wilson JF, Wilson PWF, Wong TY, Woo JT, Wright AF, Xu H, Yajnik CS, Yang J, Yokota M, Yuan JM, Zeggini E, Zemel BS, Zheng W, Zhu X, Zillikens MC, Zonderman AB, Zwart JA; 23andMe Research Team; DiscovEHR (DiscovEHR and MyCode Community Health Initiative); eMERGE (Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network); GPC-UGR; PRACTICAL Consortium; Understanding Society Scientific Group; VA Million Veteran Program; Abecasis GR, Assimes TL, Auton A, Boehnke M, Chasman DI, Esko T, Stefansson K, Lettre G, Lindgren CM, Ng MCY, O'Donnell CJ, Thorsteinsdottir U, Visscher PM, Walters RG, Winkler TW, Wood AR, Deloukas P, Frayling TM, Justice AE, Kilpeläinen TO, Locke AE, Mohlke KL, North KE, Okada Y, Willer CJ, Young KL, Fatumo S, McCaffery JM, Timpson NJ, Hirschhorn JN, Sun YV, Berndt SI, Loos RJF: Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries. Nature Medicine 21, July 2025.

Stefanie N Hinkle, Chelsea C Okeh, Ernesto Ulloa-Pérez, Ashika Mani, Eve J Higginbotham, Rosemary Thomas, Matthew D Kearney, Corrinne Fahl, Enrique F Schisterman, Shefali S Verma, Roy Hamilton, Sunni L Mumford: Perceptions of institutional engagement and inclusion by sexual orientation and gender identity. JAMA Network Open. American Medical Association, 8(6): e2513772-e2513772, June 2025.

DePaolo J, Bornstein M, Judy R, Abramowitz S, Verma SS, Levin MG, Arany Z, Damrauer SM.: Titin-Truncating variants predispose to dilated cardiomyopathy in populations genetically similar to african and european reference populations. PLoS Genet 21(6): e1011727, June 2025.

Lammi V, Nakanishi T, Jones SE, Andrews SJ, Karjalainen J, Cortés B, O'Brien HE, Ochoa-Guzman A, Fulton-Howard BE, Broberg M, Haapaniemi HH, Kanai M, Pirinen M, Schmidt A, Mitchell RE, Mousas A, Mangino M, Huerta-Chagoya A, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Cirulli ET, Vaudel M, Kwong ASF, Maiti AK, Marttila MM, Posner DC, Rodriguez AA, Batini C, Minnai F, Dearman AR, Warmerdam CAR, Sequeros CB, Winkler TW, Jordan DM, Rešcenko R, Miano L, Lane JM, Chung RK, Guillen-Guio B, Leavy OC, Carvajal-Silva L, Aguilar-Valdés K, Frangione E, Guare L, Vergasova E, Marouli E, Striano P, Zainulabid UA, Kumar A, Ahmad HF, Edahiro R, Azekawa S; Long COVID Host Genetics Initiative; FinnGen; VA Million Veteran Program; MexGen-COVID Initiative; DBDS Genomic Consortium; GEN-COVID Multicenter Study; PHOSP-COVID Collaborative Group; GENCOV Study; Estonian Biobank Research Team; Luoh SW, Erikstrup C, Pedersen OBV, Lerner-Ellis J, Colombo A, Grzymski JJ, Ishii M, Okada Y, Beckmann ND, Kumari M, Wagner R, Heid IM, John C, Short PJ, Magnus P, Ansone L, Valenti LVC, Lee SA, Wain LV, Verdugo RA, Banasik K, Geller F, Franke LH, Rakitko A, Duncan EL, Renieri A, Tsilidis KK, de Cid R, Niavarani A, Abner E, Tusié-Luna T, Verma SS, Smith GD, Timpson NJ, Madduri RK, Cho K, Daly MJ, Ganna A, Schulte EC, Richards JB, Ludwig KU, Marks-Hultström M, Zeberg H, Ollila HM.: Genome-wide association study of long COVID. Nature Genetics 57(6): 1402-141, June 2025.

Sykes A, Caruth L, Setia Verma S, Hoshi T, Deutsch C.: Disease-associated Kv1. 3 variants are energy compromised with impaired nascent chain folding. bioRxiv (Accepted in Molecular Biology) Feb 2025.

Abramowitz SA, Boulier K, Keat K, Cardone KM, Shivakumar M, DePaolo J, Judy R, Bermudez F, Mimouni N, Neylan C, Kim D, Rader DJ, Ritchie MD, Voight BF, Pasaniuc B, Levin MG, Damrauer SM; Penn Medicine BioBank. : Evaluating Performance and Agreement of Coronary Heart Disease Polygenic Risk Scores. JAMA 333(1): 60-70, Jan 2025.

Nicole Wayne, Venkata S. Singamneni, Rasika Venkatesh, Tess Cherlin, Shefali S. Verma, Marie A. Guerraty: Genetic Insights Into Coronary Microvascular Disease. Microcirculation 32(1), January 2025.

VAaron Sykes, Lannawill Caruth, Shefali Setia Verma, Toshinori Hoshi, Carol Deutsch: Disease-associated Kv1.3 variants are energy compromised with impaired nascent chain folding. Biorxiv January 2025.

Wayne N, Singamneni VS, Venkatesh R, Cherlin T, Verma SS, Guerraty MA. : Genetic Insights Into Coronary Microvascular Disease. Microcirculation 32(1): e12896, Jan 2025.