Faculty

Sheela Sathyanarayana

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Adjunct Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences

206-884-1037

Education

MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington,
MD Medicine, University of Southern California,
BA Environmental Science, Duke University,

Contact

206-884-1037

Office 2001 8th Avenue
Box CW8-6, PO Box 5371
Seattle, WA 98145

Bio

Our research interests focus on exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals such as phthalates and bisphenol A and their impact on childhood development. Public concern regarding these chemicals has risen in recent years and demands current research that addresses mechanisms of action and impact on health outcomes. We have ongoing pregnancy cohort and childhood epidemiologic studies. As a pediatric environmental health specialist and member of the University of Washington Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, I also conduct consults on environmental health exposures and childhood health impacts. I also practice general pediatrics at Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington Newborn Nursery.

Research Areas

Research Interests

Environmental Endocrine Disruptors, Pediatric Environmental Health, Reproductive Toxicology, Birth defectsMy research interests focus on in utero and early life exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) and their impact on child reproductive development. 

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites in relation to preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in the environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO) program.
(2024 Apr 20)
Environ Int 187(): 108678
Meeker JD, McArthur KL, Adibi JA, Alshawabkeh AN, Barrett ES, Brubaker SG, Cordero JF, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Herbstman JB, Kahn LG, Karr CJ, Mehta-Lee S, O'Connor TG, Sathyanarayana S, Trasande L, Kuiper JR, Program Collaborators For Environmental Influences On Child Health Outcomes
Longitudinal study of birthweight, blood pressure, and markers of arterial stiffness in children age six among the TIDES cohort.
(2024 Apr 24)
J Hypertens
Long SE, Sood S, Kanesa-Thasan A, Kahn LG, Urbina EM, Barrett ES, Nguyen RH, Bush NR, Swan SH, Sathyanarayana S, Trasande L
Erratum: "Associations of Organophosphate Ester Flame Retardant Exposures during Pregnancy with Gestational Duration and Fetal Growth: The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program".
(2024 Apr)
Environ Health Perspect 132(4): 49003
Oh J, Buckley JP, Li X, Gachigi KK, Kannan K, Lyu W, Ames JL, Barrett ES, Bastain TM, Breton CV, Buss C, Croen LA, Dunlop AL, Ferrara A, Ghassabian A, Herbstman JB, Hernandez-Castro I, Hertz-Picciotto I, Kahn LG, Karagas MR, Kuiper JR, McEvoy CT, Meeker JD, Morello-Frosch R, Padula AM, Romano ME, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz S, Schmidt RJ, Simhan H, Starling AP, Tylavsky FA, Volk HE, Woodruff TJ, Zhu Y, Bennett DH, and program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes
Corrigendum to "Ultra-processed and fast food consumption, exposure to phthalates during pregnancy, and socioeconomic disparities in phthalate exposures" [Environ. Int. 183 (2024) 108427].
(2024 Apr)
Environ Int 186(): 108623
Baker BH, Melough MM, Paquette AG, Barrett ES, Day DB, Kannan K, Nguyen RHN, Bush NR, LeWinn KZ, Carroll KN, Swan SH, Zhao Q, Sathyanarayana S
Environmental exposure to melamine and its derivatives and kidney outcomes in children.
(2024 Mar 28)
Environ Res 252(Pt 1): 118789
Day DB, Melough MM, Flynn JT, Zhu H, Kannan K, Ruzinski J, de Boer IH, Sathyanarayana S
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