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

Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Toxicology

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Exposure to polyoxyethylene tallow amines (POEAs), glyphosate co-formulation surfactants, in a US pregnant population and their potential endocrine disrupting effects.
(2025 Apr 4)
Environ Pollut 374(): 126205
Amreen B, Lesseur C, Jagani R, Yelamanchili S, Barrett ES, Nguyen RHN, Sathyanarayana S, Swan SH, Andra SS, Chen J
Periods of susceptibility for associations between phthalate exposure and preterm birth: Results from a pooled analysis of 16 US cohorts.
(2025 Mar 20)
Environ Int 198(): 109392
Friedman A, Welch BM, Keil AP, Bloom MS, Braun JM, Buckley JP, Dabelea D, Factor-Litvak P, Meeker JD, Michels KB, Padmanabhan V, Starling AP, Weinberg CR, Aalborg J, Alshawabkeh AN, Barrett ES, Binder AM, Bradman A, Bush NR, Calafat AM, Cantonwine DE, Christenbury KE, Cordero JF, Engel SM, Eskenazi B, Harley KG, Hauser R, Herbstman JB, Holland N, James-Todd T, Jukic AMZ, Lanphear BP, McElrath TF, Messerlian C, Newman RB, Nguyen RHN, O'Brien KM, Rauh VA, Redmon JB, Rich DQ, Rosen EM, Sathyanarayana S, Schmidt RJ, Sparks AE, Swan SH, Wang C, Watkins DJ, Weinberger B, Wenzel AG, Wilcox AJ, Yolton K, Zhang Y, Zota AR, Ferguson KK
An assessment of organophosphate ester mixtures and the placental transcriptome.
(2025 Mar 19)
Environ Int 198(): 109402
Lapehn S, Parenti M, Firsick EJ, Khodasevich D, Baker BH, Day DB, MacDonald JW, Bammler TK, Kannan K, Choi HY, Barrett ES, Howe CG, Carroll KN, LeWinn KZ, Zhao Q, Cardenas A, Szpiro AA, Sathyanarayana S, Paquette AG
Child Opportunity Index at birth and asthma with recurrent exacerbations in the US ECHO program.
(2025 Mar 13)
J Allergy Clin Immunol
Miller RL, Schuh H, Chandran A, Habre R, Angal J, Aris IM, Aschner JL, Bendixsen CG, Blossom J, Bosquet-Enlow M, Breton CV, Camargo CA Jr, Carroll KN, Commodore S, Croen LA, Dabelea DM, Deoni SCL, Ferrara A, Fry RC, Ganiban JM, Geiger SD, Gern JE, Gilliland FD, Gogcu S, Gold DR, Hare ME, Harte RN, Hartert TV, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hipwell AE, Jackson DJ, Karagas MK, Khurana Hershey GK, Kim H, Litonjua AA, Marsit CJ, McEvoy CT, Mendonça EA, Moore PE, Nguyen AP, Nkoy FL, O'Connor TG, Oken E, Ownby DR, Perzanowski M, Rivera-Spoljaric K, Sathyanarayana S, Singh AM, Stanford JB, Stroustrup A, Towe-Goodman N, Wang VA, Woodruff TJ, Wright RO, Wright RJ, Zanobetti A, Zoratti EM, Johnson CC, ECHO Cohort Consortium
Racial and ethnic differences in prenatal exposure to environmental phenols and parabens in the ECHO Cohort.
(2025 Feb 15)
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Bloom MS, Upadhyaya S, Nzegwu AW, Kuiper JR, Buckley JP, Aschner J, Barr D, Barrett ES, Bennett DH, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Fuller A, Karagas M, Liang D, Meeker J, Miller R, O'Connor TG, Romano ME, Sathyanarayana S, Starling AP, Stroustrup A, Watkins DJ, ECHO Cohort Consortium
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