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)

Prenatal exposure to organophosphate ester flame retardants and behavioral outcomes in early childhood in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) cohort.
(2025 Jun 28)
Environ Int 202(): 109649
Oh J, Quirós-Alcalá L, Li X, Kannan K, Lyu W, Avalos LA, Barrett ES, Bastain TM, Buckley JP, Cintora P, Croen LA, Dunlop AL, Ghassabian A, Habre R, Herbstman JB, Hernandez-Castro I, Hertz-Picciotto I, Liang D, McEvoy CT, O'Connor TG, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz SL, Schmidt RJ, Schweitzer JB, Starling AP, Volk HE, Woodbury ML, Woodruff TJ, Zhao Q, Zhu Y, Bennett DH, ECHO Cohort Consortium
Prenatal exposure to phthalates and alternative plasticizers and emotional and behavioral outcomes in early childhood in the Environmental influences on Child Health outcomes (ECHO) cohort.
(2025 Jun 30)
Environ Int 202(): 109647
Oh J, Buckley JP, Upadhyaya S, Kannan K, Barrett ES, Bastain TM, Breton CV, Eick SM, Geiger SD, Ghassabian A, Habre R, Herbstman JB, Hirtz D, Liang D, LeWinn K, Meeker JD, O'Connor TG, Hertz-Picciotto I, Ruden D, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz SL, Schweitzer JB, Sigal A, Woodruff TJ, Zhao Q, Schmidt RJ, Bennett DH, ECHO Cohort Consortium
Exposures to Contemporary and Emerging Chemicals among Children Aged 2 to 4 Years in the United States Environmental Influences on the Child Health Outcome (ECHO) Cohort.
(2025 Jul 15)
Environ Sci Technol 59(27): 13594-13610
Oh J, Buckley JP, Kannan K, Pellizzari E, Miller RL, Bastain TM, Dunlop AL, Douglas C, Gilliland FD, Herbstman JB, Karr C, Porucznik CA, Hertz-Picciotto I, Morello-Frosch R, Sathyanarayana S, Schmidt RJ, Woodruff TJ, Bennett DH, ECHO Cohort Consortium
Gestational vitamin D concentration and child cognitive development: a longitudinal cohort study in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program.
(2025 Jun 23)
Am J Clin Nutr
Melough MM, McGrath M, Palmore M, Collett BR, Kerver JM, Hockett CW, Schmidt RJ, Kelly RS, Lyall K, Zhao Q, Hipwell AE, Korrick SA, Gilbert-Diamond D, Weiss ST, Chu SH, Mirzakhani H, Porter JM, Sathyanarayana S, ECHO Cohort Consortium
Public Water Arsenic and Birth Outcomes in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort.
(2025 Jun 2)
JAMA Netw Open 8(6): e2514084
Nigra AE, Bloomquist TR, Rajeev T, Burjak M, Casey JA, Goin DE, Herbstman JB, Ornelas Van Horne Y, Wylie BJ, Cerna-Turoff I, Braun JM, McArthur KL, Karagas MR, Ames JL, Sherris AR, Bulka CM, Padula AM, Howe CG, Fry RC, Eaves LA, Breton CV, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Lewis J, MacKenzie D, Beene D, Farzan SF, Sathyanarayana S, Hipwell AE, Morello-Frosch R, Snyder BM, Hartert TV, Elliott AJ, O'Connor TG, Kress AM, ECHO Cohort Consortium
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