Report on Carcinogens

Sabah M. Quraishi, Ph.D. is an epidemiologist in the Integrative Health Assessments Branch (IHAB) of the Division of Translational Toxicology (DTT) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences with the Report on Carcinogens (RoC) group. Dr. Quraishi provides expertise in environmental epidemiology.

Prior to joining IHAB, Dr. Quraishi served as a Science Editor for Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) at NIEHS. There, Dr. Quraishi handled submissions and publications related to epidemiology and exposure science, where she provided expertise on the relevance and scientific rigor of potential publications and provided scientific and technical reviews of submitted research. Dr. Quraishi was part of the team that launched the Journal of Health and Pollution, that focused on publishing research from low resourced areas.

Dr. Quraishi’s research work focuses on air pollution epidemiology. Prior to joining NIEHS, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, where her research focused on characterizing air pollution exposures and health effects including cardiovascular disease in a pooled cohorts project working with several national cohort studies. She also worked with the ECHO PATHWAYS project on studies involving air pollution and early-life outcomes; her graduate research focused on fertility and pregnancy. Additionally, Dr. Quraishi has studied cancer outcomes in relationship to heavy metal and pesticide exposures while at the University of Washington and as an epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute. She has also taught several courses on epidemiologic methods and environmental epidemiology.

Dr. Quraishi received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Washington, her M.P.H. in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan, and her B.A. in Biology from Bryn Mawr College.

Selected Publications

• Sutton A, Quraishi SM, Shenoi S. 2022. Association of juvenile idiopathic arthritis with maternal infection: a case control study. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 20(1):45. [ Abstract Sutton A, Quraishi SM, Shenoi S. 2022. Association of juvenile idiopathic arthritis with maternal infection: a case control study. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 20(1):45. ]
• Quraishi SM, Hazlehurst MF, Loftus CT, Nguyen RHN, Barrett ES, Kaufman JD, Bush NR, Karr CJ, LeWinn KZ, Sathyanarayana S, Tylavsky FA, Szpiro AA, Enquobahrie DA. 2022. Association of prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution with adverse birth outcomes and effect modification by socioeconomic factors. Environ Res 212(Pt E):113571. [ Abstract Quraishi SM, Hazlehurst MF, Loftus CT, Nguyen RHN, Barrett ES, Kaufman JD, Bush NR, Karr CJ, LeWinn KZ, Sathyanarayana S, Tylavsky FA, Szpiro AA, Enquobahrie DA. 2022. Association of prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution with adverse birth outcomes and effect modification by socioeconomic factors. Environ Res 212(Pt E):113571. ]
• Wesselink AK, Kirwa K, Hatch EE, Hystad P, Szpiro AA, Kaufman JD, Levy JI, Mikkelsen EM, Quraishi SM, Rothman KJ, Wise LA. 2020. Residential proximity to major roads and fecundability in a preconception cohort. Environ Epidemiol 4(6):e112. [ Abstract Wesselink AK, Kirwa K, Hatch EE, Hystad P, Szpiro AA, Kaufman JD, Levy JI, Mikkelsen EM, Quraishi SM, Rothman KJ, Wise LA. 2020. Residential proximity to major roads and fecundability in a preconception cohort. Environ Epidemiol 4(6):e112. ]
• Quraishi SM, Lin PC, Richter KS, Hinckley MD, Yee B, Neal-Perry G, Sheppard L, Kaufman JD, Hajat A. 2019. Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Fecundability in Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization. Environ Epidemiol 3(1):e036. [ Abstract Quraishi SM, Lin PC, Richter KS, Hinckley MD, Yee B, Neal-Perry G, Sheppard L, Kaufman JD, Hajat A. 2019. Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Fecundability in Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization. Environ Epidemiol 3(1):e036. ]
• Quraishi SM, Adams SV, Shafer M, Meliker JR, Li W, Luo J, Neuhouser ML, Newcomb PA. 2016. Urinary cadmium and estimated dietary cadmium in the Women's Health Initiative. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 26(3):303-8. [ Abstract Quraishi SM, Adams SV, Shafer M, Meliker JR, Li W, Luo J, Neuhouser ML, Newcomb PA. 2016. Urinary cadmium and estimated dietary cadmium in the Women's Health Initiative. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 26(3):303-8. ]