
Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Giehae Choi, PhD, MPH, applies environmental epidemiology to characterize exposures during vulnerable life stages and their health impacts, with a focus on chemicals exposure and children’s health.
Research Interests
Environmental epidemiology; reproductive, perinatal, pediatric epidemiology; chemicals; air pollution; research translation
Experiences & Accomplishments
My research characterizes widespread exposures during vulnerable life stages and their health impacts with the goal to inform policymakers, health practitioners, and the public of approaches to mitigate environmental health challenges.
Currently, my K99/R00 research investigates the roles of chemical risk factors (metals and PFAS) and nutritional modifiers of children’s neurodevelopmental disorders and comorbidities in the Boston Birth Cohort, and quantifies the effects of hypothetical interventions to prevent chemical neurotoxicity. I also serve as an investigator in Environmental influences of Child Health Outcomes - Data Analysis Center (ECHO - DAC) for research projects on children’s environmental health.
Honors & Awards
2023 SER Lilienfeld Postdoctoral Prize Paper Award
2021 SER Annual Meeting Best Poster Award
2021 NIEHS Extramural paper of the month [May] and of the year [2021]
Select Publications
Choi G, Buckley JP, Kuiper J, Keil AP. (2022). Log transformation of independent variables: must we? Epidemiology, 33 (6) 843-853. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001534. (SER Lilienfeld Postdoctoral Prize Paper Award 2023)
Choi G, Villanger GD, Drover SSM, Sakhi AK, Thomsen C, Nethery R, Hoppin JA, Zeiner P, Knudsen GP, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Øvergaard KR, Herring AH, Aase H, Biele G, Skogan AH, Engel SM. (2021) Prenatal phthalate exposures and executive function in preschool children. Environment International, 149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106403. (NIEHS Extramural paper of the month [May] and of the year [2021])
Choi G, Keil AP, Richardson DB, Daniels J, Hoffman K, Villanger GD, Sakhi AK, Thomsen C, Aase H, Engel SM. (2021) Does exposure to organophosphate esters during pregnancy increase the risk of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in offspring? Environment International, 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106549.
Choi G, Kuiper JR, Bennett DH, Barrett ES, Bastain TM, Breton CV, Chinthakindi S, Dunlop AL, Farzan SF, Herbstman JB, Karagas MR, Marsit CJ, Meeker JD, Morello-Frosch R, O’Connor TG, Pellizzari ED, Romano ME, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz S, Schmidt RJ, Watkins DJ, Zhu H, Kannan K, Buckley JP, Woodruff TJ. (2022). Exposure to melamine and its derivatives and aromatic amines among pregnant women in the United States: The ECHO Program. Chemosphere, 135599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135599. (received #1-ranked Altmetric attention score in Chemosphere)
Choi G, Xun X, Bennett D, Meeker J, Morello-Frosch R, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz SL, Trasande L, Watkins D, Pellizzari E, Li W, Kannan K, Woodruff TJ, Buckley JP. (2025). Associations of prenatal urinary melamine, melamine analogues, and aromatic amines with gestational duration and fetal growth in the ECHO Cohort. Environment International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.109227