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. PMID: 36220581 PMC9574910 (SER Lilienfeld Postdoctoral Prize Paper Award 2023)
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. PMID: 36055588 PMC9748524 (received #1-ranked Altmetric attention score in Chemosphere)
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. PMID: 33524667 PMC7945722 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106403. (NIEHS Extramural paper of the month [May] and of the year [2021])