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Sonia Hernandez-Diaz, MD

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-3728
shernan@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Hernandez-Diaz is a Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Pharmacoepidemiology Program at the Harvard School of Public Health and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. Her main area of research has been drug safety evaluation from observational data, with a special emphasis on the analysis of patterns of use and safety of drugs during pregnancy. She has also studied the gastrointestinal and cardiovascular safety of steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and this work triggered her involvement with newly introduced COX-2 inhibitors. Her third group of research activities concerns the application of innovative methodologic concepts to pharmacoepidemiologic studies, including the use of causal structural approaches to define confounding and selection biases that might facilitate the identification, communication, and resolution of common analytical problems.

Education

  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, MD Field of Study: Medicine
  • Harvard School of Public Health, DPH/DrPH Field of Study: Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Quantitative Methods

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Publications

  • Published on 7/26/2024

    Ge W, Coelho LMG, Donahue MA, Rice HJ, Blacker D, Hsu J, Newhouse JP, Hernandez-Diaz S, Haneuse S, Westover MB, Moura LMVR. Automated Identification of Fall-related Injuries in Unstructured Clinical Notes. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Jul 26. PMID: 39060160.

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  • Published on 7/5/2024

    Cortes JE, Abruzzese E, Cardonick EH, Hernandez-Diaz S, Gutierrez J, Sardegna MS, Torres-Chavez E, Dinatale M, Lerro CC, Gehrke BJ, Shord SS, de Claro RA, Theoret MR, DeMaria PJ, Norsworthy KJ. Perspectives on drug development for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia in pregnant patients and patients who are breastfeeding. Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Jul 05. PMID: 38967550.

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  • Published on 6/11/2024

    Fung K, Hernandez-Diaz S, Zash R, Chadwick EG, Van Dyke RB, Broadwell C, Jao J, Powis K, Yee LM, Williams PL. First-trimester exposure to newer antiretroviral agents and congenital anomalies in a US cohort. AIDS. 2024 Sep 01; 38(11):1686-1695. PMID: 38864586.

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  • Published on 6/11/2024

    Brown J, Huybrechts K, Straub L, Heider D, Bateman B, Hernandez-Diaz S. Use of Real-World Data and Machine Learning to Screen for Maternal and Paternal Characteristics Associated with Cardiac Malformations. Res Sq. 2024 Jun 11. PMID: 38947037.

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  • Published on 5/20/2024

    Shupler M, Klompmaker JO, Leung M, Petimar J, Drouin-Chartier JP, Modest AM, Hacker M, Farid H, James P, Hernandez-Diaz S, Papatheodorou S. Association between density of food retailers and fitness centers and gestational diabetes mellitus in Eastern Massachusetts, USA: population-based study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Jul; 35:100775. PMID: 38803547.

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  • Published on 5/20/2024

    Shupler M, Huybrechts K, Leung M, Wei Y, Schwartz J, Hernandez-Diaz S, Papatheodorou S. The association of short-term increases in ambient PM2.5 and temperature exposures with stillbirth: racial/ethnic disparities among Medicaid recipients. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 May 20. PMID: 38770979.

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  • Published on 5/1/2024

    Suarez EA, Bateman BT, Hernandez-Diaz S, Straub L, McDougle CJ, Wisner KL, Gray KJ, Pennell PB, Lester B, Zhu Y, Mogun H, Huybrechts KF. Prescription Stimulant Use During Pregnancy and Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children. JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 May 01; 81(5):477-488. PMID: 38265792.

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  • Published on 2/17/2024

    Wang C, Johansson ALV, Nyberg C, Pareek A, Almqvist C, Hernandez-Diaz S, Oberg AS. Prediction of pregnancy-related complications in women undergoing assisted reproduction, using machine learning methods. Fertil Steril. 2024 Jul; 122(1):95-105. PMID: 38373676.

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  • Published on 12/26/2023

    Cohen JM, Alvestad S, Suarez EA, Schaffer A, Selmer RM, Havard A, Bateman BT, Cesta CE, Zoega H, Odsbu I, Huybrechts KF, Kjerpeseth LJ, Straub L, Leinonen MK, Bjørk MH, Nørgaard M, Gissler M, Ulrichsen SP, Hernandez-Diaz S, Tomson T, Furu K. Comparative Risk of Major Congenital Malformations With Antiseizure Medication Combinations vs Valproate Monotherapy in Pregnancy. Neurology. 2024 Jan 23; 102(2):e207996. PMID: 38165339.

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  • Published on 12/19/2023

    Laugesen K, Veres K, Hernandez-Diaz S, Chiu YH, Oberg AS, Hsu J, Rinaudo P, Spaan M, van Leeuwen F, Sørensen HT. Overweight or obesity in children born after assisted reproductive technologies in Denmark: A population-based cohort study. PLoS Med. 2023 Dec; 20(12):e1004324. PMID: 38113196.

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