Biography
Megan Sandel, MD, is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine as well as an associate professor of environmental health at the Boston University School of Public Health. She has held both of these positions for the last eight years, but has been working with the university since 2002, first as an assistant professor. She is the former pediatric medical director of Boston Healthcare for the Homeless program and the first medical director of the founding site for medical-legal partnerships, Medical-Legal Partnership-Boston. In addition to publishing articles and serving on committees, she is considered an expert in her field on the topic of housing and child health.Other Positions
- Associate Professor, General Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine
- Active Staff Hospital Privileges, Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center
Education
- Dartmouth College, MD
- Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
- Yale University, BS
Publications
- Published on 1/1/2019
Bacharier LB, Beigelman A, Calatroni A, Jackson DJ, Gergen PJ, O'Connor GT, Kattan M, Wood RA, Sandel MT, Lynch SV, Fujimura KE, Fadrosh DW, Santee CA, Boushey H, Visness CM, Gern JE. Longitudinal Phenotypes of Respiratory Health in a High-Risk Urban Birth Cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Jan 01; 199(1):71-82. PMID: 30079758.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/15/2018
Stewart AM, Kanak MM, Gerald AM, Kimia AA, Landschaft A, Sandel MT, Lee LK. Pediatric Emergency Department Visits for Homelessness After Shelter Eligibility Policy Change. Pediatrics. 2018 Nov; 142(5). PMID: 30323107.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/3/2018
Sandel M, Sheward R, Ettinger de Cuba S, Coleman S, Heeren T, Black MM, Casey PH, Chilton M, Cook J, Cutts DB, Rose-Jacobs R, Frank DA. Timing and Duration of Pre- and Postnatal Homelessness and the Health of Young Children. Pediatrics. 2018 Oct; 142(4). PMID: 30177513.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/30/2018
Savage JH, Lee-Sarwar KA, Sordillo JE, Lange NE, Zhou Y, O'Connor GT, Sandel M, Bacharier LB, Zeiger R, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Gold DR, Weiss ST, Litonjua AA. Diet during Pregnancy and Infancy and the Infant Intestinal Microbiome. J Pediatr. 2018 12; 203:47-54.e4. PMID: 30173873.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/24/2018
Lee-Sarwar K, Kelly RS, Lasky-Su J, Kachroo P, Zeiger RS, O'Connor GT, Sandel MT, Bacharier LB, Beigelman A, Laranjo N, Gold DR, Weiss ST, Litonjua AA. Dietary and Plasma Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Are Inversely Associated with Asthma and Atopy in Early Childhood. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Feb; 7(2):529-538.e8. PMID: 30145365.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/3/2018
Kelleher K, Reece J, Sandel M. The Healthy Neighborhood, Healthy Families Initiative. Pediatrics. 2018 Sep; 142(3). PMID: 30076188.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/21/2018
Kanak M, Stewart A, Vinci R, Liu S, Sandel M. Trends in Homeless Children and Young Adults Seeking Shelter in a Boston Pediatric Emergency Department Following State Housing Policy Changes, 2011-2016. Am J Public Health. 2018 Aug; 108(8):1076-1078. PMID: 29927643.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/23/2018
Beck AF, Cohen AJ, Colvin JD, Fichtenberg CM, Fleegler EW, Garg A, Gottlieb LM, Pantell MS, Sandel MT, Schickedanz A, Kahn RS. Perspectives from the Society for Pediatric Research: interventions targeting social needs in pediatric clinical care. Pediatr Res. 2018 Jul; 84(1):10-21. PMID: 29795202.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/2/2018
Lee-Sarwar K, Kelly RS, Lasky-Su J, Moody DB, Mola AR, Cheng TY, Comstock LE, Zeiger RS, O'Connor GT, Sandel MT, Bacharier LB, Beigelman A, Laranjo N, Gold DR, Bunyavanich S, Savage JH, Weiss ST, Brennan PJ, Litonjua AA. Intestinal microbial-derived sphingolipids are inversely associated with childhood food allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Jul; 142(1):335-338.e9. PMID: 29729303.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/5/2018
Chandra S, Wingender G, Greenbaum JA, Khurana A, Gholami AM, Ganesan AP, Rosenbach M, Jaffee K, Gern JE, Wood R, O'Connor G, Sandel M, Kattan M, Bacharier L, Togias A, Horner AA, Kronenberg M. Development of Asthma in Inner-City Children: Possible Roles of MAIT Cells and Variation in the Home Environment. J Immunol. 2018 03 15; 200(6):1995-2003. PMID: 29431692.
Read at: PubMed
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News & In the Media
- Published on December 12, 2018
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Published on August 6, 2018
After Massachusetts Policy Change, Homeless Children Seek Shelter at ER
- Published on July 26, 2018
- Published on June 28, 2018
- Published on June 25, 2018