Posts by Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS
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Attempts to Conceive Early in COVID-19 Pandemic Were Related to Education, Self-rated Social Status
In a study launched before COVID-19, Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS, and colleagues linked the pandemic to reduced odds of attempting to conceive; the decline started in August 2020, and among women with lower education and lower self-rated social status, it was sustained through the end of data collection in March 2021.
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Simple New Model Predicts Pregnancy While First IVF Cycle Is Ongoing
Karissa C. Hammer, MD, Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS, and colleagues created a simple five-variable algorithm that includes both pre-cycle and in-cycle variables and is highly accurate at predicting pregnancy after the first IVF cycle with autologous oocytes and fresh embryo transfer.
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Standardization of Symptom Metrics Across Menstrual Tracking Apps Could Benefit Research and Clinical Care
Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS, of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and colleagues reviewed 20 menstrual health apps on the Apple platform and found the number, language and specificity of metrics differed too much to permit harmonized epidemiologic research, but input from clinicians could change that.
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Hair Products Commonly Used By Black Women Linked to Hormone Disruption
Tamarra James-Todd, MD, MPH, Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS, and colleagues found that six leave-in hair products commonly used by Black women disrupt the normal activity of estrogen, progesterone, androgen and glucocorticoid receptors.
Biography
Dr. Mahalingaiah holds a BA from Middlebury College, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and an MS in epidemiology from Boston University’s School of Public Health. Prior to joining the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dr. Mahalingaiah completed an OB/GYN residency in the Massachusetts General/Brigham and Women’s Hospital combined program. She was a fellow in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
She spent 8 years in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine to serve the fertility aspirations of under resourced populations and was supported on two K-level training grants including the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health K12 and the Reproductive Scientist Development Program to study environmental exposures and gynecologic conditions in existing large cohorts. She received the Endocrine Society Early Investigator Award in 2016, the Ellison Family Foundation Grant 2016 and an RSDP seed grant in 2017 to pilot a new cohort platform for the study of menstrual cycles and ovulation disorders.
She has a joint appointment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health and in the OB/GYN Department at the Mass General in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Her clinical practices focuses on ovulation disorders, PCOS and infertility.
Obstetrics & Gynecology Care at Mass General
The Mass General Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology offers the highest level of care to women. Our clinical and research team is a leader in advancing treatments for gynecologic cancers, menopause, high-risk obstetrics, infertility and urogynecology.