Megan T. Sandel, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Megan Sandel, MD, is a professor of pediatrics at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine as well as a 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.

Publications

  • Published 3/11/2025

    Ettinger de Cuba S, Jones DK, Cutts D, Bovell-Ammon A, Lê-Scherban F, Sandel M, Ochoa E, Poblacion A, Frank DA, Black MM, Fix GM. "But who takes care of the mom?": The daily experiences of immigrant mothers navigating health in family life. Soc Sci Med. 2025 May; 372:117948. PMID: 40090206.

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  • Published 1/10/2025

    Lê-Scherban F, Coleman SM, Fusfeld Z, Frank DA, Poblacion A, Black MM, Ochoa E, Sandel M, Ettinger de Cuba S. Maternal adverse childhood experiences and lifetime experiences of racial discrimination: Associations with current household hardships and intergenerational health. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Feb; 366:117695. PMID: 39837079.

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  • Published 12/5/2024

    Poblacion A, Ettinger de Cuba S, Black MM, Weijer I, Giudice C, Esteves G, Fabian P, Zanobetti A, Cutts DB, Lê-Scherban F, Sandel M, Ochoa ER, Frank DA. Food Insecurity and Weight Faltering: US Multisite Analysis of Young Children's Weight Trajectory. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2024 Dec 05. PMID: 39644920.

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  • Published 9/20/2024

    Ramratnam SK, Johnson M, Visness CM, Calatroni A, Altman MC, Janczyk T, McCauley KE, Schachtschneider C, Fujimura KE, Fadrosh DW, Lynch SV, Bacharier LB, O'Connor GT, Sandel MT, Kattan M, Wood RA, Gergen PJ, Jackson DJ, Togias A, Gern JE. Clinical and molecular analysis of longitudinal rhinitis phenotypes in an urban birth cohort. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2025 Feb; 155(2):547-556. PMID: 39307288.

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  • Published 8/25/2024

    Keen R, Kim HH, Chen JT, Tiemeier H, Sandel MT, Denckla C, Slopen N. Longitudinal relationships between early-life homelessness and school-aged asthma and wheezing. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2024 Aug 25; 78(10):624-631. PMID: 39059800.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Environmental Health
    Boston University School of Public Health

Websites

Education

  • Dartmouth College, MD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Yale University, BA

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