Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS

Adjunct Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Mahalingaiah is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology with a clinical subspecialty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center. She is currently funded on the Reproductive Scientist Training Program, RSDP K12, and was previously a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Scholar to study environmental exposures and risk of gynecologic disease incidence. Her current research focuses on environmental exposure and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) incidence, severity, metabolic sequelae, and risk modification. As of 2018, she was noted for her study in the journal Human Reproduction that found air pollution is tied to irregular menstrual cycles in teens. This study is the first to show that exposure to air pollution among teen girls (ages 14-18) is associated with slightly increased chances of menstrual irregularity and longer time to achieve regularity in the teen years.

Publications

  • Published 11/24/2025

    Mortimer R, Asokan G, Baird DD, Wilcox AJ, Abrams K, Curry CL, Onnela JP, Coull BA, Hauser R, Williams MA, Wang Z, Mahalingaiah S. Variability of menstrual cycles by age, polycystic ovary syndrome, and early-life cycle irregularity in the apple Women's Health Study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Nov 24. PMID: 41297783.

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  • Published 9/8/2025

    Wu B, Vyas CM, Medina AA, Slopen N, Mahalingaiah S, Chavarro JE, Mukherjee R, Weisskopf M, Roberts AL. Estimating the associations between women's maltreatment in childhood and inflammatory biomarker levels prior to and during pregnancy. PLoS One. 2025; 20(9):e0331905. PMID: 40920854.

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  • Published 8/5/2025

    Peebles E, Finlay W, Nguyen TM, Barrett S, Thirumalaraju P, Kanakasabapathy MK, Kandula H, Sarcione C, James KE, Shafiee H, Mahalingaiah S. Digitally Enabled AI-Interpreted Salivary Ferning-Based Ovulation Prediction: Feasibility Study. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Aug 05; 27:e73028. PMID: 40763349.

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  • Published 5/19/2025

    Wolf AT, Wang Z, Onnela JP, Baird DD, Jukic AMZ, Curry CL, Fischer-Colbrie T, Williams MA, Hauser R, Coull BA, Mahalingaiah S. Signs of Potential Androgen Excess Across the Lifespan in a US-based Digital Cohort Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 May 19; 110(6):1667-1679. PMID: 39388314.

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  • Published 5/19/2025

    Silva EL, Lane KJ, Cheng JJ, Popp Z, van Loenen BD, Coull B, Hart JE, James-Todd T, Mahalingaiah S. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Underdiagnosis Patterns by Individual-level and Spatial Social Vulnerability Measures. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 May 19; 110(6):1657-1666. PMID: 39394785.

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Other Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
    Boston University School of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Associate, Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center
    Boston University

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Education

  • Harvard Medical School, MD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MS
  • Middlebury College, BA

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