Shalini Shah

Shalini H. Shah, DO is a practicing board-certified pediatrician, environmental medicine physician, and assistant director for the Boston Children’s Pediatric Environmental Health Center (PEHC) and Region I Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU). She studied Biological Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and attending medical school at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and her fellowship in pediatric and reproductive environmental health at Boston Children's Hospital.

Dr. Shah provides clinical care in primary care pediatrics and environmental health clinic for patients with environmental exposures. She is passionate about the intersection of the climate crisis, environmental justice, and children’s health. Her research and academic efforts are aimed at bringing environmental health to the "bedside" via development of an environmental health screening tool that is integrated into clinical care to bolster referrals and resource utilization by families. This project was awarded the 2022 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America New England (AAFANE) Medical Research Grant. Other projects she is working on include developing patient-facing materials on how climate change impacts health and sharing what families can do to prepare/adapt, as well as the development of a continuing education curriculum and quality improvement project to help pediatric providers integrate climate counseling into clinical care. Her work has been presented both regionally and nationally.

Dr. Shah has additional roles as co-director for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Scholars program hosted by the Region I PEHSU, national climate advocate for the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and serves as the co-chair for the Academic Pediatrics Association Environmental Health, Climate Change, and Sustainability SIG.