Omar El Shahawy, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Summary

My research focuses on alternative tobacco product use among vulnerable populations including people with substance use disorder. The current research projects I am leading include smoking harm reduction among people with substance use disorder and people living with HIV/AIDS, smoking cessation among vulnerable populations, and patient-physician shared decision making. 

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Positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Graduate Education

PhD from Virginia Commonwealth University

Postdoctoral Training

New York University School of Medicine, Population Health Department

Electronic cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy in people living with HIV/AIDS

A PHASE II RANDOMIZED OPEN LABEL MULTI-CENTER STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF ELCTRONIC CIGARETTES ON SMOKING HARM REDUCTION IN CIGARETTE SMOKERS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.

An Evaluation of Home Urinalysis Testing for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients at Elevated Risk for Developing Lupus Nephritis: A Pilot Stage and Randomized Controlled Study

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E-cigarette use and beliefs among adult smokers with substance use disorders

El-Shahawy, Omar; Schatz, Daniel; Sherman, Scott; Shelley, Donna; Lee, Joshua D; Tofighi, Babak

Addictive behaviors reports. 2021 Jun; 13:100329

Association between a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and smoking abstinence: An analysis of the National Health Interview Survey (2006-2018)

Sayed, Ahmed; Labieb, Fatma; Stevens, Elizabeth R; Tamura, Kosuke; Boakye, Ellen; Virani, Salim S; Jiang, Nan; Hu, Lu; Blaha, Michael J; El-Shahawy, Omar

Preventive medicine (1972). 2024 Oct; 187:108085

Evaluating strategies to recruit health researchers to participate in online survey research

Stevens, Elizabeth R; Cleland, Charles M; Shunk, Amelia; El Shahawy, Omar

BMC medical research methodology. 2024 Jul 18; 24(1):153

The effectiveness of a theory -based health education program on waterpipe smoking cessation in Iran: one year follow-up of a quasi-experimental research

Shahabi, Nahid; Shahbazi Sighaldeh, Shirin; Eshaghi Sani Kakhaki, Hadi; Mohseni, Shokrollah; Dadipoor, Sara; El-Shahawy, Omar

BMC public health. 2024 Mar 01; 24(1):664

Correction: The interrelationship and accumulation of cardiometabolic risk factors amongst young adults in the United Arab Emirates: The UAE Healthy Future Study

Mezhal, Fatima; Oulhaj, Abderrahim; Abdulle, Abdishakur; AlJunaibi, Abdulla; Alnaeemi, Abdulla; Ahmad, Amar; Leinberger-Jabari, Andrea; Al Dhaheri, Ayesha S; Tuzcu, E Murat; AlZaabi, Eiman; Al-Maskari, Fatma; Alanouti, Fatme; Alameri, Fayza; Alsafar, Habiba; Alblooshi, Hamad; Alkaabi, Juma; Wareth, Laila Abdel; Aljaber, Mai; Kazim, Marina; Weitzman, Micheal; Al-Houqani, Mohammad; Ali, Mohammad Hag; Oumeziane, Naima; El-Shahawy, Omar; Al-Rifai, Rami H; Scherman, Scott; Shah, Syed M; Loney, Tom; Almahmeed, Wael; Idaghdour, Youssef; Ahmed, Luai A; Ali, Raghib

Diabetology & metabolic syndrome. 2024 Feb 07; 16(1):36

Trial Participants' Perceptions of the Impact of Ecological Momentary Assessment on Smoking Behaviors: Qualitative Analysis

Stevens, Elizabeth R; Li, Rina; Xiang, Grace; Wisniewski, Rachel; Rojas, Sidney; O'Connor, Katherine; Wilker, Olivia; Vojjala, Mahathi; El-Shahawy, Omar; Sherman, Scott E

JMIR mHealth & uHealth. 2024 Jan 16; 12:e52122

Comparing Veterans Preferences and Barriers for Video Visit Utilization Versus In-Person Visits: a Survey of Two VA Centers

El-Shahawy, Omar; Nicholson, Andrew; Illenberger, Nicholas; Altshuler, Lisa; Dembitzer, Anne; Krebs, Paul; Jay, Melanie

Journal of general internal medicine. 2024 Jan 01; ?-?

Longitudinal association between e-cigarette use and respiratory symptoms among US adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Waves 4-5

Karey, Emma; Xu, Shu; He, Pan; Niaura, Raymond S; Cleland, Charles M; Stevens, Elizabeth R; Sherman, Scott E; El-Shahawy, Omar; Cantrell, Jennifer; Jiang, Nan

PLoS one. 2024; 19(2):e0299834

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