Sherif Eltonsy, PhD

College of Pharmacy research theme

Population therapeutics and health outcomes research

Keywords

• Administrative health data
• Biostatistics
• Comparative effectiveness research
• Mother-infant health
• Observational studies
• Perinatal epidemiology
• Pharmacoepidemiology
• Teratology

Research summary

Dr. Eltonsy is a pharmacoepidemiologist with an academic focus on drug safety and effectiveness and real-world evidence. His main area of research is drug safety evaluation using electronic health data, with a special focus on mother-infant health.

Current projects cover the utilization, comparative safety and effectiveness of prescription medications in pregnant women and mother-infant health using real-world data. Dr. Eltonsy also aims to explore perinatal determinants of short and long-term disorders in children. He has a special interest in research methodology and innovative applications in this field.

Research interests include:

• Generating essential knowledge that improve decision-making processes for the wellbeing of mothers and offspring
• Perinatal epidemiology, teratology and women’s health
• Pharmacoepidemiology and biostatistics
• Congenital anomalies, drugs and pregnancy / breast feeding, intrauterine developmental abnormalities
• Advanced epidemiological and comparative effectiveness research methodologies for bias control