Ph.D. Student Profile

Ariana  Haidari, MS, RD

Ariana Haidari, MS, RD

  • Doctoral Candidate
  • Cognate: Environmental Health Sciences

Education

  • MS Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Dartmouth College (2021)
  • Dietetics Internship, Cornell University (2016)
  • BS Dietetics, University of Delaware (2014)

Research Interests & Projects

  • Environmental Deflection
  • Effect of PFAS exposure on the maternal metabolome during pregnancy
  • Gestational phthalate exposure and DNA methylation
  • Changes in the epigenome across the lifespan
  • Preconception and early life exposures and future disease risk
  • Exposomics and clinical practice
  • Weight bias and weight stigma

Selected Publications

  • Rabotnick, M. H., Haidari, A., Dolinoy, D. C., Meijer, J. L., Harris, S. M., Burant, C. F., ...&Goodrich, J. M. (2024). Early pregnancy serum PFAS are associated with alterationsin the maternal lipidome. Environmental Research, 120183.
  • Rabotnick MH, Ehlinger J, Haidari A, Goodrich JM. Prenatal exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals: The role of multi-omics in understanding toxicity. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2023 Aug 19;578:112046. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2023.112046.

Additional Information

  • Current NIEHS Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Fellow
Conference Presentations
  • International Society of Environmental Epidemiology Annual Meeting: “Gestational Phthalate Exposure Modifies Age-Specific DNA Methylation from Birth Through Adolescence in an Epigenome Wide Association Study.” Haidari A., Goodrich J., Dolinoy D., Watkins D., Mercado Garcia A., Torres Olascoaga L., Wu Z., Song P., Tellez-Rojo MM., Peterson K. Oral Presentation, Atlanta, GA, August 16-20, 2025
  • Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting: “Prenatal phthalate exposure is associated with fasting blood glucose levels and insulin resistance in adolescence.” Haidari A., Goodrich JM, Dolinoy DC, Watkins DJ, Mercado-García A, Téllez-Rojo MM, Peterson KE. Poster Presentation, Orlando, FL, March 2025. Award: Graduate Student Travel Award
  • Michigan Society of Toxicology Regional Chapter Meeting: “Prenatal phthalate exposure and DNA methylation trajectories in childhood and adolescence in a Mexican birth cohort.” Oral Presentation, Ann Arbor, MI, October 2024. Award: 1st Place, Best Oral Presentation in Session
  • American Public Health Association Annual Meeting: “The Gaza Hunger Winter: Famine and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.” Haidari, A. Oral Presentation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 10/29/2024


Organizations
  • Current Co-coordinator, Weight Inclusive Practice in Healthcare Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop
  • Past Vice President, Graduate Employee Organization
  • Past Co-Chair, Grievance Committee, Graduate Employee Organization
  • Past Co-Chair, Science & Policy Initiative for Research Engagement (InSPIRE)

Previous Work Experience
  • Lead Dietitian, Center for Discovery (2019-2020)
  • Dietitian-Nutritionist, Sea Mar WIC (2016-2019)



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