Salma Musaad
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Salma Musaad
Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor
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Pediatrics-Nutrition
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Houston, TX US
Education
- PhD from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- 06/2007 - Cincinnati, Ohio United States
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
- 06/2003 - Cincinnati, OH
- Ophthalmology
- MD from University of Khartoum School of Medicine
- 06/1996 - Khartoum, Sudan
- Medicine and Surgery
Professional Statement
My main research interests focus on the environmental, social and molecular determinants of chronic disorders including obesity, diabetes and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease.Websites
Selected Publications
- O’Connor TM, Garza T, Alam U, Kumar Vadathya A, Moreno JP, Beltran A, Haidar S, Haidar N, Hughes SO, Thompson D, Musaad SMA, Baranowski T, Mendoza JA, Young J, Sano A, Veeraraghavan A "The feasibility of passively tracking children’s TV viewing and mobile device use in naturalistic settings." Behav Inf Technol. 2025 Jul;[Epub ahead of print]:doi: 10.1080/0144929X.2025.2523452.
- Shulman RJ, Chumpitazi BP, Gonzalez D, Garg U, Musaad S, Wen J, Kearns GL "." Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2025 May;[Epub ahead of print]:doi: 10.1002/bcp.70097. Pubmed PMID:
- Zeraattalab-Motlagh S, Syau E, Dadabhoy H, Hardin AL, Musaad SMA, Park RJ, Baranowski T, Thompson D, Moreno JP "." Obes Rev. 2025 May;26(5):e13883. Pubmed PMID:
- Soltero EG, Salim O, Mirabile Y, Musaad SM "." Children (Basel). 2025 Apr;12(4):513. Pubmed PMID:
- Jimenez-Garcia JA, Mâsse LC, Newton RL Jr, Musaad SM, Beltran A, O'Connor TM "." Public Health Nutr. 2025 Mar;28(1):e58. Pubmed PMID:
- Puyau M, Shypailo R, Butte NF, Musaad S, Bacha F "." Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Feb;21(2):284-292. Pubmed PMID:
- Cragoe NG, Sprowles J, Woodbury ML, Musaad S, Enright E, Aguiar A, Schantz SL "." Environ Res. 2024 Dec;263(Pt 1):119975. Pubmed PMID:
- Vadathya AK, Garza T, Alam U, Ho A, Musaad SMA, Beltran A, Moreno JP, Baranowski T, Haidar N, Hughes SO, Mendoza JA, Veeraraghavan A, Young J, Sano A, O'Connor TM "." Sci Rep. 2024 Nov;14(1):29805. Pubmed PMID:
- Geiger SD, Chandran A, Churchill ML, Mansolf M, Zhang C, Musaad S, …, Schantz SL "." Pediatr Res. 2025 Feb;97(3):980-988. Pubmed PMID:
- Kumar Vadathya A, Baranowski T, O’Connor TM, Beltran A, Musaad SM, Perez O, Mendoza JA, Hughes SO, Veeraraghavan A "Development of Family Level Assessment of Screen use in the Home for Television (FLASH-TV)." Multimed Tools Appl. 2024 Jul;83:63679-63697.
- Juneja S, Chang J, Nguyen T, Castaneda R, O'Connor TM, Musaad S, Moran NE "." Nutr Res. 2024 Jun;128:38-49. Pubmed PMID:
- Windsor LC, Benoit E, Lee C, Jemal A, Kugler K, Smith DC, Pinto RM, Musaad S "." Subst Use Misuse. 2024 Jun;59(11):1574-1585. Pubmed PMID:
- Tenenbaum RB, Czyzewski D, McMeans A, Narayana V, Chumpitazi BP, Levy RL, Shulman RJ, Musaad S, Mirabile YZ, Self M "." J Acad Nutr Diet. 2024 Jun;124(6):757-762. Pubmed PMID:
- Soltero EG, Musaad SM, O'Connor TM, Thompson D, Norris K, Beech BM "." JMIR Form Res. 2024 May;8:e54595. Pubmed PMID:
- Kaul I, Burton-Murray H, Musaad S, Mirabile Y, Czyzewski D, van Tilburg MAL, Sher AC, Chumpitazi BP, Shulman RJ "." Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2024 May;36(5):e14777. Pubmed PMID:
- So SY, Badu S, Wu Q, Yalcinkaya N, Mirabile Y, Castaneda R, Musaad S, Heitkemper M, Savidge TC, Shulman RJ "." Gastroenterology. 2024 Apr;166(4):645-657.e14. Pubmed PMID:
- Thompson D, Miranda J, Callender C, Dave JM, Appiah G, Musaad SMA "." Nutrients. 2023 Nov;15(21):4695. Pubmed PMID:
- Soltero E, Lopez C, Mihail S, Hernandez A, Musaad SM, O'Connor TM, Thompson D "." JMIR Form Res. 2023 Aug 23;7:e46606. Pubmed PMID:
- Thompson D, Mirabile Y, Islam N, Callender C, Musaad SMA, Miranda J, Moreno JP, Dave JM, Baranowski T "." Nutrients. 2023 Jun;15(12):2716. Pubmed PMID:
- Perez O, Garza T, Hindera O, Beltran A, Musaad SM, Dibbs T, Singh A, Chug S, Sisson A, Kumar Vadathya A, Baranowski T, O'Connor TM "." PLoS One. 2023 Apr;18(4):e0283714. Pubmed PMID:
- Soltero EG, Lopez C, Musaad SM, O'Connor TM, Thompson D "." Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Apr;127:107117. Pubmed PMID:
- Geiger SD, Musaad S, Hill J, Aguiar A, Schantz S "." Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2023 Mar;96:107152. Pubmed PMID:
- Moran NE, Chang J, Stroh R, Zaidi Y, Hason N, Musaad S, O'Connor T "." J Nutr. 2023 Jan;152(12):2966-2977. Pubmed PMID:
- Goetz AR, Jindal I, Moreno JP, Puyau MR, Adolph AL, Musaad S, Butte NF, Bacha F "." Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Nov;116(5):1334-42. Pubmed PMID:
- Perez O, Kumar Vadathya A, Beltran A, Barnett RM, Hindera O, Garza T, Musaad SM, Baranowski T, Hughes SO, Mendoza JA, Sabharwal A, Veeraraghavan A, O'Connor TM "." JMIR Form Res. 2022 Oct;6(10):e40452. Pubmed PMID:
- Wu CF, Chang YL, Yoon S, Musaad S "." PLoS One. 2022 Sep;17(9):e0274799. Pubmed PMID:
- Shawar RS, Puyau M, Shypailo R, Musaad S, Butte NF, Bacha F "." J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Aug;107(9):e3797-e3804. Pubmed PMID:
- Febo-Rodriguez L, Chumpitazi BP, Musaad S, Sher AC, Varni JW, Shulman RJ "." J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Aug;75(2):151-8. Pubmed PMID:
- Sprowles JLN, Dzwilewski KLC, Merced-Nieves FM, Musaad SMA, Schantz SL, Geiger SD "." Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2022 Jul;92:107102. Pubmed PMID:
- Moreno JP, Dadabhoy H, Musaad S, Baranowski T, Thompson D, Alfano CA, Crowley SJ "." JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 May;11(5):e37002. Pubmed PMID:
- Moreno JP, Musaad S, Dadabhoy H, Baranowski T, Crowley SJ, Thompson D, Johnston CA "." Front Physiol. 2022 May;13:793999. Pubmed PMID:
- Song IW, Nagamani SC, Nguyen D, Grafe I, Sutton VR, Gannon FH, Munivez E, Jiang MM, Tran A, Wallace M, Esposito P, Musaad S, Strudthoff E, McGuire S, Thornton M, Shenava V, Rosenfeld S, Shypailo R, Orwoll E, Lee B "." J Clin Invest. 2022 Apr;132(7):e152571. Pubmed PMID:
- Thapa S, Luna RA, Chumpitazi BP, Oezguen N, Abdel-Rahman SM, Garg U, Musaad S, Versalovic J, Kearns GL, Shulman RJ "." Clin Transl Sci. 2022 Apr;15(4):1036-49. Pubmed PMID:
- Vadathya AK, Musaad S, Beltran A, Perez O, Meister L, Baranowski T, Hughes SO, Mendoza JA, Sabharwal A, Veeraraghavan A, O'Connor T "." JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2022 Mar;5(1):e33569. Pubmed PMID:
- Shulman RJ, Chumpitazi BP, Abdel-Rahman SM, Garg U, Musaad S, Kearns GL "." Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2022 Mar;88(3):1321-33. Pubmed PMID:
- Murali CN, Slater B, Musaad S, Cuthbertson D, Nguyen D, Turner A, Azamian M, Tosi L, Rauch F, Sutton VR, Lee B, Nagamani SCS; Members of the BBD Consortium "." Clin Genet. 2021 Jun;99(6):772-9. Pubmed PMID:
- Jindal I, Puyau M, Adolph A, Butte N, Musaad S, Bacha F "." Pediatr Obes. 2021 Jun;16(6):e12751. Pubmed PMID:
- Febo-Rodriguez L, Chumpitazi BP, Musaad S, Sher AC, Shulman RJ "." J Pediatr. 2021 Apr;231:117-23. Pubmed PMID:
- Pineros-Leano M, Saltzman JA, Liechty JM, Musaad S, Aguayo L "." Children (Basel). 2021 Mar;8(3):233. Pubmed PMID:
- Merced-Nieves FM, Dzwilewski KLC, Aguiar A, Musaad S, Korrick SA, Schantz SL "." Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb;18(4):1838. Pubmed PMID:
- Chumpitazi BP, Hoffman KL, Smith DP, McMeans AR, Musaad S, Versalovic J, Petrosino JF, Shulman RJ "." Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Feb;53(4):499-509. Pubmed PMID:
- Vetter C, Ashok A, Perez M, Musaad S, Rahimi G, Gohil K, Higham A "." Breast J. 2020 Oct;26(10):1960-5. Pubmed PMID:
- O’Connor TM, Beltran A, Musaad S, Perez O, Flores A, Galdamez-Calderon E, Isbell T, Arredondo EM, Parra Cardona R, Cabrera N, Marton SA, Baranowski T, Morgan PJ "." Child Obes. 2020 Sep;16(6):379-92. Pubmed PMID:
- Rowles III JL, Smith JW, Applegate CC, Miller RJ, Wallig MA, Kaur A, Sarol Jr JN, Musaad S, Clinton SK, O’Brien Jr WD, Erdman Jr JW "." J Nutr. 2020 Jul;150(7):1808-17. Pubmed PMID:
- Rico-Jiminez J, Lee JH, Alex A, Musaad S, Chaney E, Barkalifa R, Olson E, Adams D, Marjanovic M, Arp Z, Boppart SA "." BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020 Apr;8:e000974. Pubmed PMID:
- Wu CF, Chang YL, Rhodes E, Musaad S, Jung W "Work-hour trajectories and associated socioeconomic characteristics among single-mother families." Soc Work Res. 2020 Mar;44(1):47-57.
- Merced-Nieves FM, Aguiar A, Dzwilewski KLC, Musaad S, Korrick SA, Schantz SL "." Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2020 Jan;77:106850. Pubmed PMID:
- Taylor AM, Thompson SV, Edwards CG, Musaad SMA, Khan NA, Holscher HD "." Nutr Neurosci. 2020;23(12):983-92. Pubmed PMID:
- Hannon BA, Teran-Garcia M, Nickols-Richardson SM, Musaad SMA, Villegas EM, Hammons A, Wiley A, Fiese BH "." J Nutr Educ Behav. 2019 Nov;51(10):1211-9. Pubmed PMID:
- Wang AA, Harrison K, Musaad S, Donovan SM, Teran-Garcia M; STRONG Kids Research Team "." Pediatr Obes. 2019 Sep;14(9):e12530. Pubmed PMID:
- Saltzman JA, Musaad S, Bost KK, McBride BA, Fiese BH "." J Fam Psychol. 2019 Jun;33(4):465-75. Pubmed PMID:
- Fisher MC, Villegas E, Sutter C, Musaad SM, Koester B, Fiese BH "." Front Public Health. 2019 Mar;7:65. Pubmed PMID:
- Fiese BH, Musaad S, Bost KK, McBride BA, Lee SY, Teran-Garcia M, Donovan SM "." Curr Dev Nutr. 2019 Jan;3(3):nzz007. Pubmed PMID:
- Saltzman JA, Balantekin KN, Musaad S, Bost KK, Fiese BH; STRONG Kids Team "." Appetite. 2018 Oct;129:94-102. Pubmed PMID:
- Cole NC, Musaad SM, Lee SY, Donovan SM; STRONG Kids Team "." Eat Behav. 2018 Aug;30:76-82. Pubmed PMID:
- Saltzman JA, Bost KK, Musaad SMA, Fiese BH, Wiley AR; STRONG Kids Team "." J Pediatr Psychol. 2018 Mar;43(2):195-206. Pubmed PMID:
- Buccheri T, Musaad S, Bost KK, Fiese BH; STRONG Kids Research Team "." J Affect Disord. 2018 Jan;226:178-87. Pubmed PMID:
- Kaczmarek JL, Musaad SM, Holscher HD "." Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Nov;106(5):1220-31. Pubmed PMID:
- Luchini V, Musaad S, Lee SY, Donovan SM "." Appetite. 2017 Sep;116:123-31. Pubmed PMID:
- Musaad SMA, Speirs KE, Hayes JT, Mobley AR, Fitzgerald N, Jones BL, VanBrackle A, Sigman-Grant M "." Appetite. 2017 May;112:260-71. Pubmed PMID:
- Luchini V, Musaad SM, Donovan SM, Lee SY "." Nutr Metab Insights. 2017 Feb;10:1178638816684830. Pubmed PMID:
- Sandhu PK, Musaad SM, Remaley AT, Buehler SS, Strider S, Derzon JH, Vesper HW, Ranne A, Shaw CS, Christenson RH "." J Appl Lab Med. 2016 Sep;1(2):214-29. Pubmed PMID:
- Musaad SM, Donovan SM, Fiese BH "." Child Obes. 2016 Jun;12(3):193-201. Pubmed PMID:
- Speirs KE, Hayes JT, Musaad S, VanBrackle A, Sigman-Grant M; All 4 Kids Obesity Resiliency Research Team "." Appetite. 2016 Apr;99:268-76. Pubmed PMID:
- Liechty JM, Saltzman JA, Musaad SM; STRONG Kids Team "." Appetite. 2015 Aug;91:200-8. Pubmed PMID:
- Musaad SM, Donovan SM, Fiese BH; STRONG Kids Research Team "." Appetite. 2015 Aug;91:90-100. Pubmed PMID:
- Karim NA, Musaad S, Zarzour A, Patil S, Jazieh AR "." Clin Med Insights Oncol. 2014 Nov;8:121-8. Pubmed PMID:
- Musaad SM, Paige KN, Teran-Garcia M, Donovan SM, Fiese BH, The Strong Kids Research Team "." Nutrients. 2013 Sep;5(9):3713-29. Pubmed PMID:
- AlGhamdi HJ, Alfaifi SA, Alolayan AA, Musaad SM, Jazieh AM "." Saudi Med J. 2013 Jun;34(6):604-8. Pubmed PMID:
- Kovacic MB, Myers JM, Wang N, …, Musaad SM, ..., Hershey GK "." PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e23714. Pubmed PMID:
- Musaad S, Haynes E "." IARC Sci Publ. 2011;(163):441-52. Pubmed PMID:
- Abulkhair OA, Al Tahan FM, Young SE, Musaad SM, Jazieh AR "." Ann Saudi Med. 2010 Sep;30(5):350-7. Pubmed PMID:
- Abdel Karim N, Mehta A, Musaad S, Patil S, Dyehouse K, Sharma P, Jazieh AR "Evaluation of the efficacy of prolonged administration of temozolomide in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer." Cancer Ther. 2009 Dec;7B:409-15.
- Musaad SM, Patterson T, Ericksen M, Lindsey M, Dietrich K, Succop P, Khurana Hershey GK "." J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Jun;123(6):1321-7. Pubmed PMID:
- Musaad S, Haynes EN "." Epidemiol Rev. 2007;29:98-114. Pubmed PMID:
Funding
- Experimental effects of light and content from evening screen media use on children's sleep, executive functioning, and emotion regulation - #R01 HD112349
- $3,050,911.00 ( 09/01/2023 - 08/31/2028 ) Grant funding from NIH/NICHD
- Role: Co-Investigator This project aims to disentangle the impact of evening light exposure emitted from tablet devices from the impact of arousing media content on children’s sleep regulation, circadian physiology and next-day emotion regulation and executive functioning.
- Increasing and Diversifying Future AI-Precision Nutrition Research Workforce to Promote Nutrition Health Equity among Underserved Populations - #T32 MD018933
- ( 09/23/2023 - 04/30/2028 ) Grant funding from NIH/NIMHD
- Role: Principal Investigator (MPI: Seungchan Kim (contact PI) & Janet Antwi – PVAMU) The aims of this training program are to 1) recruit, train, and financially support predoctoral students and post-doctoral fellows in AI/ML or nutritional science to the AI-Precision Nutrition research training program as a mechanism to build a skilled workforce of scientists integrating AI and Precision Nutrition to address nutrition and health issues; 2) develop and enhance research training program, technical assistance, and mentorship opportunities for such trainees to prepare, build capacity, and advance the field of knowledge and collaborative and integrated research in AI-Precision Nutrition approaches to tackle nutrition and health issues; and 3) provide professional development and foster leadership skills in AI-Precision Nutrition for our trainees who are positioned to apply for fellowships, grants, and as a way to facilitate exposure to careers in AI- Precision Nutrition research and transition to research-intensive careers in academia, industry, the NIH, and private foundations.
- Validation of biomarkers of infant and toddler carotenoid intake - #R01 HD111555
- $3,017,898.00 ( 05/01/2023 - 04/30/2028 ) Grant funding from NIH/NICHD
- Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Nancy Moran, BCM) Tthe aims of this study are to test the validity of Reflection spectroscopy-measured skin carotenoid score (SCS) as a biomarker of multi-carotenoid and fruit and vegetable intake across infancy and early toddlerhood; to define SCS relative to blood carotenoid responses during a controlled carotenoid intervention in toddlers; and to test the associations between plasma carotenoid concentrations with visual function in early life.
- Leveraging passive objective assessment methods of preschooler’s media use to examine multiple paths of influence on sleep, executive function and weight status – Admin Core-001 - #P01 HD109876
- $455,815.00 ( 09/01/2022 - 08/31/2027 ) Grant funding from NIH/NICHD
- Role: Co-Investigator (Program Leader: Teresia O'Connor, BCM) The goal of this subproject is to provide administrative support to the overall program.
- Leveraging passive objective assessment methods of preschooler’s media use to examine multiple paths of influence on sleep, executive function and weight status – Biostatistics and Data Management Core-002 - #P01 HD109876
- $556,769.00 ( 09/01/2022 - 08/31/2027 ) Grant funding from NIH/NICHD
- Role: Principal Investigator (Program Leader: Teresia O'Connor, BCM) The goal of this subproject is to provide statistical support to the overall program.
- Super Chef: Family Fun in the Kitchen - #R34 HL163376
- $656,909.00 ( 07/01/2022 - 06/30/2026 ) Grant funding from NIH/NHLBI
- Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Deborah Thompson, BCM) The Research Question guiding the proposed research: Is Super Chef: Family Fun in the Kitchen, a theory-based online gamified cooking intervention promoting the Mediterranean Diet and food parenting practices to parent/child dyads, a feasible method for increasing home food preparation and improving dietary intake in 10-12 year old children living in low-income households? Our goal is to conduct formative research with representative parent/child dyads to obtain information needed to refine existing intervention content and structure and create the prototype and assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy with parent/child dyads.
- Efficacy trial of a program for weight loss for Hispanic fathers and increased physical activity for their children: Healthy Dads Healthy Kids - #R61/R33 HL155015
- $2,681,651.00 ( 09/01/2021 - 08/31/2026 ) Grant funding from NIH/NHLBI
- Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Teresia O'Connor, BCM) The goals of this project are to assess the efficacy of a culturally adapted ‘Healthy Dads Healthy Kids’ program for Hispanic families among a low-income sample of Hispanic families.
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