Samantha F. Ehrlich, PhD

samantha.ehrlich@kp.org

Samantha F. Ehrlich, PhD, MPH, is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research. She received her undergraduate degrees in biology and women’s studies from the University of Michigan; MPH in maternal and child health from the University of California, Berkeley; and in 2011, her PhD in epidemiology, also from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Ehrlich’s research interests center around the importance of the gestational period for subsequent maternal and child health, including developmental programming for later-life chronic disease and chronic disease risk factors. Her research focuses on physical activity during pregnancy for the prevention, treatment, and control of obesity and diabetes in the mother and child. Additional research interests include the implementation of interventions for physical activity promotion at the population level, particularly interventions to promote physical activity based in the health care delivery system.

Current Position

  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Section Affiliations

  • Women’s and Children’s Health

Primary Research Interests

  • Diabetes and obesity prevention
  • Physical activity in pregnancy
  • Epidemiology of gestational diabetes
  • Developmental origins of health and disease
  • Exercise and women’s health
  • Physical activity epidemiology

Publications

A Tailored Letter Based on Electronic Health Record Data Improves Gestational Weight Gain Among Women With Gestational Diabetes: The Gestational Diabetes’ Effects on Moms (GEM) Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors: Hedderson MM; Brown SD; Ehrlich SF; Tsai AL; Zhu Y; Quesenberry CP; Crites Y; Ferrara A

Diabetes Care. 2018 07;41(7):1370-1377. Epub 2018-04-18.

PubMed abstract

Moderate intensity sports and exercise is associated with glycaemic control in women with gestational diabetes

Authors: Ehrlich SF; Hedderson MM; Brown SD; Sternfeld B; Chasan-Taber L; Feng J; Adams J; Ching J; Crites Y; Quesenberry CP; Ferrara A

Diabetes Metab. 2017 Feb 23.

PubMed abstract

Trends and racial and ethnic disparities in the prevalence of pregestational type 1 and type 2 diabetes in Northern California: 1996-2014

Authors: Peng TY; Ehrlich SF; Crites Y; Kitzmiller JL; Kuzniewicz MW; Hedderson MM; Ferrara A

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Feb;216(2):177.e1-177.e8. Epub 2016-10-15.

PubMed abstract

Perceived psychosocial stress and gestational weight gain among women with gestational diabetes

Authors: Kubo A; Ferrara A; Brown SD; Ehrlich SF; Tsai AL; Quesenberry CP; Crites Y; Hedderson MM

PLoS ONE. 2017;12(3):e0174290. Epub 2017-03-28.

PubMed abstract

Lifestyle behaviors and ethnic identity among diverse women at high risk for type 2 diabetes

Authors: Brown SD; Ehrlich SF; Kubo A; Tsai AL; Hedderson MM; Quesenberry CP; Ferrara A

Soc Sci Med. 2016 07;160:87-93. Epub 2016-05-14.

PubMed abstract

Moderate and Vigorous Intensity Exercise During Pregnancy and Gestational Weight Gain in Women with Gestational Diabetes

Authors: Ehrlich SF; Sternfeld B; Krefman AE; Hedderson MM; Brown SD; Mevi A; Chasan-Taber L; Quesenberry CP; Ferrara A

Matern Child Health J. 2016 Jun;20(6):1247-57.

PubMed abstract

The Comparative Effectiveness of Diabetes Prevention Strategies to Reduce Postpartum Weight Retention in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The Gestational Diabetes’ Effects on Moms (GEM) Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors: Ferrara A; Brown SD; Albright CL; Tsai AL; Sternfeld B; Gordon NP; Schmittdiel JA; Gunderson EP; Mevi AA; Quesenberry CP; et al.

Diabetes Care. 2016 Jan;39(1):65-74. Epub 2015-12-09.

PubMed abstract

Pioglitazone Use and Risk of Bladder Cancer and Other Common Cancers in Persons With Diabetes

Authors: Lewis JD; Habel LA; Quesenberry CP; Hedderson MM; Ehrlich SF; Van Den Eeden SK; Ferrara A; et al.

JAMA. 2015 Jul 21;314(3):265-77.

PubMed abstract

Outreach to diversify clinical trial participation: A randomized recruitment study

Authors: Brown SD; Partee PN; Feng J; Quesenberry CP; Hedderson MM; Ehrlich SF; Kiernan M; Ferrara A

Clin Trials. 2015 Jun;12(3):205-11. Epub 2015-02-02.

PubMed abstract

Metformin use and lung cancer risk in patients with diabetes

Authors: Sakoda LC; Ferrara A; Achacoso NS; Peng T; Ehrlich SF; Quesenberry CP; Habel LA

Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2015 Feb;8(2):174-9.

PubMed abstract

Maternal gestational weight gain and offspring risk for childhood overweight or obesity

Authors: Sridhar SB; Darbinian J; Ehrlich SF; Markman MA; Gunderson EP; Ferrara A; Hedderson MM

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Sep;211(3):259.e1-8. Epub 2014-04-13.

PubMed abstract

Post-partum weight loss and glucose metabolism in women with gestational diabetes: the DEBI Study

Authors: Ehrlich SF; Hedderson MM; Quesenberry CP; Feng J; Brown SD; Crites Y; Ferrara A

Diabet Med. 2014 Jul;31(7):862-7. Epub 2014-03-25.

PubMed abstract

A pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial of diabetes prevention strategies for women with gestational diabetes: design and rationale of the Gestational Diabetes’ Effects on Moms (GEM) study

Authors: Ferrara A; Hedderson MM; Brown SD; Ehrlich SF; Caan BJ; Sternfeld B; Gordon NP; Schmittdiel JA; Gunderson EP; Quesenberry CP; et al.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014;14:21. Epub 2014-01-15.

PubMed abstract

Low Prepregnancy Adiponectin Concentrations Are Associated With a Marked Increase in Risk for Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Authors: Hedderson MM; Darbinian J; Havel PJ; Quesenberry CP; Sridhar S; Ehrlich S; Ferrara A

Diabetes Care. 2013 Dec;36(12):3930-7. Epub 2013-08-29.

PubMed abstract

Risk of Large-for-Gestational-Age Newborns in Women With Gestational Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity and Body Mass Index Categories

Authors: Sridhar SB; Ferrara A; Ehrlich SF; Brown SD; Hedderson MM

Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Jun;121(6):1255-62.

PubMed abstract

Pregnancy Glycemia in Mexican-American Women Without Diabetes or Gestational Diabetes and Programming for Childhood Obesity

Authors: Ehrlich SF; Rosas LG; Ferrara A; King JC; Abrams B; Harley KG; Hedderson MM; Eskenazi B

Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Apr 15;177(8):768-75. Epub 2013 Mar 15.

PubMed abstract

Pregnancy Glucose Levels in Women without Diabetes or Gestational Diabetes and Childhood Cardiometabolic Risk at 7 Years of Age

Authors: Ehrlich SF; Rosas LG; Ferrara A; King JC; Abrams B; Harley KG; Hedderson MM; Eskenazi B

J Pediatr. 2012 Dec;161(6):1016-21. Epub 2012 Jul 11.

PubMed abstract

Sex ratio variations among the offspring of women with diabetes in pregnancy

Authors: Ehrlich SF; Eskenazi B; Hedderson MM; Ferrara A

Diabet Med. 2012 Sep;29(9):e273-8.

PubMed abstract

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes by BMI

Authors: Hedderson M; Ehrlich S; Sridhar S; Darbinian J; Moore S; Ferrara A

Diabetes Care. 2012 Jul;35(7):1492-8. Epub 2012 May 22.

PubMed abstract

A pregnancy and postpartum lifestyle intervention in women with gestational diabetes mellitus reduces diabetes risk factors: a feasibility randomized control trial

Authors: Ferrara A; Hedderson MM; Albright CL; Ehrlich SF; Quesenberry CP Jr; Peng T; Feng J; Ching J; Crites Y

Diabetes Care. 2011 Jul;34(7):1519-25. Epub 2011 May 3.

PubMed abstract

Change in body mass index between pregnancies and the risk of gestational diabetes in a second pregnancy

Authors: Ehrlich SF; Hedderson MM; Feng J; Davenport ER; Gunderson EP; Ferrara A

Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun;117(6):1323-30.

PubMed abstract

Cohort study of pioglitazone and cancer incidence in patients with diabetes

Authors: Ferrara A; Lewis JD; Quesenberry CP Jr; Peng T; Strom BL; Van den Eeden SK; Ehrlich SF; Habel LA

Diabetes Care. 2011 Apr;34(4):923-9.

PubMed abstract

The risk of large for gestational age across increasing categories of pregnancy glycemia

Authors: Ehrlich SF; Crites YM; Hedderson MM; Darbinian JA; Ferrara A

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Mar;204(3):240.e1-6. Epub 2011 Jan 17.

PubMed abstract

Strategies for diabetes prevention before and after pregnancy in women with GDM

Authors: Ferrara A; Ehrlich SF

Curr Diabetes Rev. 2011 Mar;7(2):75-83.

PubMed abstract

Diabetes prevention interventions for women with a history of GDM

Authors: Ferrara A; Ehrlich SF

In: Kim C, Ferrara A, editors. Gestational diabetes during and after pregnancy. London: Springer; 2010.

Patients diagnosed with diabetes are at increased risk for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary fibrosis, and pneumonia but not lung cancer

Authors: Ehrlich SF; Quesenberry CP Jr; Van Den Eeden SK; Shan J; Ferrara A

Diabetes Care. 2010 Jan;33(1):55-60. Epub 2009 Oct 6.

PubMed abstract

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