Lama A A Shakhshir
l.shakhshir.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Research title: Impact of Antenatal Medication Exposure on Childhood Health and Education Outcomes
Research summary
I am a PhD student in public health, and I am currently working on the impact of antenatal medication exposure on childhood health and education outcomes. I have a bachelor's degree in pharmacy, and a research-oriented master's degree in evaluation and management of environmental and occupational health risks. My research interests are in the fields of population health and epidemiology.
Publications
2026
Ewart, Catriona, Shakhshir, Lama A.A. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5406-7879, Houston, Craig, Canning, Jordan, Greenwood, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4143-4430, Mcclelland, Heather ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230 and Langan-Martin, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-3464
(2026)
The Peer Support Project: Using Active Learning to Build Community in Postgraduate Education.
Improving University Teaching Conference: Connecting Across Cultures: Collaboration, Compassion, and Creativity, Glasgow, UK, 15-17 July 2026.
Shakhshir, Lama A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5406-7879, Karain, Alexia, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Hastie, Claire E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4604-3319, Nelson, Scott M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9099-3047 and Fleming, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2185-4502
(2026)
Prenatal exposure to asthma medications and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders and educational difficulties: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
PLoS Medicine, 23(6),
e1005100.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1005100)
(PMID:42224295)
(PMCID:PMC13225639)
2025
Karain, Alexia, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Shakhshir, Lama ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5406-7879, Nelson, Scott M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9099-3047, Singh, Sarjit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5425-1807 and Fleming, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2185-4502
(2025)
Educational outcomes associated with prenatal exposure to antiseizure medications: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
Seizure, 132,
pp. 37-45.
(doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2025.08.016)
(PMID:40902391)
Articles
Shakhshir, Lama A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5406-7879, Karain, Alexia, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Hastie, Claire E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4604-3319, Nelson, Scott M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9099-3047 and Fleming, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2185-4502
(2026)
Prenatal exposure to asthma medications and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders and educational difficulties: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
PLoS Medicine, 23(6),
e1005100.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1005100)
(PMID:42224295)
(PMCID:PMC13225639)
Karain, Alexia, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Shakhshir, Lama ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5406-7879, Nelson, Scott M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9099-3047, Singh, Sarjit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5425-1807 and Fleming, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2185-4502
(2025)
Educational outcomes associated with prenatal exposure to antiseizure medications: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
Seizure, 132,
pp. 37-45.
(doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2025.08.016)
(PMID:40902391)
Conference or Workshop Item
Ewart, Catriona, Shakhshir, Lama A.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5406-7879, Houston, Craig, Canning, Jordan, Greenwood, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4143-4430, Mcclelland, Heather ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230 and Langan-Martin, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-3464
(2026)
The Peer Support Project: Using Active Learning to Build Community in Postgraduate Education.
Improving University Teaching Conference: Connecting Across Cultures: Collaboration, Compassion, and Creativity, Glasgow, UK, 15-17 July 2026.
Grants
2023 - present: Higher Education Scholarships for Palestinians - British Council
2015 - 2017: Bourses du Gouvernement Français
