Ban Al-Sahab, PhD, is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine.  Her research centers on investigating epidemiological evidence that aims to improve maternal, child and adolescent health at the population level. In response to the rapidly shifting policies surrounding recreational cannabis legalization in the United States, her recent work has increasingly focused on the intersection of cannabis use and maternal and child health. Specifically, she is pursuing two primary lines of inquiry: (1) examining the epidemiology and health outcomes associated with cannabis use during pregnancy, and (2) designing and evaluating intervention strategies to address the rising prevalence of cannabis use among pregnant individuals. Her work has been funded by Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, and the Addiction Consortium on Research and Education Network (ACORN) at Michigan State University.

Prior to joining the department, Ban was a postdoctoral fellow/ research associate at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Michigan State University. Ban has a B.Sc. in Public Health and Development Sciences from Balamand University and an M.S. in Epidemiology from the American University of Beirut. In 2011, she earned her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from York University, Toronto, Canada.