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Meredith Brooks, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Global Health

PhD, Northeastern University
MPH, Northeastern University
BA, Brandeis University

Pronouns: she/her/hers

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	Center for Global Health -- Socios En Salud
	Tuberculosis Interdisciplinary Approach to Research Alliance (TIARA)

ORCID : 0000-0001-8431-5517

Meredith Brooks joined the Department of Global Health at Boston University School of Public Health in July 2022. She completed her M.P.H in Urban Health and Ph.D. in Population Health, both from Northeastern University, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tuberculosis Epidemiology at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Brooks is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of vulnerable populations globally. Most recently, her research focuses on identifying interventions and strategies to improve detection, diagnoses, and care for children and adolescents with, or at high-risk of, tuberculosis by producing evidence to refine diagnostic algorithms, identify gaps in care and treatment, and to advance surveillance efforts. Her research also aims to develop and apply advanced statistical and machine learning approaches to improve tuberculosis indicators and outcomes. Dr. Brooks also has vast experience conducting large international clinical trials, with topics spanning from tuberculosis treatment to spinal anesthesia. Her research involvement has included partnerships and collaborations in Bangladesh, India, Mexico, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Sierra Leone, and South Africa.

Dr. Brooks previously held an Early Career Award from the Thrasher Foundation and a Research Catalyst Award from the American Lung Association; she is also currently a Parker B. Francis Fellow in Pulmonary Research through the Francis Family Foundation. Dr. Brooks is a prior recipient of a National Research Service Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (F32) and is currently the Principal Investigator of a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01), both from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH. Her K01 Award explores tuberculosis transmission in adolescents through geospatial and genotypic analyses, as well as infectious disease modeling of transmission dynamics.

Dr. Brooks currently serves on the Editorial Boards at Public Library of Science (PLOS) One and British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open.

BU Research
NIH RePORTER Research

Tuberculosis in teens: a geospatial approach to predict community transmission
07/01/2022 - 06/30/2026 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
7K01AI151083-02

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2021	Geospatial methods to estimate tuberculosis transmission to children	1K01AI151083-01A1
2019	Geospatial Signals in Pediatric Tuberculosis Epidemiology	1F32AI145095-01

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Puma D, Yuen CM, Millones AK, Brooks MB, Jimenez J, Calderon RI, Lecca L, Becerra MC, Keshavjee S. Sensitivity of Various Case Detection Algorithms for Community-based Tuberculosis Screening. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 08; 76(3):e987-e989. PMID: 35723266; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac492;

Yuen CM, Brooks MB, Millones AK, Acosta D, Del Águila-Rojas E, Campos H, Farroñay S, Morales G, Ramirez-Sandoval J, Nichols TC, Jimenez J, Jenkins HE, Lecca L. Geospatial analysis of reported activity locations to identify sites for tuberculosis screening. Sci Rep. 2022 Aug 18; 12(1):14094.View Related Profiles.

Jenkins, Helen
Brooks, Meredith

PMID: 35982104; PMCID: PMC9387880; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18456-6;

Saranjav A, Parisi C, Zhou X, Dorjnamjil K, Samdan T, Erdenebaatar S, Chuluun A, Dalkh T, Ganbaatar G, Brooks MB, Spiegelman D, Ganmaa D, Davis JL. Assessing the quality of tuberculosis care using routine surveillance data: a process evaluation employing the Zero TB Indicator Framework in Mongolia. BMJ Open. 2022 Aug 16; 12(8):e061229. PMID: 35973702; PMCID: PMC9386240; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061229;

Dubois MM, Brooks MB, Malik AA, Siddiqui S, Ahmed JF, Jaswal M, Amanullah F, Becerra MC, Hussain H. Age-specific Clinical Presentation and Risk Factors for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Disease in Children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022 08 01; 41(8):620-625. PMID: 35544720; PMCID: PMC9281512; DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003584;

Jenkins HE, Ayuk S, Puma D, Brooks MB, Millones AK, Jimenez J, Lecca L, Galea JT, Becerra M, Keshavjee S, Yuen CM. Geographic accessibility to health facilities predicts uptake of community-based tuberculosis screening in an urban setting. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Jul; 120:125-131.View Related Profiles.

Jenkins, Helen
Brooks, Meredith

PMID: 35470023; PMCID: PMC9176313; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.04.031;

Brooks MB, Millones AK, Puma D, Contreras C, Jimenez J, Tzelios C, Jenkins HE, Yuen CM, Keshavjee S, Lecca L, Becerra MC. Mapping local hot spots with routine tuberculosis data: A pragmatic approach to identify spatial variability. PLoS One. 2022; 17(3):e0265826.View Related Profiles.

Jenkins, Helen
Brooks, Meredith

PMID: 35324987; PMCID: PMC8947086; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265826;

Naheed A, Islam MS, Brooks MB, Fawzi MCS, Ashraf MN, Ahmed HU, Uddin MMJ, Koly KN, Galea JT, Akhter S, Nelson C, Hossain SW, Munir KM. Feasibility of a school-based mental health program implementation to improve the status of depression and quality of life of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders in urban Bangladesh: MENTHOL study. Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2022; 9:146-156. PMID: 36618722; PMCID: PMC9806996; DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2022.16;

Galea JT, Puma D, Tzelios C, Valdivia H, Millones AK, Jiménez J, Brooks MB, Yuen CM, Lecca L, Becerra MC, Keshavjee S. A structured community engagement strategy to support uptake of TB active case-finding. Public Health Action. 2022 Mar 21; 12(1):18-23. PMID: 35317536; PMCID: PMC8908875; DOI: 10.5588/pha.21.0059;

Brooks MB, Dubois MM, Malik AA, Ahmed JF, Siddiqui S, Khan S, Brohi M, Das Valecha T, Amanullah F, Becerra MC, Hussain H. Age-specific effectiveness of a tuberculosis screening intervention in children. PLoS One. 2022; 17(2):e0264216. PMID: 35180263; PMCID: PMC8856528; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264216;

Brooks MB, Jenkins HE, Puma D, Tzelios C, Millones AK, Jimenez J, Galea JT, Lecca L, Becerra MC, Keshavjee S, Yuen CM. A role for community-level socioeconomic indicators in targeting tuberculosis screening interventions. Sci Rep. 2022 01 17; 12(1):781.View Related Profiles.

Jenkins, Helen
Brooks, Meredith

PMID: 35039612; PMCID: PMC8764089; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-04834-7;

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Naheed A, Islam S, Brooks MB, Smith Fawzi MC, Ashraf N, Koly KN, Galea JT, Nelson C, Hossain SW, Munir KM. Feasibility of a school-based mental health program implementation to improve the status of depression and quality of life of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders in urban Bangladesh: MENTHOL Study. Global Mental Health. 2022; 1-11. View Publication

Weng CH, Butt WWW, Brooks MB, Clarke C, Jenkins HE, Holland SD, Chiang SS. Diagnostic value of symptoms for pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection in a primary care setting. PLoS One. 2021; 16(12):e0249980.View Related Profiles.

Jenkins, Helen
Brooks, Meredith

PMID: 34898635; PMCID: PMC8668089; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249980;

Moscibrodzki P, Enane LA, Hoddinott G, Brooks MB, Byron V, Furin J, Seddon JA, Meyersohn L, Chiang SS. The Impact of Tuberculosis on the Well-Being of Adolescents and Young Adults. Pathogens. 2021 Dec 08; 10(12). PMID: 34959546; PMCID: PMC8706072; DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10121591;

Brooks MB, Lecca L, Contreras C, Calderon R, Yataco R, Galea J, Huang CC, Murray MB, Becerra MC. Prediction Tool to Identify Children at Highest Risk of Tuberculosis Disease Progression Among Those Exposed at Home. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Nov; 8(11):ofab487. PMID: 34805431; PMCID: PMC8599776; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab487;

Chiang SS, Brooks MB, Jenkins HE, Rubenstein D, Seddon JA, van de Water BJ, Lindeborg MM, Becerra MC, Yuen CM. Concordance of Drug-resistance Profiles Between Persons With Drug-resistant Tuberculosis and Their Household Contacts: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 07 15; 73(2):250-263.View Related Profiles.

Jenkins, Helen
Brooks, Meredith

PMID: 32448887; PMCID: PMC8427728; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa613;

Yuen CM, Puma D, Millones AK, Galea JT, Tzelios C, Calderon RI, Brooks MB, Jimenez J, Contreras C, Nichols TC, Nicholson T, Lecca L, Becerra MC, Keshavjee S. Identifying barriers and facilitators to implementation of community-based tuberculosis active case finding with mobile X-ray units in Lima, Peru: a RE-AIM evaluation. BMJ Open. 2021 07 07; 11(7):e050314. PMID: 34234000; PMCID: PMC8264873; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050314;

Rodriguez CA, Brooks MB, Aibana O, Mitnick CD, Franke MF. Sputum culture conversion definitions and analytic practices for multidrug-resistant TB. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021 07 01; 25(7):596-598. PMID: 34183109; PMCID: PMC8259120; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0090;

Yuen CM, Millones AK, Puma D, Jimenez J, Galea JT, Calderon R, Pages GS, Brooks MB, Lecca L, Nicholson T, Becerra MC, Keshavjee S. Closing delivery gaps in the treatment of tuberculosis infection: Lessons from implementation research in Peru. PLoS One. 2021; 16(2):e0247411. PMID: 33606824; PMCID: PMC7895363; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247411;

Brooks MB, Malik A, Khan S, Ahmed JF, Siddiqui S, Jaswal M, Saleem S, Amanullah F, Becerra MC, Hussain H. Predictors of unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcomes in children from a prospective cohort study in Pakistan. J Glob Health. 2021 Feb 11; 11:04011. PMID: 33692895; PMCID: PMC7916443; DOI: 10.7189/jogh.11.04011;

Pasha A, Siddiqui H, Ali S, Brooks M, Maqbool N, Khan A. Impact of integrating mental health services within existing tuberculosis treatment programs in Pakistan. Medicine Access @ Point of Care. 2021; (5):1-8.

Brooks MB, Mitnick CD, Manjourides J. Comparison of censoring assumptions to reduce bias in tuberculosis treatment cohort analyses. PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0240297. PMID: 33075072; PMCID: PMC7571697; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240297;

van de Water BJ, Brooks MB, Huang CC, Trevisi L, Lecca L, Contreras C, Galea J, Calderon R, Yataco R, Murray M, Becerra MC. Tuberculosis clinical presentation and treatment outcomes in pregnancy: a prospective cohort study. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 18; 20(1):686. PMID: 32948149; PMCID: PMC7501713; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05416-6;

Hamid M, Brooks MB, Madhani F, Ali H, Naseer MJ, Becerra M, Amanullah F. Risk factors for unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcomes in children. PLoS One. 2019; 14(9):e0222776. PMID: 31553758; PMCID: PMC6760830; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222776;

Siddiqui S, Brooks MB, Malik AA, Fuad J, Nazish A, Bano S, Becerra MC, Hussain H. Evaluation of GenoType MTBDRplus for the detection of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis on isolates from Karachi, Pakistan. PLoS One. 2019; 14(8):e0221485. PMID: 31425565; PMCID: PMC6699735; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221485;

Velásquez GE, Brooks MB, Coit JM, Sánchez Garavito E, Calderón RI, Jiménez J, Tintaya K, Peloquin CA, Osso E, Lecca L, Davies GR, Mitnick CD. Reply to te Brake et al.: Conflicting Findings on an Intermediate Dose of Rifampicin for Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 05 01; 199(9):1167-1168. PMID: 30645140; PMCID: PMC6515881; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201812-2281LE;

Malik AA, Brooks MB, Siddiqui S, Fuad J, Peloquin CA, Amanullah F, Jaswal M, Becerra MC, Hussain H, Yuen CM. Pharmacokinetics of Levofloxacin in Children Treated for Exposure to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 05; 63(5). PMID: 30803975; PMCID: PMC6496103; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02569-18;

Rodriguez CA, Brooks MB, Guglielmetti L, Hewison C, Jachym MF, Lessem E, Varaine F, Mitnick CD. Barriers and facilitators to early access of bedaquiline and delamanid for MDR-TB: a mixed-methods study. Public Health Action. 2019 Mar 21; 9(1):32-41. PMID: 30963040; PMCID: PMC6436488; DOI: 10.5588/pha.18.0078;

Le H, Nguyen N, Tran P, Hoa N, Hung N, Moran A, Mossawi HJA, Kak N, Ahmedov S, Brooks MB, Nardell EA, Tierney DB. Process measure of FAST tuberculosis infection control demonstrates delay in likely effective treatment. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2019 02 01; 23(2):140-146. PMID: 30621813; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0268;

Brooks MB, Keshavjee S, Gelmanova I, Zemlyanaya NA, Mitnick CD, Manjourides J. Use of predicted vital status to improve survival analysis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cohorts. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018 12 11; 18(1):166. PMID: 30537944; PMCID: PMC6290510; DOI: 10.1186/s12874-018-0637-0;

Velásquez GE, Brooks MB, Coit JM, Pertinez H, Vargas Vásquez D, Sánchez Garavito E, Calderón RI, Jiménez J, Tintaya K, Peloquin CA, Osso E, Tierney DB, Seung KJ, Lecca L, Davies GR, Mitnick CD. Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose Rifampin in Pulmonary Tuberculosis. A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 09 01; 198(5):657-666. PMID: 29954183; PMCID: PMC6118011; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201712-2524OC;

Shen JG, Brooks MB, Cincotta J, Manjourides JD. Establishing a relationship between the effect of caffeine and duration of endurance athletic time trial events: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Sci Med Sport. 2019 Feb; 22(2):232-238. PMID: 30170953; DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.07.022;

Peloquin CA, Velásquez GE, Lecca L, Calderón RI, Coit J, Milstein M, Osso E, Jimenez J, Tintaya K, Garavito ES, Vasquez DV, Mitnick CD, Davies G. Erratum for Peloquin et al., "Pharmacokinetic Evidence from the HIRIF Trial To Support Increased Doses of Rifampin for Tuberculosis". Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 09; 61(9). PMID: 28839086; PMCID: PMC5571311; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01524-17;

Peloquin CA, Velásquez GE, Lecca L, Calderón RI, Coit J, Milstein M, Osso E, Jimenez J, Tintaya K, Sanchez Garavito E, Vargas Vasquez D, Mitnick CD, Davies G. Pharmacokinetic Evidence from the HIRIF Trial To Support Increased Doses of Rifampin for Tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 08; 61(8). PMID: 28559269; PMCID: PMC5527578; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00038-17;

Nourzad S, Jenkins HE, Milstein M, Mitnick CD. Estimating the global burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among prevalent cases of tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2017 Jan 01; 21(1):6-11.View Related Profiles.

Jenkins, Helen
Brooks, Meredith

PMID: 28157458; PMCID: PMC5381649; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0110;

Cellamare M, Milstein M, Ventz S, Baudin E, Trippa L, Mitnick CD. Bayesian adaptive randomization in a clinical trial to identify new regimens for MDR-TB: the endTB trial. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 12 01; 20(12):8-12. PMID: 28240566; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0066;

Milstein M, Brzezinski A, Varaine F, Mitnick CD. (Re)moving the needle: prospects for all-oral treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 12 01; 20(12):18-23. PMID: 28240568; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0039;

Tierney DB, Milstein MB, Manjourides J, Furin JJ, Mitnick CD. Treatment Outcomes for Adolescents With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Lima, Peru. Glob Pediatr Health. 2016; 3:2333794X16674382. PMID: 27826599; PMCID: PMC5084611; DOI: 10.1177/2333794X16674382;

Mitnick CD, White RA, Lu C, Rodriguez CA, Bayona J, Becerra MC, Burgos M, Centis R, Cohen T, Cox H, D'Ambrosio L, Danilovitz M, Falzon D, Gelmanova IY, Gler MT, Grinsdale JA, Holtz TH, Keshavjee S, Leimane V, Menzies D, Migliori GB, Milstein MB, Mishustin SP, Pagano M, Quelapio MI, Shean K, Shin SS, Tolman AW, van der Walt ML, Van Deun A, Viiklepp P. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment failure detection depends on monitoring interval and microbiological method. Eur Respir J. 2016 10; 48(4):1160-1170. PMID: 27587552; PMCID: PMC5045442; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00462-2016;

Milstein M, Lecca L, Peloquin C, Mitchison D, Seung K, Pagano M, Coleman D, Osso E, Coit J, Vargas Vasquez DE, Sanchez Garavito E, Calderon R, Contreras C, Davies G, Mitnick CD. Evaluation of high-dose rifampin in patients with new, smear-positive tuberculosis (HIRIF): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 27; 16(1):453. PMID: 27567500; PMCID: PMC5002098

Chiang SS, Khan FA, Milstein MB, Tolman AW, Benedetti A, Starke JR, Becerra MC. Treatment outcomes of childhood tuberculous meningitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Oct; 14(10):947-57. PMID: 25108337; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70852-7;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 40 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2022

Bar chart showing 40 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2022

Year	Publications
2014	1
2016	5
2017	3
2018	3
2019	6
2020	2
2021	9
2022	10
2023	1

2021 NIAID / NIH: Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award

2021 Issued by Parker B. Francis Foundation: Parker B. Francis Fellowship Award

2020 Harvard University: William F. Milton Fund

2020 American Lung Association: Catalyst Award

2019 National Institutes of Health: NIH F32: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award

2019 Thrasher Research Fund: Early Career Research Award

2018 Harvard Medical School : Outstanding Post-doctoral Fellow Award

2016 University of Washington School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics: Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases Travel Scholarship

2016 William J. Gillespie Research Fund: William J. Gillespie Research Award

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Tuberculosis
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics
Implementation Science
Epidemiology

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