— College of Public Health — Departments — Epidemiology — Faculty & Staff — Meghan Brashear, MPH, BS

Meghan Brashear, MPH, BS

Biostatistician II, UNMC Department of Epidemiology

Meghan Brashear, MPH, is a biostatistician in the Department of Epidemiology of the UNMC College of Public Health.

Previously, she was a REDCap administrator in the Department of Epidemiology of the School of Public Health at Louisiana State University and LSU Health New Orleans. She also was a project coordinator in the Louisiana State University Department of Physiology and a research associate in the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health.

Earlier, she was a biostatistician at Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

Education

2008, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Master of Public Health, Biostatistics
2006, Loyola University New Orleans, Bachelor of Science Mathematics

Professional Interests

Electronic data capture
Survey design and administration
Data analysis and data visualization

Selected Publications

Zifodya JS, Ferguson TF, Siggins RW, Brashear MM, Kantrow SP, Nelson S, Shellito JE, Molina PE, Welsh DA. Cross sectional analysis of the effect of alcohol on pulmonary function in a cohort of men and women living with HIV. Alcohol. 2022 Jun;101:45-51. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2022.03.001. Epub 2022 Mar 16. PMID: 35306109; PMCID: PMC9117518.
Primeaux SD, Simon L, Ferguson TF, Levitt DE, Brashear MM, Yeh A, Molina PE. Alcohol use and dysglycemia among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Alcohol & Metabolic Comorbidities in PLWH: Evidence Driven Interventions (ALIVE-Ex) study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 Sep;45(9):1735-1746. doi: 10.1111/acer.14667. Epub 2021 Aug 2. PMID: 34342022; PMCID: PMC8547613.
Maffei VJ, Siggins RW, Luo M, Brashear MM, Mercante DE, Taylor CM, Molina P, Welsh DA. Alcohol Use Is Associated With Intestinal Dysbiosis and Dysfunctional CD8+ T-Cell Phenotypes in Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. J Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 29;223(6):1029-1039. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa461. PMID: 32725203; PMCID: PMC8006423.
Simon L, Ferguson TF, Vande Stouwe C, Brashear MM, Primeaux SD, Theall KP, Welsh DA, Molina PE. Prevalence of Insulin Resistance in Adults Living with HIV: Implications of Alcohol Use. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2020 Sep;36(9):742-752. doi: 10.1089/AID.2020.0029. Epub 2020 Jun 22. PMID: 32449647; PMCID: PMC7482115.
Ferguson TF, Theall KP, Brashear M, Maffei V, Beauchamp A, Siggins RW, Simon L, Mercante D, Nelson S, Welsh DA, Molina PE. Comprehensive Assessment of Alcohol Consumption in People Living with HIV (PLWH): The New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV Study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2020 Jun;44(6):1261-1272. doi: 10.1111/acer.14336. Epub 2020 May 22. PMID: 32441814; PMCID: PMC7282973.