Meghan Brashear, MPH, BS Mathematics

Biostatistician II

Department of Epidemiology
College of Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Professional Summary

• 2023-present, Biostatistician II, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2021-2022, LSU Health New Orleans REDCap Administrator, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, LSU Health New Orleans
• 2017-2021, Project Coordinator, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, LSU Health New Orleans
• 2012-2017, Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, LSU Health New Orleans
• 2008-2012, Biostatistician, 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.
• Maffei VJ, Ferguson TF, Brashear MM, Mercante DE, Theall KP, Siggins RW, Taylor CM, Molina P, Welsh DA. Lifetime alcohol use among persons living with HIV is associated with frailty. AIDS. 2020 Feb 1;34(2):245-254. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002426. PMID: 31714352; PMCID: PMC6960033.
• Ferguson TF, Rosen E, Carr R, Brashear M, Simon L, Theall KP, Ronis MJ, Welsh DA, Molina PE. Associations of Liver Disease with Alcohol Use among People Living with HIV and the Role of Hepatitis C: The New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV Study. Alcohol Alcohol. 2020 Feb 7;55(1):28-36. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agz089. PMID: 31812989; PMCID: PMC7005833.
• Welsh DA, Ferguson T, Theall KP, Simon L, Amedee A, Siggins RW, Nelson S, Brashear M, Mercante D, Molina PE. The New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV Study: Launching a Translational Investigation of the Interaction of Alcohol Use with Biological and Socioenvironmental Risk Factors for Multimorbidity in People Living with HIV. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 Apr;43(4):704-709. doi: 10.1111/acer.13980. Epub 2019 Mar 10. PMID: 30748025; PMCID: PMC6443470.
• Peters ES, Rung AL, Bronson MH, Brashear MM, Peres LC, Gaston S, Sullivan SM, Peak K, Abramson DM, Fontham ETH, Harrington D, Oral E, Trapido EJ. The Women and Their Children's Health (WaTCH) study: methods and design of a prospective cohort study in Louisiana to examine the health effects from the BP oil spill. BMJ Open. 2017 Jul 10;7(7):e014887. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014887. PMID: 28698324; PMCID: PMC5734424.