Meredith Brooks
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Meredith Brooks, PhD

Assistant Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health

617-358-2117
mbbrooks@bu.edu
Crosstown Center - 396
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Biography

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's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. Most recently, she obtained a certificate in Implementation Science from UCSF.

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' research using implementation science methodology to improve the uptake of evidence-based interventions to enhance the care and management of vulnerable populations with tuberculosis. Dr. Brooks also has 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, Philippines, 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 recently won a Carlin Foundation Award for Public Health Innovation for which she proposed to develop a model to optimize the real-time movement of mobile screening units throughout a community to increase the detection of individuals with tuberculosis and to allocate resources more efficiently.

Dr. Brooks is the Dept Global Health's representative and the Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate at BUSPH. She also serves on the Practicum Committee. Dr. Brooks currently serves on the Editorial Boards at Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open, and BMC Global and Public Health.

Education

  • Northeastern University, PhD Field of Study: Population/Family Health Science
  • Northeastern University, MPH Field of Study: Public Health
  • Brandeis University, BA Field of Study: Health Science

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Publications

  • Published on 9/24/2025

    Brooks MB, Lecca L, Becerra MC, Calderon RI, Contreras CC, Jimenez J, Yataco RM, Zhang Z, Murray MB, Huang CC. The Role of Youths in Within-Household Tuberculosis Transmission: A Household Contact Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Sep 24. PMID: 40990486.

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  • Published on 9/22/2025

    Alonge O, Brooks MB. Implementation science derived from low- and middle-income countries is essential for advancing global health. BMC Glob Public Health. 2025 Sep 22; 3(1):84. PMID: 40983963.

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  • Published on 9/14/2025

    Brumwell A, Herrera R, Contreras K, Lee M, Becerra E, Estrada-Guzmán J, Nicholson T, Machado Contreras R, Brooks MB. Assessing tuberculosis infection prevalence and test concordance in high-risk groups: a cross-sectional study in Mexicali, Baja California. BMJ Open. 2025 Sep 14; 15(9):e097505. PMID: 40953864.

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  • Published on 8/25/2025

    Brumwell A, Herrera R, Contreras K, Lee M, Becerra E, Estrada-Guzmán J, Nicholson T, Contreras RM, Brooks M. Usability and acceptability of a novel TB infection diagnostic test among key populations in Mexicali. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(8):e0005042. PMID: 40853936.

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  • Published on 8/14/2025

    Mackay E, Platt G, Peloquin CA, Brooks MB, Coit JM, Velásquez GE, Pertinez H, Vargas D, Sánchez E, Calderón RI, Jiménez J, Tintaya K, Garcia D, Osso E, Lecca L, Mitnick C, Davies GR. Impact of Pharmacogenetics on Pharmacokinetics of First-Line Antituberculosis Drugs in the HIRIF Trial. J Infect Dis. 2025 Aug 14; 232(2):e258-e265. PMID: 40239986.

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  • Published on 7/18/2025

    Jaswal MR, Martinez L, Brooks M, Farooq S, Safdar N, Shah JA, Islam Z, Nasir K, Fareed U, Manzar S, Maniar R, Siddiqui S, Khowaja S, Khan AJ, Hussain H, Malik AA. Tuberculosis-Preventive Treatment for Household Contacts at Health Facility and Community Settings in Pakistan. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 18; 80(6):1290-1292. PMID: 40036384.

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  • Published on 6/11/2025

    Campbell JI, Garing A, Lavache D, Bahad S, Hofman M, Haberer JE, Brooks MB, Sinha P, White LF, Sabharwal V, Tschampl CA, Horsburgh CR, Jenkins HE, Jacobson KR. Social Vulnerability Modifies the Effects of Geographic Proximity on Engagement in Latent Tuberculosis Infection Care in a United States Safety Net Healthcare Network. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Jul; 12(7):ofaf347. PMID: 40606058.

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  • Published on 3/1/2025

    Madan A, Malik AA, Brooks MB. TB yields from expanded contact tracing investigations. Public Health Action. 2025 Mar; 15(1):4-11. PMID: 40028636.

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  • Published on 3/1/2025

    Madan A, Kulkarni S, Rahman MM, Hossain F, Kamul MK, Campbell JI, Rahman MT, Creswell J, Hussain H, Roy T, Malik AA, Brooks MB. Evaluation of treatment outcomes and associated risk factors in children with TB in Bangladesh. Public Health Action. 2025 Mar; 15(1):26-32. PMID: 40028641.

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  • Published on 1/24/2025

    Ramirez D, Brumwell A, Rahman MM, Hossain F, Kulkarni S, Malik AA, Campbell JI, van de Water BJ, Kamul MK, Rahman MT, Hussain H, Creswell J, Roy T, Brooks MB. Age- and sex-specific care cascades to detect gaps in the care of children with tuberculosis in Bangladesh: a cohort study. J Glob Health. 2025 Jan 24; 15:04024. PMID: 39849939.

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