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 2/27/2025

    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 Feb 27. PMID: 40036384.

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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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  • Published on 1/1/2025

    Ramirez D, Brumwell A, Rahman MM, Hossain F, Kulkarni S, Malik AA, Campbell JI, van de Water BJ, 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: a cohort study evaluating the effectiveness of an intensified patient-finding program. Journal of Global Health. 2025.
  • Published on 1/1/2025

    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 tuberculosis in Bangladesh. Public Health Action. 2025; (In Press.).
  • Published on 12/1/2024

    Linde L, van Niekerk LB, le Roux KW, Wilson M, Brooks MB, van de Water BJ. Application of a TB care cascade to a novel household contact intervention in rural South Africa. Public Health Action. 2024 Dec; 14(4):186-189. PMID: 39618836.

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  • Published on 9/15/2024

    Trevisi L, Brooks MB, Murray MB, Huang CC. Reply to Cohen et al. and to Lee. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Sep 15; 210(6):850-852. PMID: 39018562.

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  • Published on 8/28/2024

    Campbell JI, Lavache D, Garing A, Sabharwal V, Haberer JE, Dubois M, Jenkins HE, Brooks MB, Joseph NT, Kissler K, Horsburgh CR, Jacobson KR. Evaluation of the Tuberculosis Infection Care Cascade Among Pregnant Individuals in a Low-Tuberculosis-Burden Setting. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Sep; 11(9):ofae494. PMID: 39238842.

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  • Published on 8/16/2024

    Brooks MB, van de Water BJ, Lecca L, Huang CC, Trevisi L, Contreras C, Galea JT, Calderon R, Yataco R, Murray M, Becerra MC. Tuberculosis treatment loss to follow-up in children exposed at home: A prospective cohort study. J Glob Health. 2024 Aug 16; 14:04194. PMID: 39149829.

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  • Published on 8/16/2024

    Menon N, George R, Kataria R, Manoharan R, Brooks MB, Pendleton A, Sheshadri V, Chatterjee S, Rajaleelan W, Krishnan J, Sandler S, Saluja S, Ljungman D, Raykar N, Svensson E, Wasserman I, Zorigtbaatar A, Jesudian G, Afshar S, Meara JG, Peters AW, McClain CD. Task-sharing spinal anaesthesia care in three rural Indian hospitals: a non-inferiority randomised controlled clinical trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Aug 16; 9(8). PMID: 39153752.

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  • Published on 7/15/2024

    Trevisi L, Brooks MB, Becerra MC, Calderón RI, Contreras CC, Galea JT, Jimenez J, Lecca L, Yataco RM, Tovar X, Zhang Z, Murray MB, Huang CC. Who Transmits Tuberculosis to Whom: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Cohort Study in Lima, Peru. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Jul 15; 210(2):222-233. PMID: 38416532.

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