Tiffany L. Breger

Tiffany L. Breger, PhD, MSPH is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Her research focuses on improving health outcomes among people with HIV through advanced epidemiological methods and causal inference techniques.

Education:

• Undergraduate: University of California - Berkeley
• MSPH: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• PhD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Breger's research mission centers on developing and applying quantitative methods to evaluate clinical endpoints among diverse HIV populations and estimate impacts of interventions targeting non-AIDS risk factors. Her work has significantly contributed to statistical approaches for accurately estimating treatment policy effects in the presence of missing data and frameworks for incorporating multiple causes of death in HIV mortality analyses. She has focused extensively on smoking, depression, and hypertension among people with HIV, with current research characterizing cardiovascular disease prevention disparities among those with or at risk for HIV in the US.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong trajectory in HIV epidemiology with emphasis on methodological innovation in causal inference, mortality risk assessment, and health disparities research. Her work spans both domestic and international contexts, with publications covering US populations as well as studies conducted in Cameroon.

Dr. Breger's research program demonstrates expertise in both theoretical methodological development and practical application to substantive HIV clinical questions, with particular attention to women's health issues within the HIV population.