Maria Mori Brooks

Maria Mori Brooks is a Professor and Co-Director of the Epidemiology Data Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. She specializes in multicenter clinical trials and cohort studies, focusing on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, blood disorders, women's health, and the epidemiology of health outcomes during menopause. She leads the Data Coordinating Center for trials such as the Myocardial Ischemia and Transfusion (MINT) and Sickle Cell Disease and Cardiovascular Risk - Red cell Exchange (SCD-CARRE), as well as the Data Core for PRECISE.

• Education:
  • BA in Mathematics, Williams College (1985)
  • MA in Statistics, Harvard University (1986)
  • PhD in Statistics, University of North Carolina (1991)

Research Interests: Brooks’s work emphasizes clinical trials, advanced epidemiological methods, and longitudinal studies. Her research explores the impact of transfusion interventions on cardiovascular outcomes, the menopausal transition's effects on aging, and microbiota-related genitourinary symptoms in postmenopausal women. She also contributes to pandemic response studies, including anticoagulation therapies for critically ill and outpatient COVID-19 patients.

Publication Trends: Her recent articles span clinical trials in cardiovascular diseases (MINT, SCD-CARRE), women's health (SWAN), and pandemic response (ACTIV-4B, REMAP-CAP). Keywords include epidemiology, biostatistics, infectious diseases, and public health. Sub-fields highlight transfusion strategies, menopause syndromes, microbiota analysis, and anticoagulation therapies.