Ruta Brazauskas, PhD

Associate Professor

Locations

Biostatistics

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2003
MS, Statistics, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 1999
BS, Applied Mathematics, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 1992

Research Experience

Survival Analysis

Research Interests

Dr. Ruta Brazauskas joined the Division of Biostatistics in June 2008. Dr. Brazauskas’ research interests include survival analysis and competing risks. Most recent methodological work on the issues of paired studies in survival analysis was funded by the CTSA supplemental grant awarded to a group of faculty members at the Division. Her collaborative work is mostly focused on the outcomes of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and in particular long-tern effects of the BMT. Dr. Brazauskas is the lead statistician of the Late Effects Working Committee and Health Policy Working Committee at the Center for International Bone Marrow Transplant Research. Her other collaborators include MCW physicians from various departments as well as researchers in the area of public health. In 2012, Dr. Brazauskas received the Graduate Student Association's Teacher of the Year Award for her exceptional teaching in Biostatistics.

Curriculum Vitae

Real-World Issues and Potential Solutions in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from the Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Health Services and International Studies Committee.

(Algwaiz G, Aljurf M, Koh M, Horowitz MM, Ljungman P, Weisdorf D, Saber W, Kodera Y, Szer J, Jawdat D, Wood WA, Brazauskas R, Lehmann L, Pasquini MC, Seber A, Lu PH, Atsuta Y, Riches M, Perales MA, Worel N, Okamoto S, Srivastava A, Chemaly RF, Cordonnier C, Dandoy CE, Wingard JR, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Hamadani M, Majhail NS, Waghmare AA, Chao N, Kröger N, Shaw B, Mohty M, Niederwieser D, Greinix H, Hashmi SK, WBMT and the CIBMTR Health Services and International Studies Committee.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 12;26(12):2181-2189 PMID: 32717432 PMCID: PMC7380217 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089451061 07/28/2020
The Impact of Donor Type on Outcomes and Cost of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Pediatric Leukemia: A Merged Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and Pediatric Health Information System Analysis.

(Arnold SD, Brazauskas R, He N, Li Y, Hall M, Atsuta Y, Dalal J, Hahn T, Khera N, Bonfim C, Hashmi S, Parsons S, Wood WA, Steinberg A, Freytes CO, Dandoy CE, Marks DI, Lazarus HM, Abdel-Azim H, Bitan M, Diaz MA, Olsson RF, Gergis U, Seber A, Wirk B, LeMaistre CF, Ustun C, Duncan C, Rizzieri D, Szwajcer D, Fagioli F, Frangoul H, Knight JM, Kamble RT, Mehta P, Schears R, Satwani P, Pulsipher MA, Aplenc R, Saber W.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 Sep;26(9):1747-1756 PMID: 32464284 PMCID: PMC7518194 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087396573 05/29/2020
Risk factors for the development of cutaneous melanoma after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.

(Herr MM, Curtis RE, Tucker MA, Tecca HR, Engels EA, Cahoon EK, Battiwalla M, Buchbinder D, Flowers ME, Brazauskas R, Shaw BE, Morton LM.) J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Sep;83(3):762-772 PMID: 31654664 PMCID: PMC7206613 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85081343594 10/28/2019
Risk score to predict event-free survival after hematopoietic cell transplant for sickle cell disease.

(Brazauskas R, Scigliuolo GM, Wang HL, Cappelli B, Ruggeri A, Fitzhugh CD, Hankins JS, Kanter J, Meerpohl JJ, Panepinto JA, Rondelli D, Shenoy S, Walters MC, Wagner JE, Tisdale JF, Gluckman E, Eapen M.) Blood. 2020 Jul 30;136(5):623-626 PMID: 32518950 PMCID: PMC7393258 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089126120 06/11/2020
Excellent outcomes following hematopoietic cell transplantation for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: a PIDTC report.

(Burroughs LM, Petrovic A, Brazauskas R, Liu X, Griffith LM, Ochs HD, Bleesing JJ, Edwards S, Dvorak CC, Chaudhury S, Prockop SE, Quinones R, Goldman FD, Quigg TC, Chandrakasan S, Smith AR, Parikh S, Dávila Saldaña BJ, Thakar MS, Phelan R, Shenoy S, Forbes LR, Martinez C, Chellapandian D, Shereck E, Miller HK, Kapoor N, Barnum JL, Chong H, Shyr DC, Chen K, Abu-Arja R, Shah AJ, Weinacht KG, Moore TB, Joshi A, DeSantes KB, Gillio AP, Cuvelier GDE, Keller MD, Rozmus J, Torgerson T, Pulsipher MA, Haddad E, Sullivan KE, Logan BR, Kohn DB, Puck JM, Notarangelo LD, Pai SY, Rawlings DJ, Cowan MJ.) Blood. 2020 Jun 04;135(23):2094-2105 PMID: 32268350 PMCID: PMC7273831 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086008168 04/09/2020
Subsequent neoplasms and late mortality in children undergoing allogeneic transplantation for nonmalignant diseases.

(Kahn JM, Brazauskas R, Tecca HR, Bo-Subait S, Buchbinder D, Battiwala M, Flowers MED, Savani BN, Phelan R, Broglie L, Abraham AA, Keating AK, Daly A, Wirk B, George B, Alter BP, Ustun C, Freytes CO, Beitinjaneh AM, Duncan C, Copelan E, Hildebrandt GC, Murthy HS, Lazarus HM, Auletta JJ, Myers KC, Williams KM, Page KM, Vrooman LM, Norkin M, Byrne M, Diaz MA, Kamani N, Bhatt NS, Rezvani A, Farhadfar N, Mehta PA, Hematti P, Shaw PJ, Kamble RT, Schears R, Olsson RF, Hayashi RJ, Gale RP, Mayo SJ, Chhabra S, Rotz SJ, Badawy SM, Ganguly S, Pavletic S, Nishihori T, Prestidge T, Agrawal V, Hogan WJ, Inamoto Y, Shaw BE, Satwani P.) Blood Adv. 2020 05 12;4(9):2084-2094 PMID: 32396620 PMCID: PMC7218429 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086114432 05/13/2020
Late effects after ablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation for adolescent and young adult acute myeloid leukemia.

(Lee CJ, Kim S, Tecca HR, Bo-Subait S, Phelan R, Brazauskas R, Buchbinder D, Hamilton BK, Battiwalla M, Majhail NS, Lazarus HM, Shaw PJ, Marks DI, Litzow MR, Chhabra S, Inamoto Y, DeFilipp Z, Hildebrandt GC, Olsson RF, Kasow KA, Liesveld JL, Rotz SJ, Badawy SM, Bhatt NS, Yared JA, Page KM, Arellano ML, Kent M, Farhadfar N, Seo S, Hematti P, Freytes CO, Rovó A, Ganguly S, Nathan S, Burns L, Shaw BE, Muffly LS.) Blood Adv. 2020 03 24;4(6):983-992 PMID: 32168378 PMCID: PMC7094022 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85082533373 03/14/2020
Predictors of Loss to Follow-Up Among Pediatric and Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors: A Report from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research.

(Buchbinder D, Brazauskas R, Bo-Subait K, Ballen K, Parsons S, John T, Hahn T, Sharma A, Steinberg A, D'Souza A, Kumar AJ, Yoshimi A, Wirk B, Shaw B, Freytes C, LeMaistre C, Bredeson C, Dandoy C, Almaguer D, Marks DI, Szwajcer D, Hale G, Schouten H, Hashem H, Schoemans H, Murthy HS, Lazarus HM, Cerny J, Tay J, Yared JA, Adekola K, Schultz KR, Lehmann L, Burns L, Aljurf M, Diaz MA, Majhail N, Farhadfar N, Kamble R, Olsson R, Schears R, Seo S, Beattie S, Chhabra S, Savani BN, Badawy S, Ganguly S, Ciurea S, Marino S, Gergis U, Kuwatsuka Y, Inamoto Y, Khera N, Hashmi S, Wood W, Saber W.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 03;26(3):553-561 PMID: 31726205 PMCID: PMC7367505 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076525725 11/15/2019
Changes in Health Care Utilization for Pediatric Patients Treated at a Specialized Outpatient Pain Clinic.

(Spector A, Brazauskas R, Hainsworth K, Hoffman GM, Weisman S, Cassidy LD.) WMJ. 2019 Dec;118(4):164-168 PMID: 31978284 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078228471 01/25/2020
Effect of donor type and conditioning regimen intensity on allogeneic transplantation outcomes in patients with sickle cell disease: a retrospective multicentre, cohort study.

(Eapen M, Brazauskas R, Walters MC, Bernaudin F, Bo-Subait K, Fitzhugh CD, Hankins JS, Kanter J, Meerpohl JJ, Bolaños-Meade J, Panepinto JA, Rondelli D, Shenoy S, Williamson J, Woolford TL, Gluckman E, Wagner JE, Tisdale JF.) Lancet Haematol. 2019 Nov;6(11):e585-e596 PMID: 31495699 PMCID: PMC6813907 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85073535787 09/10/2019
Inferior Access to Allogeneic Transplant in Disadvantaged Populations: A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Analysis.

(Paulson K, Brazauskas R, Khera N, He N, Majhail N, Akpek G, Aljurf M, Buchbinder D, Burns L, Beattie S, Freytes C, Garcia A, Gajewski J, Hahn T, Knight J, LeMaistre C, Lazarus H, Szwajcer D, Seftel M, Wirk B, Wood W, Saber W.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 10;25(10):2086-2090 PMID: 31228584 PMCID: PMC7292490 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85069584418 06/23/2019
When walking is bad for your back: a cohort study of risk factors for traumatic spinal injury in Abuja.

(Holmes BD, Brazauskas R, Ameh EA, Olaomi OO, Cassidy LD.) Pan Afr Med J. 2019;33:60 PMID: 31448022 PMCID: PMC6689843 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85071240687 08/27/2019

Ruta Brazauskas, PhD