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

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 Oct;25(10):2086-2090 PMID: 31228584 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85069584418 06/23/2019
Female Sex is Associated With Poor Health-related Quality of Life in Children at 12 Months Post-Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

(Bhatt NS, Brazauskas R, Tecca HR, Vogel J, Mattila D, Lee SJ, Horowitz MM, Rizzo JD, Shaw BE.) J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2019 04;41(3):233-237 PMID: 29923857 PMCID: PMC6301126 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049213444 06/21/2018
Plerixafor alone for the mobilization and transplantation of HLA-matched sibling donor hematopoietic stem cells.

(Chen YB, Le-Rademacher J, Brazauskas R, Kiefer DM, Hamadani M, DiPersio JF, Litzow MR, Craig M, Horwitz ME, Artz AS, McClune BL, Fernandez HF, Duong HK, Kobusingye H, Proue M, Drexler RJ, Horowitz MM, Shaw BE, Miller JP, Hosoba S, Waller EK, Devine SM.) Blood Adv. 2019 03 26;3(6):875-883 PMID: 30890544 PMCID: PMC6436017 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072746485 03/21/2019
Characteristics of Late Fatal Infections after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

(Norkin M, Shaw BE, Brazauskas R, Tecca HR, Leather HL, Gea-Banacloche J, T Kamble R, DeFilipp Z, Jacobsohn DA, Ringden O, Inamoto Y, A Kasow K, Buchbinder D, Shaw P, Hematti P, Schears R, Badawy SM, Lazarus HM, Bhatt N, Horn B, Chhabra S, M Page K, Hamilton B, Hildebrandt GC, Yared JA, Agrawal V, M Beitinjaneh A, Majhail N, Kindwall-Keller T, Olsson RF, Schoemans H, Gale RP, Ganguly S, A Ahmed I, Schouten HC, L Liesveld J, Khera N, Steinberg A, Shah AJ, Solh M, Marks DI, Rybka W, Aljurf M, Dietz AC, Gergis U, George B, Seo S, Flowers MED, Battiwalla M, Savani BN, Riches ML, Wingard JR.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 02;25(2):362-368 PMID: 30287390 PMCID: PMC6339825 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85055972080 10/06/2018
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
Post-transplantation employment status of adult survivors of childhood allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant: A report from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR).

(Bhatt NS, Brazauskas R, Tecca HR, Carreras J, Burns LJ, Phelan R, Salit RB, Syrjala KL, Talano JM, Shaw BE.) Cancer. 2019 01 01;125(1):144-152 PMID: 30368771 PMCID: PMC6310211 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85055708918 10/29/2018
Youth Chef Academy: Pilot Results From a Plant-Based Culinary and Nutrition Literacy Program for Sixth and Seventh Graders.

(Harley A, Lemke M, Brazauskas R, Carnegie NB, Bokowy L, Kingery L.) J Sch Health. 2018 12;88(12):893-902 PMID: 30392187 PMCID: PMC6546111 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85055954176 11/06/2018
Risk of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome after autotransplants for lymphomas and plasma cell myeloma.

(Radivoyevitch T, Dean RM, Shaw BE, Brazauskas R, Tecca HR, Molenaar RJ, Battiwalla M, Savani BN, Flowers MED, Cooke KR, Hamilton BK, Kalaycio M, Maciejewski JP, Ahmed I, Akpek G, Bajel A, Buchbinder D, Cahn JY, D'Souza A, Daly A, DeFilipp Z, Ganguly S, Hamadani M, Hayashi RJ, Hematti P, Inamoto Y, Khera N, Kindwall-Keller T, Landau H, Lazarus H, Majhail NS, Marks DI, Olsson RF, Seo S, Steinberg A, William BM, Wirk B, Yared JA, Aljurf M, Abidi MH, Allewelt H, Beitinjaneh A, Cook R, Cornell RF, Fay JW, Hale G, Chakrabarty JH, Jodele S, Kasow KA, Mahindra A, Malone AK, Popat U, Rizzo JD, Schouten HC, Warwick AB, Wood WA, Sekeres MA, Litzow MR, Gale RP, Hashmi SK.) Leuk Res. 2018 11;74:130-136 PMID: 30055822 PMCID: PMC6219911 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85050340275 07/30/2018
Hematopoietic cell transplant for acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome: conditioning regimen intensity.

(Eapen M, Brazauskas R, Hemmer M, Perez WS, Steinert P, Horowitz MM, Deeg HJ.) Blood Adv. 2018 08 28;2(16):2095-2103 PMID: 30135184 PMCID: PMC6113615 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85056694237 08/24/2018
Patient-reported distress is prevalent in systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis but not determined by severity of disease.

(Wright NL, Flynn KE, Brazauskas R, Hari P, D'Souza A.) Amyloid. 2018 Jun;25(2):129-134 PMID: 30032653 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85050259150 07/24/2018
Early Fluorescence in situ Hybridization Assessment during Acute Myeloid Leukemia Induction Chemotherapy.

(Schneidewend R, Hosking P, Brazauskas R, Peterson J, Beaudin C, Michaelis L, Atallah E, Hari P, Carlson K.) Acta Haematol. 2018;139(3):171-175 PMID: 29597188 PMCID: PMC6388419 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85045039013 03/30/2018

Ruta Brazauskas, PhD