Neima Briggs, MD, PhD
Titles
- Clinical Fellow
Education & Training
- ResidentYale University (2021)
- MDThe University of Texas Medical School at Houston (2019)
- PhDThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Immunology (2018)
- DTM&HBaylor College of Medicine, The National School of Tropical Medicine (2018)
- BSThe University of Texas at Austin (2011)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund/ASTMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Medicine: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2023)
- Infectious Diseases Case Presentation of the Year: Yale Univeristy (2022)
- Certification of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2019)
- ACCTMTH Clinical Research Award : American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting (2018)
- Presidents’ Research Award: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2018)
- The National School of Tropical Medicine Award: Baylor College of Medicine (2018)
- Benjamin H. Kean Fellow in Tropical Medicine: American Society of Tropical and Hygiene (2016)
- Outstanding Community Service Award: Houston Shoulder to Shoulder Foundation (2014)
- Fulbright Scholar to Spain: United States Department of State (2011)
Professional Service
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2023 - Present): Reviewer
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases (2022 - Present): Reviewer
- American College of Physicians (2019 - Present): Member
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (2019 - Present): Member
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2017 - Present): Reviewer
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (2016 - 2019): Mentor
- Fulbright Alumni Association (2015 - Present): Member
- Houston Shoulder to Shoulder Foundation (2014 - 2019): Board Member
- American Association of Immunologists (AAI) (2014 - Present): Member
- American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) (2014 - Present): Member
Publications
- O'Grady N, Davis M, McManus D, Topal J, Azar M, Briggs N. Response to comment on “Dosing implications for liposomal amphotericin B in pregnancy”. Pharmacotherapy The Journal Of Human Pharmacology And Drug Therapy 2023, 43: 992-992. PMID: 37701938, DOI: 10.1002/phar.2864.
- O'Grady N, McManus D, Briggs N, Azar M, Topal J, Davis M. Dosing implications for liposomal amphotericin B in pregnancy. Pharmacotherapy The Journal Of Human Pharmacology And Drug Therapy 2023, 43: 452-462. PMID: 36862037, DOI: 10.1002/phar.2784.
- Briggs N, Wei BM, Ahuja C, Baker C, Palacios C, Lee E, O’Grady N, Singanamala S, Singh K, Bandaranayake TD, Cohen JM, Damsky W, Davis MW, Mejia R, Nelson CA, Topal JE, Azar MM. Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Pregnant Immigrant. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac360. PMID: 35928503, PMCID: PMC9345408, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac360.
- Ortigoza MB, Yoon H, Goldfeld KS, Troxel AB, Daily JP, Wu Y, Li Y, Wu D, Cobb GF, Baptiste G, O’Keeffe M, Corpuz MO, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Amin A, Zacharioudakis IM, Jayaweera DT, Wu Y, Philley JV, Devine MS, Desruisseaux MS, Santin AD, Anjan S, Mathew R, Patel B, Nigo M, Upadhyay R, Kupferman T, Dentino AN, Nanchal R, Merlo CA, Hager DN, Chandran K, Lai JR, Rivera J, Bikash CR, Lasso G, Hilbert TP, Paroder M, Asencio AA, Liu M, Petkova E, Bragat A, Shaker R, McPherson DD, Sacco RL, Keller MJ, Grudzen CR, Hochman JS, Pirofski LA, Rahman F, Ajayi A, Rodriguez S, Ledesma A, Keeling D, Rappoport N, Ebel S, Kim J, Chang M, Chan K, Patel P, Martocci A, Dave S, Darwish Y, Taveras M, Shoyelu V, Xin P, Iturrate E, Moldolsky L, Raimondo B, Mendez S, Hughes P, Sterling S, Lord A, Yaghi S, Veloso K, Sheikh M, Visconti-Ferrara E, Fleming A, Youn H, Jane Fran B, Medina R, McKell R, Khan S, Hamilton T, Sanchez C, Patel N, Cleare L, Vergnolle O, Nakouzi A, Quevedo G, Bortz R, Wirchnianski A, Florez C, Babb R, Ayala J, Tsagaris K, James A, Eke I, Obeidallah A, Sandu O, Sohval S, Serrano-Rahman L, Uehlinger J, Bartash R, Al-Abduladheem A, Gendlina I, Sheridan C, Bortnick A, Eichler J, Kaufman R, Yukelis S, Pennock M, Goggin M, Shen C, Annam J, Khokhar A, Barboto D, Lally B, Lee A, Lee M, Yang X, Allen S, Malaviya A, Moussa O, Park R, Sample R, Bae A, Benoni G, Boerger L, Baker L, Luther M, Ameti L, Briggs N, Golden M, Gormally M, Huang G, Johnson R, Morrison A, Montagna-Hill M, Rivera B, Cortezzo G, Debski K, Nicoletti, DeBenedictis K, Davis R, Marshall C, Duque Cuartas M, Beauchamps L, Bertran-Lopez J, Gonzales Zamora J, Delgado-Lelievre M, Dominguez S, Lee C, Kusack H, Karakeshishyan V, Hajaz A, Deniz D, Garcia G, Dae K, Blenet P, Jaffe D, Olson L, Sabogal D, Blust O, Del Prete Perez V, Bornia C, Rodriguez-Perez V, Calderon V, Ramdev R, Jolly A, Guzman I, Guerra R, Brito S, Hobbs R, Denham R, Dick J, Hernandez M, Nielsen L, Anjum S, Mader S, Stutz T, Mammadova M, Nichols P, Khan T, Boktour M, Castaneda B, Benitez B, Hinojosa E, Guerra B, Ortiz A, Hebbeler-Clark R, McShane P, Hibbard R, Hawkins B, Dohanich E, Wadle C, Greenlee K, Brooks J, Herrick C, Gode A, Bergl P, Hu K, Patel J, Srinivasan S, Graf J, Klis C, Reimer K, Carpenter E, Naczek C, Petersen R, Dex R, Drossart J, Zelten J, Brummitt C, Liang M, Yanny L, Dennison G, Runningen P, Brzezinski B, Fiebig S, Naczek C, Kasdorf M, Parameswaran L, Corcoran A, Rohatgi A, Wronska M, Wu X, Srinivasan R, Deng F, Filardo T, Pendse J, Blaser S, Whyte O, Gallagher J, Thomas O, Ramos D, Sturm-Reganato C, Fong C, Daus I, Payoen A, Chiofolo J, Friedman M, Wu D, Jacobson J, Schneider J, Sarwar U, Wang H, Huebinger R, Dronavalli G, Bai Y, Grimes C, Eldin K, Umana V, Martin J, Heath T, Bello F, Ransford D, Laurent-Rolle M, Shenoi S, Akide-Ndunge O, Thapa B, Peterson J, Knauf K, Patel S, Cheney L, Tormey C, Hendrickson J. Efficacy and Safety of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Hospitalized Patients. JAMA Internal Medicine 2022, 182: 115-126. PMID: 34901997, PMCID: PMC8669605, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6850.
- Briggs N, Gormally MV, Li F, Browning SL, Treggiari MM, Morrison A, Laurent-Rolle M, Deng Y, Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA, Desruisseaux MS. Early but not late convalescent plasma is associated with better survival in moderate-to-severe COVID-19. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0254453. PMID: 34320004, PMCID: PMC8318280, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254453.
- Browning S, Gormally M, Briggs N, Li M, Zakko A, Laurent-Rolle M, Ladines-Lim J, Morrison A, Kandel P, Khan M, McLeod G, Buller G, Owusu K, Treggiari M, Hendrickson J, Tormey C, Desruisseaux M. Use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019: The Yale-New Haven Health System Experience. Blood 2020, 136: 39-40. PMCID: PMC8330251, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-137352.
- Briggs N, Campbell S, Gupta S. Advances in rapid diagnostics for bloodstream infections. Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease 2020, 99: 115219. PMID: 33059201, DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115219.
- Briggs N, Wei J, Versteeg L, Zhan B, Keegan B, Damania A, Pollet J, Hayes KS, Beaumier C, Seid CA, Leong J, Grencis RK, Bottazzi ME, Sastry KJ, Hotez PJ. Trichuris muris whey acidic protein induces type 2 protective immunity against whipworm. PLOS Pathogens 2018, 14: e1007273. PMID: 30153307, PMCID: PMC6130879, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007273.
- Briggs N, Versteeg L, Zhan B, Mejia R, Keegan B, Beaumier C, Sastry J, Bottazzi M, Hotez P. 2257. Journal Of Clinical And Translational Science 2017, 1: 60-60. PMCID: PMC6804581, DOI: 10.1017/cts.2017.215.
- Wei J, Versteeg L, Liu Z, Keegan B, Gazzinelli-Guimarães AC, Fujiwara RT, Briggs N, Jones KM, Strych U, Beaumier CM, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ, Zhan B. Yeast-expressed recombinant As16 protects mice against Ascaris suum infection through induction of a Th2-skewed immune response. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2017, 11: e0005769. PMID: 28708895, PMCID: PMC5529013, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005769.
- Briggs N, Weatherhead J, Sastry KJ, Hotez PJ. The Hygiene Hypothesis and Its Inconvenient Truths about Helminth Infections. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2016, 10: e0004944. PMID: 27632204, PMCID: PMC5025185, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004944.
- Briggs N, Bottazzi M, Beaumier C, Sastry J, Hotez P. Immunological characterization of human hosts to Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infection in a population living in the rural municipality of Colomoncagua, Honduras (MPF6P.654). The Journal Of Immunology 2015, 194: 202.12-202.12. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.194.supp.202.12.
- Rushworth D, Jena B, Olivares S, Maiti S, Briggs N, Somanchi S, Dai J, Lee D, Cooper LJ. Universal Artificial Antigen Presenting Cells to Selectively Propagate T Cells Expressing Chimeric Antigen Receptor Independent of Specificity. Journal Of Immunotherapy 2014, 37: 204-213. PMID: 24714354, PMCID: PMC4139067, DOI: 10.1097/cji.0000000000000032.
- Zhan B, Beaumier CM, Briggs N, Jones KM, Keegan BP, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ. Advancing a multivalent ‘Pan-anthelmintic’ vaccine against soil-transmitted nematode infections. Expert Review Of Vaccines 2014, 13: 321-331. PMID: 24392641, PMCID: PMC3934375, DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2014.872035.
- Chen X, Briggs N, McLain JR, Ellington AD. Stacking nonenzymatic circuits for high signal gain. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 5386-5391. PMID: 23509255, PMCID: PMC3619317, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222807110.
Titles
- Clinical Fellow
Education & Training
- ResidentYale University (2021)
- MDThe University of Texas Medical School at Houston (2019)
- PhDThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Immunology (2018)
- DTM&HBaylor College of Medicine, The National School of Tropical Medicine (2018)
- BSThe University of Texas at Austin (2011)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund/ASTMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Medicine: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2023)
- Infectious Diseases Case Presentation of the Year: Yale Univeristy (2022)
- Certification of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2019)
- ACCTMTH Clinical Research Award : American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting (2018)
- Presidents’ Research Award: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2018)
- The National School of Tropical Medicine Award: Baylor College of Medicine (2018)
- Benjamin H. Kean Fellow in Tropical Medicine: American Society of Tropical and Hygiene (2016)
- Outstanding Community Service Award: Houston Shoulder to Shoulder Foundation (2014)
- Fulbright Scholar to Spain: United States Department of State (2011)
Professional Service
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2023 - Present): Reviewer
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases (2022 - Present): Reviewer
- American College of Physicians (2019 - Present): Member
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (2019 - Present): Member
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2017 - Present): Reviewer
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (2016 - 2019): Mentor
- Fulbright Alumni Association (2015 - Present): Member
- Houston Shoulder to Shoulder Foundation (2014 - 2019): Board Member
- American Association of Immunologists (AAI) (2014 - Present): Member
- American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) (2014 - Present): Member
Publications
- O'Grady N, Davis M, McManus D, Topal J, Azar M, Briggs N. Response to comment on “Dosing implications for liposomal amphotericin B in pregnancy”. Pharmacotherapy The Journal Of Human Pharmacology And Drug Therapy 2023, 43: 992-992. PMID: 37701938, DOI: 10.1002/phar.2864.
- O'Grady N, McManus D, Briggs N, Azar M, Topal J, Davis M. Dosing implications for liposomal amphotericin B in pregnancy. Pharmacotherapy The Journal Of Human Pharmacology And Drug Therapy 2023, 43: 452-462. PMID: 36862037, DOI: 10.1002/phar.2784.
- Briggs N, Wei BM, Ahuja C, Baker C, Palacios C, Lee E, O’Grady N, Singanamala S, Singh K, Bandaranayake TD, Cohen JM, Damsky W, Davis MW, Mejia R, Nelson CA, Topal JE, Azar MM. Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Pregnant Immigrant. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac360. PMID: 35928503, PMCID: PMC9345408, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac360.
- Ortigoza MB, Yoon H, Goldfeld KS, Troxel AB, Daily JP, Wu Y, Li Y, Wu D, Cobb GF, Baptiste G, O’Keeffe M, Corpuz MO, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Amin A, Zacharioudakis IM, Jayaweera DT, Wu Y, Philley JV, Devine MS, Desruisseaux MS, Santin AD, Anjan S, Mathew R, Patel B, Nigo M, Upadhyay R, Kupferman T, Dentino AN, Nanchal R, Merlo CA, Hager DN, Chandran K, Lai JR, Rivera J, Bikash CR, Lasso G, Hilbert TP, Paroder M, Asencio AA, Liu M, Petkova E, Bragat A, Shaker R, McPherson DD, Sacco RL, Keller MJ, Grudzen CR, Hochman JS, Pirofski LA, Rahman F, Ajayi A, Rodriguez S, Ledesma A, Keeling D, Rappoport N, Ebel S, Kim J, Chang M, Chan K, Patel P, Martocci A, Dave S, Darwish Y, Taveras M, Shoyelu V, Xin P, Iturrate E, Moldolsky L, Raimondo B, Mendez S, Hughes P, Sterling S, Lord A, Yaghi S, Veloso K, Sheikh M, Visconti-Ferrara E, Fleming A, Youn H, Jane Fran B, Medina R, McKell R, Khan S, Hamilton T, Sanchez C, Patel N, Cleare L, Vergnolle O, Nakouzi A, Quevedo G, Bortz R, Wirchnianski A, Florez C, Babb R, Ayala J, Tsagaris K, James A, Eke I, Obeidallah A, Sandu O, Sohval S, Serrano-Rahman L, Uehlinger J, Bartash R, Al-Abduladheem A, Gendlina I, Sheridan C, Bortnick A, Eichler J, Kaufman R, Yukelis S, Pennock M, Goggin M, Shen C, Annam J, Khokhar A, Barboto D, Lally B, Lee A, Lee M, Yang X, Allen S, Malaviya A, Moussa O, Park R, Sample R, Bae A, Benoni G, Boerger L, Baker L, Luther M, Ameti L, Briggs N, Golden M, Gormally M, Huang G, Johnson R, Morrison A, Montagna-Hill M, Rivera B, Cortezzo G, Debski K, Nicoletti, DeBenedictis K, Davis R, Marshall C, Duque Cuartas M, Beauchamps L, Bertran-Lopez J, Gonzales Zamora J, Delgado-Lelievre M, Dominguez S, Lee C, Kusack H, Karakeshishyan V, Hajaz A, Deniz D, Garcia G, Dae K, Blenet P, Jaffe D, Olson L, Sabogal D, Blust O, Del Prete Perez V, Bornia C, Rodriguez-Perez V, Calderon V, Ramdev R, Jolly A, Guzman I, Guerra R, Brito S, Hobbs R, Denham R, Dick J, Hernandez M, Nielsen L, Anjum S, Mader S, Stutz T, Mammadova M, Nichols P, Khan T, Boktour M, Castaneda B, Benitez B, Hinojosa E, Guerra B, Ortiz A, Hebbeler-Clark R, McShane P, Hibbard R, Hawkins B, Dohanich E, Wadle C, Greenlee K, Brooks J, Herrick C, Gode A, Bergl P, Hu K, Patel J, Srinivasan S, Graf J, Klis C, Reimer K, Carpenter E, Naczek C, Petersen R, Dex R, Drossart J, Zelten J, Brummitt C, Liang M, Yanny L, Dennison G, Runningen P, Brzezinski B, Fiebig S, Naczek C, Kasdorf M, Parameswaran L, Corcoran A, Rohatgi A, Wronska M, Wu X, Srinivasan R, Deng F, Filardo T, Pendse J, Blaser S, Whyte O, Gallagher J, Thomas O, Ramos D, Sturm-Reganato C, Fong C, Daus I, Payoen A, Chiofolo J, Friedman M, Wu D, Jacobson J, Schneider J, Sarwar U, Wang H, Huebinger R, Dronavalli G, Bai Y, Grimes C, Eldin K, Umana V, Martin J, Heath T, Bello F, Ransford D, Laurent-Rolle M, Shenoi S, Akide-Ndunge O, Thapa B, Peterson J, Knauf K, Patel S, Cheney L, Tormey C, Hendrickson J. Efficacy and Safety of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Hospitalized Patients. JAMA Internal Medicine 2022, 182: 115-126. PMID: 34901997, PMCID: PMC8669605, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6850.
- Briggs N, Gormally MV, Li F, Browning SL, Treggiari MM, Morrison A, Laurent-Rolle M, Deng Y, Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA, Desruisseaux MS. Early but not late convalescent plasma is associated with better survival in moderate-to-severe COVID-19. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0254453. PMID: 34320004, PMCID: PMC8318280, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254453.
- Browning S, Gormally M, Briggs N, Li M, Zakko A, Laurent-Rolle M, Ladines-Lim J, Morrison A, Kandel P, Khan M, McLeod G, Buller G, Owusu K, Treggiari M, Hendrickson J, Tormey C, Desruisseaux M. Use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019: The Yale-New Haven Health System Experience. Blood 2020, 136: 39-40. PMCID: PMC8330251, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-137352.
- Briggs N, Campbell S, Gupta S. Advances in rapid diagnostics for bloodstream infections. Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease 2020, 99: 115219. PMID: 33059201, DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115219.
- Briggs N, Wei J, Versteeg L, Zhan B, Keegan B, Damania A, Pollet J, Hayes KS, Beaumier C, Seid CA, Leong J, Grencis RK, Bottazzi ME, Sastry KJ, Hotez PJ. Trichuris muris whey acidic protein induces type 2 protective immunity against whipworm. PLOS Pathogens 2018, 14: e1007273. PMID: 30153307, PMCID: PMC6130879, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007273.
- Briggs N, Versteeg L, Zhan B, Mejia R, Keegan B, Beaumier C, Sastry J, Bottazzi M, Hotez P. 2257. Journal Of Clinical And Translational Science 2017, 1: 60-60. PMCID: PMC6804581, DOI: 10.1017/cts.2017.215.
- Wei J, Versteeg L, Liu Z, Keegan B, Gazzinelli-Guimarães AC, Fujiwara RT, Briggs N, Jones KM, Strych U, Beaumier CM, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ, Zhan B. Yeast-expressed recombinant As16 protects mice against Ascaris suum infection through induction of a Th2-skewed immune response. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2017, 11: e0005769. PMID: 28708895, PMCID: PMC5529013, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005769.
- Briggs N, Weatherhead J, Sastry KJ, Hotez PJ. The Hygiene Hypothesis and Its Inconvenient Truths about Helminth Infections. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2016, 10: e0004944. PMID: 27632204, PMCID: PMC5025185, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004944.
- Briggs N, Bottazzi M, Beaumier C, Sastry J, Hotez P. Immunological characterization of human hosts to Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infection in a population living in the rural municipality of Colomoncagua, Honduras (MPF6P.654). The Journal Of Immunology 2015, 194: 202.12-202.12. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.194.supp.202.12.
- Rushworth D, Jena B, Olivares S, Maiti S, Briggs N, Somanchi S, Dai J, Lee D, Cooper LJ. Universal Artificial Antigen Presenting Cells to Selectively Propagate T Cells Expressing Chimeric Antigen Receptor Independent of Specificity. Journal Of Immunotherapy 2014, 37: 204-213. PMID: 24714354, PMCID: PMC4139067, DOI: 10.1097/cji.0000000000000032.
- Zhan B, Beaumier CM, Briggs N, Jones KM, Keegan BP, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ. Advancing a multivalent ‘Pan-anthelmintic’ vaccine against soil-transmitted nematode infections. Expert Review Of Vaccines 2014, 13: 321-331. PMID: 24392641, PMCID: PMC3934375, DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2014.872035.
- Chen X, Briggs N, McLain JR, Ellington AD. Stacking nonenzymatic circuits for high signal gain. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 5386-5391. PMID: 23509255, PMCID: PMC3619317, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222807110.