Brittany Shelton, MPH, DrPH

Assistant Professor

Biography

Brittany A. Shelton, DrPH, MPH is a health outcomes researcher who earned her MPH (2014) in health policy and DrPH (2022) in health policy and organization from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). While at UAB, Dr. Shelton began her research career studying chronic diseases, particularly end-stage organ disease and the need for transplantation. As a health outcomes researcher, Dr. Shelton’s work has examined access to both kidney and liver transplantation for people with end-stage organ disease. Dr. Shelton’s HIV research has subsequently informed national policy, specifically the HOPE Act which permitted organ donation from people with HIV for the first time in United States history. Similarly, her research examining allocation policy in liver transplantation and in pediatric transplantation has resulted in modifications to the liver and kidney organ allocation systems. Dr. Shelton has experience with big data and enjoys employing econometric methods such as cost-effectiveness, interrupted time series, regression discontinuity, and fixed effects analyses and is interested in collaboration around the utilization of artificial intelligence and machine learning in chronic disease development. She has served as a data analyst on three NIH-funded R01’s and multiple industry and societal awards. Coming from a clinical research setting, Dr. Shelton enjoys team science having worked with undergraduate students, medical students, professional students, epidemiologists, clinicians, health economists, ethicists, and economists on singular projects. The diversity of perspectives and expertise provides robust discussion around study design, data collection, interpretation, and how best to implement study findings. She is excited to expand her network of collaborators. In her free time, she enjoys reading both fiction and non-fiction, attending Lady Vols sporting events with her partner, cuddling her two cats and two dogs, and spending as much time outdoors as possible.

Curriculum Vitae

Research

• 2022, Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society Inductee
• 2022, DrPH Student of the Year, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 2018, American Transplant Congress Young Investigator Award

Education

• BS- Microbiology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN- 2011
• MPH- Health Policy, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL-2014
• DrPH- Health Policy and Organization Outcomes Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL- 2022

Publications

Shelton BA, MacLennan PA, Becker DJ, Sen B, Budhwani H, Locke JE. Access to the Kidney Transplant Waitlist for People With HIV. Transplantation. 2023 May 1;107(5):e156-e157. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004549. Epub 2023 Apr 25. PMID: 37097982; PMCID: PMC10125120.

Tran P, Shelton B, Tran L. Estimates of short sleep duration among US rural and urban women with prediabetes. PLoS One. 2023 Apr 6;18(4):e0284304. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284304. PMID: 37023138; PMCID: PMC10079092.

Dubé K, Shelton B, Patel H, Ndukwe SO, Concha-Garcia S, Dullano C, Solso S, Hendrickx S, Kaytes A, Taylor J, Villa TJ, Little SJ, Riggs PK, Lessard D, Arora AK, Costiniuk CT, Eskaf S, Smith DM, Gianella S. Perceived risks and benefits of enrolling people with HIV at the end of life in cure research in Southern California, United States. J Virus Erad. 2023 Jun 5;9(2):100328. doi: 10.1016/j.jve.2023.100328. PMID: 37440872; PMCID: PMC10334343.

Woods C, Owens G, Shelton BA, MacLennan PA, Sawinski D, Jacobson J, Locke JE. Efficacy of hope: Analysis of organ quality and availability among deceased HIV-positive donors. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 29: e13916. doi: 10.1111/tid.13916. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35904220.

Shelton BA, Berdahl G, Sawinski D, Linas BP, Reese PP, Mustian MN, Reed RD, MacLennan PA, Locke JE. Optimal timing of hepatitis C treatment among HIV/HCV coinfected ESRD patients: Pre- vs posttransplant. Am J Transplant. 2019 Jun;19(6):1806-1819. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15239. Epub 2019 Jan 25. PMID: 30589503; PMCID: PMC6538449.

Shelton BA, Sawinski D, Linas BP, Reese PP, Mustian M, Hungerpiller M, Reed RD, MacLennan PA, Locke JE. Population level outcomes and cost-effectiveness of hepatitis C treatment pre- vs postkidney transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2018 Oct;18(10):2483-2495. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15040. Epub 2018 Aug 30. PMID: 30058218; PMCID: PMC6206868.

Shelton BA, Sawinski D, Ray C, Reed RD, MacLennan PA, Blackburn J, Young CJ, Gray S, Yanik M, Massie A, Segev DL, Locke JE. Decreasing deceased donor transplant rates among children (≤6 years) under the new kidney allocation system. Am J Transplant. 2018 Jul;18(7):1690-1698. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14663. Epub 2018 Feb 7. PMID: 29333639.