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University of Maryland School of Medicine: Baltimore, MD, US

2020-07-01 to present | Professor (Institute for Genome Sciences)
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Rebecca Brotman

University of Maryland School of Medicine: Baltimore, MD, US

2016-07-01 to 2020-06-30 | Associate Professor (Institute for Genome Sciences)
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Rebecca Brotman

University of Maryland School of Medicine: Baltimore, MD, US

2008-07-01 to 2016-06-30 | Assistant Professor (Institute for Genome Sciences)
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Rebecca Brotman

Education and qualifications (1)

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: Baltimore, MD, US

PhD, MPH (Epidemiology)
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Funding (4)

Lubricant Use and the Vaginal Microbiome

2016-02 to 2021-01 | Grant
National Institutes of Health (MD, MD, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: R01AI119012
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Rebecca Brotman

Longitudinal Study of the Vaginal Microbiome Prior To Incident STI

2015-05-01 to 2020-04-30 | Grant
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1R01AI116799-01A1
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Rebecca Brotman via DimensionsWizard

Vaginal microbiota, immune responses and vulvovaginal symptoms during menopause

2013-08-15 to 2015-07-31 | Grant
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 5R21AI107224-02
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Rebecca Brotman via DimensionsWizard

Molecular Epidemiology of the Vaginal Microbiome

2010-03-15 to 2015-02-28 | Grant
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 5K01AI080974-05
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Rebecca Brotman via DimensionsWizard
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Comparison of shipping versus immediate freezer storage of vaginal samples for vaginal microbiota assessment

Sexually Transmitted Infections
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Susan Tuddenham; Pawel Gajer; Johanna B Holm; Sarah Elizabeth Brown; Larry Forney; Jacques Ravel; Khalil G Ghanem; Rebecca M Brotman
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Sexual transmission of urogenital bacteria: whole metagenome sequencing evidence from a sexual network study

mSphere
2024-03-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Kayla A. Carter; Michael T. France; Lindsay Rutt; Lisa Bilski; Sebastian Martinez-Greiwe; Mary Regan; Rebecca M. Brotman; Jacques Ravel; Maria L. Marco
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Uterine fibroids and longitudinal profiles of the vaginal microbiota in a cohort presenting for transvaginal ultrasound

PLOS ONE
2024-02-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah J. Robbins; Sylvia Maria Bruisten; Sarah E. Brown; Christina A. Stennett; Susan Tuddenham; Elizabeth D. Johnston; Amelia M. Wnorowski; Jacques Ravel; Xin He; Katrina S. Mark et al.
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Investigating the impact of condomless vaginal intercourse and lubricant use on the vaginal metabolome: a pre-post observational study

Sexually Transmitted Infections
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Joanna-Lynn C Borgogna; Savannah G Grace; Johanna B Holm; Tadeo Aviles Zuniga; Herlin Kadriu; Xin He; Sarah R McCoski; Jacques Ravel; Rebecca M Brotman; Carl J Yeoman
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Letter to the Editor on “A randomized trial on the effectiveness and safety of 5 water-based personal lubricants”

The Journal of Sexual Medicine
2023-10-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah E Brown; Rebecca M Brotman
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Bacterial Vaginosis and Spontaneous Clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis in the Longitudinal Study of Vaginal Flora

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
2023-09-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah E Brown; Susan Tuddenham; Michelle D Shardell; Mark A Klebanoff; Khalil G Ghanem; Rebecca M Brotman
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Lactobacillus iners and Genital Health: Molecular Clues to an Enigmatic Vaginal Species

Current Infectious Disease Reports
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Johanna B. Holm; Kayla A. Carter; Jacques Ravel; Rebecca M. Brotman
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Lactobacillus-dominance and rapid stabilization of vaginal microbiota in combined oral contraceptive pill users examined through a longitudinal cohort study with frequent vaginal sampling over two years

eBioMedicine
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Susan Tuddenham; Pawel Gajer; Anne E. Burke; Catherine Murphy; Sabra L. Klein; Christina A. Stennett; Barbara Wilgus; Jacques Ravel; Khalil G. Ghanem; Rebecca M. Brotman
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Identification of shared bacterial strains in the vaginal microbiota of related and unrelated reproductive-age mothers and daughters using genome-resolved metagenomics

PLOS ONE
2022-10-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael T. France; Andrew B. Onderdonk; Sarah E. Brown; Anne M. Rompalo; Rebecca M. Brotman; Jacques Ravel
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Douching cessation and molecular bacterial vaginosis: a reanalysis of archived specimens

Sexually Transmitted Infections
2022-05-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah Elizabeth Brown; Xin He; Michelle D Shardell; Jacques Ravel; Khalil G Ghanem; Jonathan M Zenilman; Rebecca M Brotman
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Serum antibodies to surface proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis as candidate biomarkers of disease: results from the Baltimore Chlamydia Adolescent/Young Adult Reproductive Management (CHARM) cohort

FEMS Microbes
2022-03-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Patricia X Marques; Handan Wand; Melissa Nandy; Chun Tan; Huizhong Shou; Mishka Terplan; Katrina Mark; Rebecca M Brotman; David P Wilson; Jacques Ravel et al.
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Vaginal microbiota of American Indian women and associations with measures of psychosocial stress

PLOS ONE
2021-12-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Joanna-Lynn C. Borgogna; Andrew R. Dalby; Michael Anastario; Paula Firemoon; Elizabeth Rink; Adriann Ricker; Jacques Ravel; Rebecca M. Brotman; Carl J. Yeoman
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Identification of shared bacterial strains in the vaginal microbiota of reproductive-age mothers and daughters using genome-resolved metagenomics

2021-11-17 | Other
Contributors: M. France; S. Brown; A. Rompalo; R. M. Brotman; J. Ravel
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Bacterial Vaginosis and Behavioral Factors Associated With Incident Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in the Longitudinal Study of Vaginal Flora

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
2021-08-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Rodman Turpin; Susan Tuddenham; Xin He; Mark A Klebanoff; Khalil G Ghanem; Rebecca M Brotman
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Association of Vaginal Microbiota With Signs and Symptoms of the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause Across Reproductive Stages

The Journals of Gerontology: Series A
2021-08-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Michelle Shardell; Patti E Gravitt; Anne E Burke; Jacques Ravel; Rebecca M Brotman; Michal Masternak
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Biogenic Amines Increase the Odds of Bacterial Vaginosis and Affect the Growth of and Lactic Acid Production by Vaginal Lactobacillus spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2021-04-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Joanna-Lynn C. Borgogna; Michelle D. Shardell; Savannah G. Grace; Elisa K. Santori; Benjamin Americus; Zhong Li; Alexander Ulanov; Larry Forney; Tiffanie M. Nelson; Rebecca M. Brotman et al.
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Dietary macronutrient intake and molecular-bacterial vaginosis: Role of fiber

Clinical Nutrition
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Rupak Shivakoti; Susan Tuddenham; Laura E. Caulfield; Catherine Murphy; Courtney Robinson; Jacques Ravel; Khalil G. Ghanem; Rebecca M. Brotman
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Risk and protective factors associated with BV chronicity among women in Rakai, Uganda

Sexually Transmitted Infections
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Marie E Thoma; Rebecca M Brotman; Ronald H Gray; Nelson K Sewankambo; Maria J Wawer
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Authors' reply re: The vaginal metabolome and microbiota of cervical HPV‐positive and HPV‐negative women: a cross‐sectional analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
2020-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Joanna‐Lynn C Borgogna; Michelle D Shardell; Elisa K Santori; Tiffanie M Nelson; Jessica M Rath; Elbert D Glover; J Ravel; Patti Gravitt; Carl J Yeoman; Rebecca M Brotman
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A comprehensive non-redundant gene catalog reveals extensive within-community intraspecies diversity in the human vagina

Nature Communications
2020-02-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Bing Ma; Michael T. France; Jonathan Crabtree; Johanna B. Holm; Michael S. Humphrys; Rebecca M. Brotman; Jacques Ravel
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The vaginal metabolome and microbiota of cervical HPV‐positive and HPV‐negative women: a cross‐sectional analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
2020-01 | Journal article
Contributors: JC Borgogna; MD Shardell; EK Santori; TM Nelson; JM Rath; ED Glover; J Ravel; PE Gravitt; CJ Yeoman; RM Brotman
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Differential sexual network connectivity offers a parsimonious explanation for population-level variations in the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis: a data-driven, model-supported hypothesis

BMC women's health
2019 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman

Patterns in On-time, Daily Submission of a Short Web-Based Personal Behavior Survey in a Longitudinal Women's Health Study

Sexually transmitted diseases
2019 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman

Perceived stress and incident sexually transmitted infections in a prospective cohort

Annals of epidemiology
2019 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman

Ultrahigh-Throughput Multiplexing and Sequencing of >500-Base-Pair Amplicon Regions on the Illumina HiSeq 2500 Platform

mSystems
2019 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman

Comparative metagenome-assembled genome analysis of Lachnovaginosum genomospecies, formerly known as BVAB1

2019-06-03 | Other
Contributors: Johanna B. Holm; Michael France; Bing Ma; Courtney K. Robinson; Elias McComb; Rebecca M. Brotman; Jacques Ravel
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Association between bacterial vaginosis and partner concurrency: a longitudinal study

Sexually transmitted infections
2018 | Journal article
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Association between the vaginal microbiota, menopause status, and signs of vulvovaginal atrophy

Menopause (New York, N.Y.)
2018 | Journal article
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Cigarette smoking is associated with an altered vaginal tract metabolomic profile

Scientific reports
2018 | Journal article
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Higher Levels of a Cytotoxic Protein, Vaginolysin, in Lactobacillus-Deficient Community State Types at the Vaginal Mucosa

Sexually transmitted diseases
2018 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman

Phthalate exposure and odds of bacterial vaginosis among U.S. reproductive-aged women, NHANES 2001-2004

Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)
2018 | Journal article
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The role of sexual networks in studies of how BV and STIs increase the risk of subsequent reinfection

Epidemiology and Infection
2018 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman

Treatment of bacterial vaginosis to prevent preterm birth

Lancet (London, England)
2018 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman

Incident Trichomonas vaginalis Is Associated With Partnership Concurrency: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Sexually transmitted diseases
2017 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman

Intricacies of assessing the human microbiome in epidemiologic studies

Annals of epidemiology
2016 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman
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Prevalent high-risk HPV infection and vaginal microbiota in Nigerian women

Epidemiology and infection
2016 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman
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Translating the vaginal microbiome: gaps and challenges

Genome medicine
2016 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman

Making inroads into improving treatment of bacterial vaginosis - striving for long-term cure

BMC infectious diseases
2015 | Journal article
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Vaginal biogenic amines: biomarkers of bacterial vaginosis or precursors to vaginal dysbiosis?

Frontiers in physiology
2015 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman
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An improved dual-indexing approach for multiplexed 16S rRNA gene sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq platform

Microbiome
2014 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman
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Association between cigarette smoking and the vaginal microbiota: a pilot study

BMC infectious diseases
2014 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman
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Association between the vaginal microbiota, menopause status, and signs of vulvovaginal atrophy

Menopause (New York, N.Y.)
2014 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman
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Characterizing the temporal dynamics of human papillomavirus DNA detectability using short-interval sampling

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
2014 | Journal article
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Interplay between the temporal dynamics of the vaginal microbiota and human papillomavirus detection

The Journal of infectious diseases
2014 | Journal article
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Microbiome, sex hormones, and immune responses in the reproductive tract: challenges for vaccine development against sexually transmitted infections

Vaccine
2014 | Journal article
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Daily temporal dynamics of vaginal microbiota before, during and after episodes of bacterial vaginosis

Microbiome
2013 | Journal article
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Menstrual cycle and detectable human papillomavirus in reproductive-age women: a time series study

The Journal of infectious diseases
2013 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman

Menstrual Cycle and Detectable Human Papillomavirus in Reproductive Women: A Time Series Study.

2013-07 | Journal article
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23885113

Contributors: Liu SH; Brotman RM; Zenilman JM; Gravitt PE; Cummings DA
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Association between Trichomonas vaginalis and vaginal bacterial community composition among reproductive-age women

Sexually transmitted diseases
2012 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman
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Comparison of storage conditions for human vaginal microbiome studies

PloS one
2012 | Journal article
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Rebecca Brotman
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