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Briah Cooley Demidkina, MPH

Clinical Trial Contract Admin - COM

Dean's Office | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Master's in Public Health: Boston University (Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Maternal-Child Health)
  • Bachelor of Arts: Macalester College (Biology; History and Psychology)
Contact Information

Peer Reviewed Publications

Bar, Ofri; Murthy, Meena; Cosgrove, Katherine; Saidi, Yusra; El-Arar, Wafae; Goldenberg, Miles; Sauvage, Gabriel; Bergerat, Agnes; Cooley Demidkina, Briah; Laliberte, Karen; Xu, Jiawu; Pierson, Grace; Kwon, Douglas S; Niles, John; Yassour, Moran; Mitchell, Caroline M 2026. An Observational Study of the Impact of Systemic B-cell Depletion on Cervicovaginal Mucosal Environment. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, ,

Potloane, Disebo; Symul, Laura; Ngcapu, Sinaye; Lewis, Lara; France, Michael; Vermeren, Laura; Elsherbini, Joseph; Chetty, Callin; Mafunda, Nomfuneko A; Polliah, Asthu Mahabeer; Mtshali, Andile; Kama, Asavela; Magini, Nzuzo; Mitchev, Nireshni; Mzobe, Gugulethu; Khan, Anam; Demidkina, Briah Cooley; Goldenberg, Miles; Xu, Jiawu; Rutt, Lindsay; Shirtliff, Breanna; Cook, Sarah; Murthy, Meena; Hussain, Fatima; Passmore, Jo-Ann S; Jaspan, Heather B; Kullin, Brian; Happel, Anna-Ursula; Liebenberg, Lenine; Relman, David A; Holmes, Susan; Kwon, Douglas S; Ravel, Jacques; Mitchell, Caroline M 2026. VIBRANT: A phase 1 randomized trial of multi-strain vaginal L. crispatus live biotherapeutic products in people with bacterial vaginosis. Cell host & microbe, 34 4, 751-760.e5

Chetty, Callin; Mafunda, Nomfuneko; Happel, Anna-Ursula; Khan, Anam; Cooley Demidkina, Briah; Yende-Zuma, Nonhlanhla; Saidi, Yusra; Mahabeer Polliah, Asthu; Lewis, Lara; Osman, Farzana; Radebe, Precious; Passmore, Jo-Ann S; Kwon, Doug; Ravel, Jacques; Ngcapu, Sinaye; Liebenberg, Lenine; Symul, Laura; Holmes, Susan; Mitchell, Caroline M; Potloane, Disebo 2025. Randomized trial of multi-strain Lactobacillus crispatus vaginal live biotherapeutic products after antibiotic therapy for bacterial vaginosis: study protocol for VIBRANT (vaginal lIve biotherapeutic RANdomized trial). Contemporary clinical trials communications, 48 , 101554

Foessleitner, Philipp; Cooley Demidkina, Briah; El-Arar, Wafae; Goldenberg, Miles; Murthy, Meena; Bergerat, Agnes; Bar, Ofri; Kwon, Douglas S; Mitchell, Caroline M 2025. Association between changes in genital immune markers and vaginal microbiome transitions in bacterial vaginosis. Scientific reports, 15 1, 3536

Hussain, Fatima A; Bergerat, Agnes; Kelly, Julia; Demidkina, Briah Cooley; Worrall, Daniel; Xu, Jiawu; Kannan, Aditi; Brunner, Tess; Culler, Natalie; Goldenberg, Miles; Arar, Wafae El; Katukota, Ankita V; Murthy, Meena; Elsherbini, Joseph; Hussain, Salina; Dong, Mary; Kwon, Douglas S; Mitchell, Caroline M 2025. Donation strain engraftment demonstrates feasibility of vaginal microbiota transplantation to prevent recurrent bacterial vaginosis. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, ,

Velmahos, Andriana H; Cooley Demidkina, Briah; Mitchell, Caroline M 2025. Comparison of bacterial vaginosis symptoms reported in social media vs. those reported by patients. Frontiers in reproductive health, 7 , 1549331