Meghan Pierce, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Pierce is specifically interested in deployment-related health issues affecting women Veterans. Her research interests include alterations in the neurobiological response to stress related to posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid deployment-related pathologies and how this relationship differs between the sexes.

Publications

  • Published 3/14/2025

    Pierce ME, Logue M, Sherva R, Miller M, Huber BR, Milberg W, Hayes JP. Association of Alzheimer's disease genetic risk with age-dependent changes in plasma amyloid-ß42:40 in Veterans. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Apr; 104(4):1006-1012. PMID: 40084666.

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  • Published 2/1/2023

    Hayes JP, Pierce ME, Brown E, Salat D, Logue MW, Constantinescu J, Valerio K, Miller MW, Sherva R, Huber BR, Milberg W, McGlinchey R. Genetic Risk for Alzheimer Disease and Plasma Tau Are Associated With Accelerated Parietal Cortex Thickness Change in Middle-Aged Adults. Neurol Genet. 2023 Feb; 9(1):e200053. PMID: 36742995.

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  • Published 3/21/2022

    Hawn SE, Neale Z, Wolf EJ, Zhao X, Pierce M, Fein-Schaffer D, Milberg W, McGlinchey R, Logue M, Miller MW. Methylation of the AIM2 gene: An epigenetic mediator of PTSD-related inflammation and neuropathology plasma biomarkers. Depress Anxiety. 2022 Apr; 39(4):323-333. PMID: 35312143.

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  • Published 2/26/2022

    Pierce ME, Hayes J, Huber BR, Jeromin A, Fortier CB, Fonda JR, Lasseter H, Chaby L, McGlinchey R, Milberg W. Plasma biomarkers associated with deployment trauma and its consequences in post-9/11 era veterans: initial findings from the TRACTS longitudinal cohort. Transl Psychiatry. 2022 02 26; 12(1):80. PMID: 35217643.

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  • Published 8/16/2021

    Hayes JP, Pierce ME, Valerio KE, Miller MW, Huber BR, Fortier CB, Fonda JR, Milberg W, McGlinchey R. The association between blast exposure and transdiagnostic health symptoms on systemic inflammation. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2022 Aug; 47(9):1702-1709. PMID: 34400776.

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Education

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, PhD
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, MA
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, MS
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, BA