Meera Varman, MB,BS

Professor
Affiliate*

Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Affiliate*

M Varman

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School of Medicine
Graduate School
Medical Microbiology and Immunology (Doctorate)
Medical Microbiology and Immunology (Master of Science)
CRISS III 281A

Meera Varman, MB,BS

Professor
Affiliate*

Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Affiliate*

Admissions committee
Vaccine advisory committee for the state-co-chair
Clinical work in Pediatric ID
Clinical research
Vaccine Clinical trials

Teaching Interests

  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Research Focus

Vaccine clinical trials Research with many sponsors (Merck, Pfizer, Medimmune, Sanofi, Regeneron, GSK etc)

Department

Pediatrics

Position

Professor

Book, Chapter/Section

  • Handbook of Pediatric Infection Prevention and Control
    Varman Meera, Pietruszka Sarah Turner, Lehan Karen, Pertussis and Influenza Cocooning Immunization Strategies [Book Chapter] 2019

General

  • Varman Meera, Chatterjee Archana, Wick N. A., John C. C., Pneumococcal Infections 2010
  • Wolter Daniel J., Chatterjee Archana, Varman Meera, Goering Richard V., Isolation and characterization of an epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 15 variant in the central United States 2008
  • Natarajan Nagendra, Varman Meera, West nile virus cerebellitis in a healthy 10-year-old child [6] 2007

Articles

  • Rangamani Sheela, Van Schooneveld Trevor C., Cornish Nancy E., Varman Meera, Annular rash outbreak in a family 2012

Publications

  • Current medical research and opinion
    Chatterjee Archana, Ambrose Karita, Canaday David H, Delair Shirley, Ezike Ngozi, Huber Victor C, Jhaveri Ravi, Nyquist Ann-Christine, Sporer Abigail, Varman Meera, Vivekanandan Renuga, Wojcik Radek, Jandhyala Ravi, The association between influenza vaccine effectiveness and egg-based manufacturing technology: literature review and US expert consensus, p. 1 - 9 2023
  • Journal of community health
    Nuttall Elle, Ives Sarah, White Anna, Gallagher Kiara, Pynes Rosemary, Walters Ryan W, Varman Meera, Information Sources and Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccination at a Free Clinic in the State of Nebraska, USA
    48:2, p. 252 - 259 2023
  • Journal of Community Health
    Podraza Lindsay, Vasudevan Jayan, Hudson Cathy, Jayan Anjali, Varman Meera, Outcomes from the Use of Targeted Interventions to Increase Meningococcal Vaccination Rates in a Pediatric Clinic
    47:1, p. 87 - 93 2022
  • Papillomavirus Research
    Olsson Sven Eric, Restrepo Jaime Alberto, Reina Julio Cesar, Pitisuttithum Punnee, Ulied Angels, Varman Meera, Van Damme Pierre, Moreira Edson Duarte, Ferris Daron, Block Stanley, Bautista Oliver, Gallagher Nancy, McCauley Jennifer, Luxembourg Alain, Long-term immunogenicity, effectiveness, and safety of nine-valent human papillomavirus vaccine in girls and boys 9 to 15 years of age
    10 2020
  • Pediatrics (Evanston)
    Finalle Rodney, Olsson Sven-Eric, Herrera Teobaldo, Ulied Angels, Gray Glenda, Restrepo Jaime, Samakoses Rudiwilai, Reina Julio, Pitisuttithum Punee, Varman Meera, Van Damme Pierre, Ferris Daron, Block Stan, McCauley Jennifer, Bautista Oliver, Luxembourg Alain, Long term immunogenicity and effectiveness of the 9-valent HPV vaccine in preadolescents and adolescents
    144, p. 1 2019
  • Vaccine
    Ahonen Anitta, Berry Andrea, Chatterjee Archana, Clifford Robert, Diaz Perez Clemente, Diez-Domingo Javier, Haney Byron, Harrison Christopher J., Kerdpanich Angkool Phirangkul, Lee Jimmy K.F., Leonardi Michael, Perez Porcuna Xavier Maria, Phongsamart Wanatpreeya, Sharifah Huda Engku Alwi, Toh Teck Hock, Twiggs Jerry, Ulied Arminana Angels, Varman Meera, Zissman Edward, Caplanusi Adrian, Carryn Stephane, Povey Michael, Henry Ouzama, Miranda Mariano, Martinón-Torres Federico, Immunogenicity and safety of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine at two different potency levels administered to healthy children aged 12-15 months
    36:38, p. 5781 - 5788 2018
  • Journal of Community Health
    Varman M., Sharlin C., Fernandez C., Vasudevan J., Wichman C., Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination Among Adolescents in a Community Clinic Before and After Intervention
    43:3, p. 455 - 458 2018
  • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
    Newland Jason G., Gerber Jeffrey S., Kronman Matthew P., Meredith Georgann, Lee Brian R., Thurm Cary, Hersh Adam L., Namtu Katie C., Berman David M., Handy Lori, Chan Shannon, Tribble Alison C., Klein Kristin, Maples Holly, Stahl Drew, Flett Kelly B., Shapiro Craig, Fernandez A. J., Child Jason, Hurst Amanda L., Parker Sarah K., Pearce Kelly, Mongkolrattanothai Kanokporn, Metjian Talene, Grapentine Steve, Pomputius William, Goldman Jennifer, Yu Diana, Patel Karisma, Yarbrough April, Cassady Kevin A., Courter Joshua, Haslam David, Thurman Rosanne, Mazade Marc, Varman Meera, Green Andrea, Zwiener Jennifer, Simonsen Kari, Stec Robin, Bennett Nicholas, Girotto Jennifer E., Nolt Dawn, Thomas Jessy, Olivero Rosemary, Van Dyke Christy, Smith Michael J., Lee Kelley, Arnold Sandra R., Schwenk Hayden, Sharing antimicrobial reports for pediatric stewardship (SHARPS)
    7:2, p. 124 - 128 2018
  • Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
    Kovac Martina, Kostanyan Lusiné, Mesaros Narcisa, Kuriyakose Sherine, Varman Meera, Immunogenicity and safety of a second booster dose of an acellular pertussis vaccine combined with reduced antigen content diphtheria-tetanus toxoids 10 years after a first booster in adolescence
    14:8, p. 1977 - 1986 2018
  • Vaccine
    Klein N. P., Abu-Elyazeed R., Cornish M., Leonardi M. L., Weiner L. B., Silas P. E., Grogg S. E., Varman Meera, Frenck R. W., Cheuvart B., Baine Y., Miller J. M., Leyssen M., Mesaros N., Roy-Ghanta S., Lot-to-Lot Consistency, Safety and Immunogenicity of 3 Lots of Haemophilus Influenzae Type b Conjugate Vaccine: Results from a Phase III Randomized, Multicenter Study in Infants
    35:28, p. 3564 - 3574 2017
  • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
    Martinón-Torres Federico, Greenberg David, Varman Meera, Killar John A., Hille Darcy, Strable Erica L., Stek Jon E., Kaplan Susan S., Safety, tolerability and Immunogenicity of Pentavalent rotavirus vaccine manufactured by a modified process
    36:4, p. 417 - 422 2017
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
    Safdar N., Juthani-Mehta M., Drees M., Abbo L. M., Sengupta S., Musuuza J. S., Milstone A. M., Furuno J. P., Varman Meera, Anderson D. J., Morgan D. J., Miller L. G., Snyder G. M., Status of the Prevention of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in International Settings: A Survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network
    38:1, p. 53 - 60 2017
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
    Snyder Graham M., Young Heather, Varman Meera, Milstone Aaron M., Harris Anthony D., Munoz-Price Silvia, Research methods in healthcare epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship - Observational studies
    37:10, p. 1141 - 1146 2016
  • Journal of Pediatric Surgery
    Schlueter Rachel K., Azarow Kenneth S., Hines Andrea Green, Varman Meera, Abdessalam Shahab F., Raynor Stephen C., Cusick Robert A., Identifying strategies to decrease infectious complications of gastroschisis repair
    50:1, p. 98 - 101 2015
  • Open forum infectious diseases
    Newland Jason G, Olson Jared, Hersh Adam L., Lee Brian, Thurm Cary, Meredith Georgann, Metjian Talene A., Gerber Jeffrey S., Weissman Scott, Thorell Emily a., Brothers Adam, Goldman Jennifer, Yu Diana, Patel Sameer, Haslam David, Patel Rupal, Courter Joshua, Simonsen Kari, Stec Robin, Varman Meera, 1218Sharing Antimicrobial Reports for Pediatric Stewardship (SHARPS): A Quality Improvement (QI) Collaborative
    1:Suppl 1, p. S39 - S40 2014
  • American Journal of Infection Control
    Taylor Christopher N., Noronha Luke, Wichman Christopher S., Varman Meera, Evaluation of 2 sets of screening criteria for ventilator-associated pneumonia in a children's hospital
    42:9, p. 1011 - 1013 2014
  • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
    Henn Sarah, Varman Meera, Bednicek J., Leishmaniasis: Developing World Affliction, Occasionally Imported
    3:4, p. 360 - 364 2014
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
    Safdar Nasia, Linkin Darren R., . . . Zerr, Danielle M., Varman Meera, Cohen Stuart, Donskey Curtis, Drees Marci, Harris Anthony, Henderson David K., Huang Susan S., Juthani-Mehta Manisha, Lautenbach Ebbing, Anderson Deverick J., Braun Barbara I., Carling Philip, The evolving landscape of healthcare-associated infections: recent advances in prevention and a road map for research
    35:5, p. 480 - 493 2014
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
    Blatter Mark M., Schear Martin, Mufson Maurice A., Martin Judith M., Varman Meera, Grogg Stanley, London Arnold, Shapiro Steven, Cambron Pierre, Douha Martine, Nicholson Ouzama, da Costa Christopher, Innis Bruce L., Klein Nicola P., Shepard Julie S., Leonardi Michael, Immunogenicity and Safety of Two Tetravalent (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella) Vaccines Coadministered with Hepatitis A and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines to Children Twelve to Fourteen Months of Age
    31:8, p. e133 - e140 2012
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
    Rangamani S., Varman Meera, Van Schooneveld T. C., Cornish N. E., Annular rash outbreak in a family
    31:9, p. 998 - 1002 2012
  • Consultant
    Peeples Eric, Varman Meera, Yaghmour Anthony, Chatterjee Archana, Kawasaki disease in a young boy with a neck mass
    51:10, p. 702 - 704 2011
  • Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
    Hougas J. E., Bruneteau R. J., Varman Meera, Mycobacterium Goodii Infection of Skin Graft in an Immunocompetent Child
    19:2, p. 146 - 147 2011
  • Clinical Pediatrics
    Varman Meera, Truemper Edward J., Chatterjee Archana, Severe Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia in a Child With Chronic Illness
    49:11, p. 1075 - 1077 2010
  • Clinical Pediatrics
    Hoffman Michelle A., Birge Nicole D., Chatterjee Archana, Cavalieri Stephen J., Akhtar Javed I., Cornish Nancy E., Truemper Edward J., Varman Meera, Lemierre-like syndrome
    49:9, p. 893 - 896 2010
  • Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
    Kratochvil-Stava Angela J., Haynatzki Gleb R., Varman Meera, Retrospective review of influenza-associated acute myositis at a regional children's hospital
    18:3, p. 183 - 187 2010
  • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
    Pomajzl R. J., Varman M., Holst A., Chen A., Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)-incidence and etiologies at a regional Children's Hospital in 2001-2006
    28:12, p. 1431 - 1435 2009
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
    Gonsalves Wilson I., Cornish Nancy, Moore Michael J., Chen Aimin, Varman Meera, Effects of Volume and Site of Blood Draw on Blood Culture Results
    47:11, p. 3482 - 3485 2009
  • Pediatrics in Review
    Sharma Poonam, Varman Meera, Snow Joseph T., Donovan John, Case 3 presentation
    30:7, p. 271 - 272+275 2009
  • Consultant for Pediatricians
    Natarajan N., Gordon Bruce, Esposito P., McCann Rachel, Hoskoppal A., Varman Meera, Chatterjee Archana, Neuroblastoma in a child with persistent hip pain
    8:5, p. 175 - 181 2009
  • Pediatrics in Review
    Sharma Poonam, Varman Meera, Snow J. T., Cornish N., Donovan J., Index of Suspicion-case 3
    30:7, p. 271 - 277 2009
  • Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
    Varman Meera, Invasive disease due to type e haemophilus influenzae
    16:6, p. 405 - 407 2008
  • Consultant for pediatricians
    Franques Ashlea, Chatterjee Archana, Varman Meera, Holst Amy, Treves John, Torticollis and fever: a case of Grisel syndrome from group A streptococcus infection
    7:8, p. 340 2008
  • Pediatric Annals
    St. Germain Melissa L., Krenzer Kari A., Hasley Brian P., Varman Meera, 11-month-old child refuses to sit up
    37:5, p. 290 - 293 2008
  • Infections in Medicine
    Varman Meera, Romero José R., Cusick Robert A., Esposito Paul W., Armstrong Douglas, Polymicrobial wound infection and nerve injury secondary to a nonhuman primate bite
    25:3, p. 120 - 122 2008
  • Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
    Lang Brook Yuknis, Varman Meera, Reindel Rebecca, Hasley Brian P., Salmonella Gaminara osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in an infant with exposure to bearded dragon
    15:5, p. 348 - 350 2007
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
    Natarajan Negendra, Varman Meera, West Nile virus cerebellitis in a healthy 10-year-old child
    26:8, p. 767 - 767 2007
  • Nebraska Pediatrician
    Bruno Erin, Chatterjee Archana, Varman Meera, Plummer S., Heybrock Brenda, Eischen Kay, Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections at a children’s hospital.
    18:3 2007
  • Pediatrics
    Kingsley Jeffrey D., Varman Meera, Chatterjee Archana, Kingsley Rae A., Roth Karl S., Immunizations for patients with metabolic disorders
    118:2, p. e460 - e470 2006
  • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
    Varman M., Romero J. R., Cornish N. E., Manley J., Meza J. L., Zach T. L., Chartrand S. A., Characterization and mechanisms of resistance of group B streptococcal isolates obtained at a community hospital
    24:6, p. 431 - 433 2005
  • Nebraska Pediatrician
    Morales K., Chatterjee Archana, Varman Meera, Goering Richard V., Wolter D., Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An increasing problem in children
    6:2 2005
  • Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
    Newland Jason G., Romero José R., Varman Meera, Drake Casey, Holst Amy, Safranek Tom, Subbarao Kanta, Encephalitis associated with influenza B virus infection in 2 children and a review of the literature
    36:7, p. 87 - 95 2003
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
    Chatterjee Archana, Varman Meera, Quinlan Trent W., Parotid abscess caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    20:9, p. 912 - 914 2001

*Employed by academic healthcare partner.