Maureen R . Tierney, MD, MS
Associate Dean, Clinical Research and Public Health
Professor
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CUMC - Creighton University Medical Center
Maureen R . Tierney, MD, MS
Associate Dean, Clinical Research and Public Health
Professor
Dr. Tierney was born in New York City and attended Fordham University. She received her MD from Cornell Medical College and training in IM and ID at New York Hospital/Cornell and Massachusetts General Hospital, respectively. She joined the staff in ID at MGH and became Assistant Clinical Director of ID as well as Fellowship Director before leaving to become Chief of ID at the West Roxbury VAMC and Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Tierney earned a MSc. in health services administration/health policy from the Harvard SPH. She served as a senior medical reviewer for the FDA from 2002-2008. After her and her family’s move to Nebraska, she focused on autism advocacy for a few years, but then joined NE DPH/Epidemiology Unit. As the Medical Director of the Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program at NE DHHS, she and her team created an antimicrobial resistance task force, developed a real time state antibiogram, and established a containment program for MDROs. From February through May 2020 she worked with all the epidemiology team on the response to COVID-19 including authoring and hosting thrice weekly public health and clinical COVID 19 update webinars for the Nebraska medical community.
Dr. Tierney is a member of IDSA, SHEA, CSTE and ACP. She was invited to participate in CORHA (Council on Outbreak Response for Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance) and was named Co-chair of CORHA’s Subcommittee in August 2018.She was named the Inaugural Awardee of The McKnight Prize for Healthcare Outbreak Heroes 2020.
Teaching Interests
- Public Health. Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases inc. COVID-19, Healthcare Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance
Research Focus
She has published abstracts, articles, chapters and regulatory documents on gaps in Infection Prevention and Anitmicorbial Stewardship, control of resistant pathogens, nontuberculous mycobacteria, HIV therapy, eye and ear infections, etc.
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Clinical Research and Public Health
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Professor
Articles
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Shiv Patel, Shiv Patel, Gia Thinh Truong, Ajay Rajan, Zachary Creech, Ryan Walters, Ian Ng, Christopher Destache, Renuga Vivekanandan, Maureen Tierney, Manasa Velagapudi Discharge disposition and clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, p. 130:1-5 2023 - Therapy of Infectious Disease
Tierney M, Behlau I. Tierney M and Behlau I. “Croup, Epiglottitis, and Laryngitis.” In: Schlossberg D. Current Therapy of Infectious Disease. Second Edition. St. Louis: Mosby, 2000, 98-102., p. 98-102 2021 - JAC Antimicrobial Resistance
Shugart, A, Alicia Shugart, Garrett Mahon, Jennifer Y Huang, Maria Karlsson, Ann Valley, Megan Lasure, Annastasia Gross, Brittany Pattee, Elisabeth Vaeth, Richard Brooks, Tyler Maruca, Catherine E Dominguez, David Torpey, Drew Francis, Rachana Bhattarai, Marion A Kainer, Allison Chan, Heather Dubendris, Shermalyn R Greene, Sara J Blosser, D J Shannon, Kelly Jones, Brenda Brennan, Sopheay Hun, Marisa DAngeli, Caitlin N Murphy, Maureen Tierney, Natashia Reese, Amelia Bhatnagar, Alex Kallen, Allison C Brown, Maroya Spalding Walters Carbapenemase Production among the Less Common Enterobacterales Genera 10 U.S. Sites, 2018
Volume 3, Issue 3 2021 - Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Philip Chung, Regina Nailon , M. Salman Ashraf , Scott Bergman , Teresa Micheels , Mark E. Rupp , Michelle Schwedhelm , Maureen Tierney , Kate Tyner , Trevor C. Van Schooneveld and Jasmine R. Marcelin Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections in the Ambulatory Setting Using a Multifaceted Approach.
43, Issue 9, p. 1235 - 1237 2021 - Pharmacotherapy
Destache, C, Aurit, S. Schmidt, D..Erkes, L. Tierney, M. Vivekanandan, R. 'Bamlanivimab Use in Mild COVID-19 Disease: A Matched Cohort Design.' Pharmacotherapy.
10.1002/phar.2613 2021 - Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
Tierney MR, Baker AS Tierney MR and Baker AS. Infections of the Head and Neck in Diabetes”. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1995; 9: 195-216.
9, p. 195-216 1995