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Baylor College of Medicine
Temple, TX
ausmeyer
@austingmeyer
vibe-scientist.bsky.social

Biography

I am a physician-scientist currently appointed as an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and serving as a Pediatric Hospitalist at McLane Children's Hospital (Baylor Scott & White Health). I also work intermittently as an Adult Hospitalist with Baylor Scott & White Health in Austin and Temple. Additionally, I am the Temple lead for the Academy of Clinical Teaching and Assessment (ACTA) for BCM and the associate director for the Temple campus of the BCM global health pathway.

My research focuses on analyzing viral genome data and forecasting infectious disease outbreaks, with a particular emphasis on leveraging machine learning techniques to predict outbreaks of Influenza and Dengue viruses. I collaborate with teams from Northeastern University and Harvard School of Public Health on influenza hospitalization forecasts for the CDC's FluSight project and Dengue outbreak forecasts across multiple countries.

Previously, I was an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and a combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric Hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Children's Hospital. I completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital where I concurrently completed an HIV Medicine certification and an advanced competency in Global Health.

During my graduate and postdoctoral studies, I investigated viral evolution, protein molecular evolution, and protein structural biology. I hold a PhD in Computational Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin, an MD from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and three master's degrees in Analytics, Public Health, and Biotechnology respectively.

Data Science Hospital Medicine Infectious Diseases Evolution Epidemiology Statistics Health Informatics

Education / Training

Fellowship, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases (incomplete)

07/21–11/21 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Left after 5 months

Residency, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

2017–2021 | Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH

Advanced Competency: Global Health (Experience: St. Damien Children's Hospital, Port-au-Prince, HT)
HIV Medicine Specialist (AAHIVS)

Doctor of Philosophy, Biochemistry

2010–2014 | University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Focus: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Mentor: Claus O. Wilke, PhD
Dissertation: 'The Role of Structure in Protein Evolution'

Doctor of Medicine

2012–2017 | Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX

Master of Science, Analytics

2019–2024 | Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Track: Analytical Tools
Mentor: Mauricio Santillana, PhD

Master of Public Health

2015–2017 | University of North Texas HSC, Fort Worth, TX

Practicum: CDC, Influenza Division

Master of Science, Biotechnology

2008–2010 | Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX

Track: Biomedical Research
Mentor: R. Bryan Sutton, PhD

Bachelor of Science, Physics (Minor: Mathematics)

2003–2008 | Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy (Minor: Mathematics)

2003–2008 | Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Graduate Coursework in Philosophy

2012–2014 | Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Work History

Attending Pediatric Hospitalist

09/24–Present | Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Baylor Scott and White, McLane Children's Hospital, Temple, TX

PRN Hospitalist

09/24–Present | Division of Inpatient Medicine, Baylor Scott and White Health, Austin, TX

Data Scientist

01/22–Present | Santillana Lab, Network Science Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Medical Director and Data Scientist

01/24–08/24 | Division of Infectious Disease Prevention, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX

Attending Pediatric Hospitalist (part time)

01/23–08/24 | Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Baylor Scott and White, McLane Children's Hospital, Temple, TX

Attending Hospitalist

06/23–01/24 | Division of Inpatient Medicine, Baylor Scott and White Health, Austin, TX

Attending Hospitalist

12/22–06/23 | TeamHealth, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX

Attending Hospitalist

01/22–11/22 | Section of Hospital Medicine, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Attending Pediatric Hospitalist

07/22–11/22 | Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital at Winchester Hospital, Boston, MA

Postdoctoral Fellow

01/15–06/15 | University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Academic Positions

Assistant Professor

09/24–Present | Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Temple, TX

Lead for Temple Campus, Academy of Clinical Teachers and Assessors

09/24–Present | Baylor College of Medicine, Temple, TX

Associate Director, Global Health Pathway

10/24–Present | Baylor College of Medicine, Temple, TX

Statistical Editor

07/24–Present | Pediatrics Open Science, American Academy of Pediatrics

Instructor

01/22–11/22 | Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Adjunct Staff

05/22–11/22 | Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Visiting Researcher

07/15–06/17 | University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Teaching Experience

Lecturer, Pediatric Residency

01/23–Present | Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, TX

Topic: Biostatistics and Epidemiology (EBM Series)

Lecturer, School of Medicine

2017 | Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX

Topic: Tropical Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses (3 lectures)

Lecturer, School of Medicine

2017 | Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX

Topic: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Lecturer, School of Medicine

2016 | Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX

Topic: Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Review for USMLE Step 1

Selected Publications

For a full list, please see my Google Scholar Profile.

Summary: 25 Peer Reviewed Papers | 8 First Author | >2000 Citations | H-index: 16

Wu S*, Meyer AG*, Clemente L, et al. (2025) Preprint

Ensemble approaches for robust short-term dengue fever forecasts: A global evaluation study. medRxiv.

*equal contribution
Meyer AG, Lu F, Clemente L, Santillana M. (2025) Published

A prospective real-time transfer learning approach to estimate influenza hospitalizations with limited data. Epidemics. 50:100816.
CDC FluSight Team. (2024) Published

Evaluation of flusight influenza forecasting... Nature Communications. 15:6289.
Iyengar P, Meyer AG, Steadman E, et al. (2024) Published

A predictive algorithm for discriminating myeloid malignancies and leukemoid reactions. Am J Med. 137:658–665.
McWhite CD, Meyer AG, Wilke CO. (2016) Published

Serial passaging causes extensive positive selection in seasonal influenza A hemagglutinin. Virus Evol. 2.
Jack BR, Meyer AG, Echave J, Wilke CO. (2016) Published

Functional sites induce long-range evolutionary constraints in enzymes. PLOS Biol. 14:e1002452.
Meyer AG, Wilke CO. (2015) Published

Geometric constraints dominate the antigenic evolution of influenza H3N2 hemagglutinin. PLOS Pathog. 11:e1004940.
Meyer AG, Spielman SJ, Bedford T, Wilke CO. (2015) Published

Time dependence of evolutionary metrics during the 2009 pandemic Influenzavirus outbreak. Virus Evol. 1:vev006.
Kachroo AH, Laurent JM, Yellman CM, Meyer AG, et al. (2015) Published

Systematic humanization of yeast genes reveals conserved functions and genetic modularity. Science. 348:921–925.
Meyer AG, Wilke CO. (2013) Published

Integrating sequence variation and protein structure to identify sites under selection. Mol Biol Evol. 30:36–44.
Meyer AG, Dawson ET, Wilke CO. (2013) Published

Cross-species comparison of site-specific evolutionary-rate variation in Influenza hemagglutinin. Phil Trans R Soc B. 368:20120334.