Austin G. Meyer

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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 Temple. Additionally, I am a core faculty member of the pediatric residency and the associate director for the Temple campus of the BCM global health pathway. I also serve as the Statistical Editor for Pediatrics Open Science, an American Academy of Pediatrics journal.

My research focuses on leveraging machine learning techniques to predict and understand virus evolution and epidemiology. I collaborate with teams from Northeastern University and Harvard School of Public Health, with current projects centered on influenza hospitalization forecasting for the CDC's FluSight project, on optimizing the timing of RSV prophylaxis and influenza vaccination, and on developing explainable machine learning approaches to characterize influenza antigenic evolution and inform vaccine strain selection.

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 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)

Doctor of Philosophy, Biochemistry

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

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, Temple, TX

Visiting Scholar/Data Scientist

01/22–Present | Department of Physics and the Network Science Institute, Santillana Lab, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Medical Director

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

Core Faculty, Pediatrics Residency

07/25–Present | McLane Children's Hospital, Baylor Scott and White Health, 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, Chicago, IL

Academy of Clinical Teachers and Assessors – Campus Lead

09/24–10/25 | Baylor College of Medicine, Temple, TX

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

Research Support

NIH Loan Repayment Program Award

2025–2027 | National Institutes of Health, #1L70AI194328-01, $100,000

  • Multivariate transfer learning and probabilistic optimization to improve and extend machine learning forecasts in respiratory virus hospitalizations

Teaching Experience

Lecturer, Global Health Pathway

10/25–Present | Baylor College of Medicine

  • Course: Overview of Global Health
  • Topic: History and Epidemiology of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Lecturer, Pediatric Residency

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

  • Topic: Biostatistics and Epidemiology (EBM Series)

Lecturer, Division of Infectious Disease Prevention

07/24 | Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX

  • Topic: Understanding Meningococcal Disease

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

Honors and Awards

Teaching Award

2024 | McLane Children's Hospital Pediatric Residency

International Travel Award

2019 | Nationwide Children's Hospital

BeWise Immunize Grant

2013 | Texas Medical Association, Texas Medical Association Foundation

Research Fellowship

2009 | Texas Tech University HSC, Center for Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

CH Foundation Scholarship

2008 | Texas Tech University HSC, Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry

Publications

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

Summary: 32 Peer Reviewed Papers | 12 First/Corresponding Author | >2500 Citations | H-index: 17

  1. Wang Y, Sircar A, Blasick S, Meyer AG, and Yang S. (2026) In Review

    Common regression models for the pediatric hospitalist: A generalized linear model primer.
  2. Meyer AG and Santillana M. (2026) In Review

    Interpretable sequence-based machine learning consolidates candidate Influenza H3N2 hemagglutinin antigenic sites. Preprint at bioRxiv, 2026.
  3. Meyer AG, Rosales BN, Yang S, and Santillana M. (2026) In Review

    Decision analysis modeling favors optimal Influenza vaccination in late November or early December. Preprint at medRxiv, 2026.
  4. Perez K, Sanders C, Raju S, and Meyer AG. (2026) In Review

    Beyond the bowel: Pediatric ulcerative colitis with organizing pneumonia.
  5. Davis JT, Kaur G, Hines A, …, Meyer AG, …, and Borchering RK. (2026) In Review

    Multi-season evaluation and analysis of categorical trend forecasts of influenza hospital admissions in the United States. Preprint at medRxiv, 2026.
  6. Meyer AG, Dewey G, Blasick S, Hovland C, and Santillana M. (2026) In Press

    Nirsevimab timing and infant RSV protection: Predictive modeling. Pediatrics (in press).
  7. Meyer AG. (2026) Published

    Explainable machine learning reveals evolutionary signals in influenza haemagglutinin. J R Soc Interface. 23(239):20251302.
  8. Meyer AG, Dewey G, Blasick S, Hovland C, and Santillana M. (2026) Published

    Quantifying the protection gap: respiratory syncytial virus activity outside the recommended prophylaxis administration window. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 15(5):piag034.
  9. Garrido-Garcia R, Clemente L, Meyer AG, Dewey G, Yang S, and Santillana M. (2026) Published

    A real-time early warning system to anticipate respiratory disease outbreaks using transfer learning. Nat Commun. 17:6599.

Presentations & Lectures

Evidence-Based Medicine · Pediatric Residency, Baylor Scott & White Health (01/23–Present)

2025

EBM 11 — Hypothesis Testing, Test Selection & Clinical Relevance EBM 10 — Validity, Inference & Time-to-Event EBM 9 — A Practical Review of Key Concepts

2024

EBM 8 — Core Concepts and Study Designs EBM 7 — Interpreting Clinical Studies: Models, Trials, and When Things Don't Go as Planned EBM 6 — Clinical Probability and Diagnostic Testing EBM 5 — Definition and Importance of Evidence-Based Medicine

2023

EBM 4 — Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses EBM 3 — Trial Design, Power, and Randomization EBM 2 — Epidemiology, Study Bias, and Study Types EBM 1 — Basic Stats, Inference, and Hypothesis Testing

Global Health & Infectious Diseases

2025 · BCM Global Health Pathway

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: A Global Health Perspective

2024 · Texas Dept. of State Health Services

Understanding Meningococcal Disease

2017 · TTUHSC School of Medicine

Tropical Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses — Part 1: Alphavirus / Arenavirus / Bunyavirus Tropical Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses — Part 2: Filovirus Tropical Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses — Part 3: Flavivirus

Biostatistics & Epidemiology · Medical Students, TTUHSC

2017

Introduction to Biostatistics & Epidemiology

2016

USMLE Step 1 Biostatistics & Epidemiology Review

Web Apps & Code Examples

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Leukemoid.com

Web app for calculating risk of myeloid malignancy vs. leukemoid reaction.

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Turtle Chat

AWS-based chatbot for analyzing PHI documents.

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Ohio COVID-19 Dashboard

R Shiny app visualizing Ohio Department of Health data.

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COVID-19 US State Tracker

R Shiny app visualizing COVID Tracking Project data.

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Protein Evolution Toolbox

Python, C++, R tools for protein structure/sequence analysis.

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Compartmental Disease Models

R Shiny app demonstrating compartmental models (SIR, SEIR) for infectious disease outbreaks.

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Clinical Statistics Demo

R Shiny app demonstrating predictive values and other clinical statistics.

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PE Probability Calculator (Morning Report)

R Shiny app from a morning report, including calculators for PE probability (Wells', D-dimer, CT Angio).

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