Jacob Bor
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Jacob Bor, SD

Associate Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health

617-358-2176
jbor@bu.edu
Crosstown Center
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Biography

Jacob Bor, ScD, is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. His research applies the analytical tools of economics and data science to the study of population health. Research interests include HIV treatment and prevention in southern Africa, structural causes of health disparities in the U.S, and intersections of health, politics, and development. Prior to his graduate training at Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Bor worked with an HIV-prevention NGO in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa. He is a faculty affiliate of BU's Global Development Policy Center and Senior Research at the Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (www.heroza.org) in South Africa.

Other Positions

  • Associate Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

Education

  • Harvard School of Public Health, SD Field of Study: Global Health Management
  • Harvard School of Public Health, SM/ScM Field of Study: Economics
  • Harvard College, AB Field of Study: Social Sciences

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHPH720

Publications

  • Published on 6/1/2025

    Zheng A, Fox MP, Greener R, Kileel EM, Bor J, Venter WDF, Pisa PT, Brennan AT, Maskew M. Initiation of Dolutegravir Versus Efavirenz on Viral Suppression and Retention at 6 months: A Regression Discontinuity Design. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Jun 01; 99(2):151-157. PMID: 39913899.

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  • Published on 4/30/2025

    Nichols BE, Dodge JL, Lee BP, Bhadelia N, Bor J. Medicaid cuts, mortality, and health-care expenditure in the USA. Lancet. 2025 May 17; 405(10491):1736. PMID: 40318689.

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  • Published on 3/12/2025

    Shapiro AN, Moultrie H, Jacobson KR, Bor J, da Silva P, Scott L, Jenkins HE. The risk of rifampicin-resistant TB after drug-susceptible TB treatment. IJTLD Open. 2025 Mar; 2(3):173-175. PMID: 40092522.

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  • Published on 2/19/2025

    Dieye I, Wong H, McNairy M, Iyer H, Tshabalala G, Fata A, Bor J, Koenig SP, Otwombe K, Katz IT. Correction: A Risk Prediction Model to Identify People Living with HIV Who are High-risk for Disengagement from Care after HIV Diagnosis in South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb 19. PMID: 39969646.

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  • Published on 1/2/2025

    Nattey C, Onoya D, Shumba K, Gareta D, Macleod W, Fox MP, Puren A, Mlisana K, Bor J. Monitoring for advanced disease in the universal test and treat era: trends in CD4 count testing in South Africa. BMC Glob Public Health. 2025 Jan 02; 3(1):2. PMID: 39748443.

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  • Published on 11/1/2024

    Shapiro AN, Scott L, Moultrie H, Jacobson KR, Bor J, Conradie F, da Silva P, Mlisana K, Jenkins HE, Stevens WS. Risk factors for and timing of presumptive recurrent TB. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024 Nov 01; 28(11):527-533. PMID: 39468024.

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  • Published on 9/5/2024

    Lauren E, Shumba K, Fox MP, MacLeod W, Stevens W, Mlisana K, Bor J, Onoya D. The fall-And rise-In hospital-based care for people with HIV in South Africa: 2004-2017. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024; 4(9):e0002127. PMID: 39236028.

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  • Published on 9/3/2024

    Brennan AT, Kileel EM, Fox MP, George JA, Khoza S, Rosen S, Raal F, Hibberd P, Chetty K, Mlisana K, Bor J, Crowther NJ. Assessing compliance with national guidelines in diabetes care: A study leveraging data from south Africa's National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS). PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024; 4(9):e0003014. PMID: 39226276.

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  • Published on 7/30/2024

    Brennan AT, Kileel EM, Khoza S, Crowther NJ, Bor J, Fox MP, Rosen S, Hibberd P, Raal F, Chetty K, Mlisana K, George JA. Prevalence and progression of chronic kidney disease among adults undergoing creatinine testing in South African public healthcare facilities: a study leveraging data from South Africa's National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS). BMJ Public Health. 2024 Jul; 2(1). PMID: 39698394.

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  • Published on 7/10/2024

    Dieye I, Wong H, McNairy M, Iyer H, Tshabalala G, Fata A, Bor J, Koenig SP, Otwombe K, Katz IT. A Risk Prediction Model to Identify People Living with HIV Who are High-risk for Disengagement from Care after HIV Diagnosis in South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2024 Oct; 28(10):3362-3372. PMID: 38985402.

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