Matthew Fox
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Matthew A. Fox, DSc

Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

617-358-2062
mfox@bu.edu
Crosstown Center - 372
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Biography

Matthew Fox, DSc, MPH, is a Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Global Health at Boston University. Dr. Fox joined Boston University in 1999. His research interests include treatment outcomes in HIV-treatment programs, infectious disease epidemiology (with specific interests in HIV and pneumonia), and epidemiologic methods. Dr. Fox works on ways to improve retention in HIV-care programs in South Africa from the time of testing HIV-positive through long-term treatment. As part of this work, he is involved in analyses to assess the impact of changes in South Africa’s National Treatment Guidelines for HIV. Dr. Fox also does research on quantitative bias analysis and co-authored a book on these methods, Applying Quantitative Bias Analysis to Epidemiologic Data (http://www.springer.com/public+health/book/978-0-387-87960-4). He is also the host of a public health journal club podcast called Free Associations designed to help people stay current in the public health literature and think critically about the quality of research studies (https://bit.ly/30fPApj) and a podcast on Epidemiologic Methods called SERious Epi (https://seriousepi.blubrry.net/). He currently teaches a third-level epidemiologic methods class, Advanced Epidemiology as well as two other doctoral level epidemiologic methods courses. Dr. Fox is a graduate of the Boston University School of Public Health with a master’s degree in epidemiology and biostatistics and a doctorate in epidemiology.

Other Positions

  • Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health
  • Honorary Associate Professor, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office - University of the Witwatersrand

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, DSc Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • Bates College, BA Field of Study: English Literature

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHEP854
  • SPHEP861
  • SPHEP862
  • SPHEP911

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 5/7/2025

    Banack HR, Mayeda ER, Fox MP, Naimi AI, Whitcomb BW. Collider stratification bias II: magnitude of bias. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 May 07; 194(5):1149-1151. PMID: 39108158.

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  • Published on 4/20/2025

    Bond JC, Simancas-Pallares MA, Divaris K, Garcia RI, Fox MP, Wise LA, Heaton B. Preconception Oral Health Is Associated with Modifiable Health Behaviors. J Dent Res. 2025 Apr 20; 220345251325216. PMID: 40254774.

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  • Published on 4/9/2025

    Banack HR, Rosella LC, Shiau S, Howe CJ, Martinez-Amezcua P, Fox MP, Adar SD, Harville EW, Young HA, Bassiouni SS, McBurney SH, Swift SL, Miller WC, Strickland MJ, Marino FR, Ehrhardt S, Pinney SM, Olola OO, Prins C, Zagarins SE, Haw NJL, Pollack AZ, Park SK, Goldmann E, Henkle EM, Kapadia F, Odegaard AO, Nguyen UDT, Oldenburg CE, Lesko CR. Defining methodologic and other core competencies for PhD-level training in epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 09. PMID: 40202499.

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  • Published on 2/12/2025

    McLone S, Coleman C, Matzke H, Fox M, Jay J. Losing sleep? The effects of exposure to shootings near one's residence on self-reported sleep quantity in Chicago, 2020-2021. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 12. PMID: 39960271.

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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 12/17/2024

    Applebaum KM, Asfaw A, O'Leary PK, Fox MP, Tripodis Y, Busey A, Gradus JL, Boden LI. Occupational Injury and Suicide in Washington State, Adjusting for Pre-Injury Depression. Am J Ind Med. 2025 Feb; 68(2):122-131. PMID: 39690720.

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  • Published on 12/16/2024

    Adrien N, MacLehose RF, Werler MM, Yazdy MM, Fox MP, Parker SE. Assessing the Impact of Exposure Misclassification in Case-Control Studies of Self-Reported Medication Use. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 16. PMID: 39679807.

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  • Published on 11/21/2024

    Banack HR, Fox MP, Platt RW, Garber MD, Li X, Schildcrout J, Matthay EC. Modern Sources of Controls in Case-Control Studies. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 21. PMID: 39586815.

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  • Published on 11/4/2024

    Fox MP, Adrien N, van Smeden M, Suarez E. Invited commentary: it's not all about residual confounding-a plea for quantitative bias analysis for epidemiologic researchers and educators. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 04; 193(11):1609-1611. PMID: 38754869.

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