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 9/22/2025

    Zheng A, Brennan AT, Greener R, Kileel EM, Bor J, Venter WDF, Murray EJ, Pisa PT, Goeieman B, Fox MP, Maskew M. Initiation of dolutegravir vs. efavirenz on 12- and 24-month retention and viral suppression: a target trial emulation. Infect Dis (Lond). 2025 Sep 22; 1-11. PMID: 40982349.

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  • Published on 9/15/2025

    Ross RK, Fox MP, Lesko CR, Rudolph JE, Zalla LC, Edwards JK. Using measurement error parameters from validation data. Epidemiology. 2025 Sep 15. PMID: 40952412.

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  • Published on 9/8/2025

    Lauren E, Shumba K, Fox MP, MacLeod W, Stevens W, Mlisana K, Bor J, Onoya D. Correction: The fall-And rise-In hospital-based care for people with HIV in South Africa: 2004-2017. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(9):e0005169. PMID: 40920701.

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  • Published on 9/3/2025

    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. 2025 Sep 03; 194(9):2631-2640. PMID: 39586815.

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  • Published on 9/1/2025

    Zheng A, Kileel EM, Brennan AT, Flynn DB, Rosen S, Fox MP. Systematic review and meta-analysis of retention and disengagement after initiation on antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries after the introduction of Universal Test and Treat policies. J Int AIDS Soc. 2025 Sep; 28(9):e70026. PMID: 40908808.

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  • Published on 8/26/2025

    Huber AN, Jamieson L, Fox MP, Manganye M, Malala L, Chidarikire T, Khoza N, Nichols BE, Rosen S, Pascoe S. Evaluating the impact of differentiated service delivery (DSD) on retention in care and HIV viral suppression in South Africa: A target trial emulation using routine healthcare data. PLoS Med. 2025 Aug; 22(8):e1004489. PMID: 40857347.

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  • Published on 8/23/2025

    Fox MP, Wise LA. How Good Are We at Intuiting the Impact of Misclassification on Study Results? Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 23. PMID: 40849112.

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  • Published on 8/21/2025

    Bezuidenhout C, Long L, Nichols B, Meyer-Rath G, Fox MP, Olifant S, Theron G, Fiphaza K, Pieruccini M, Ruhwald M, Penn-Nicholson A, Fourie B, Medina-Marino A. Using sputum and tongue swab specimens for in-home point-of-care targeted universal testing for tuberculosis of household contacts: an acceptability and feasibility analysis. BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Aug 21; 10(8). PMID: 40840972.

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  • Published on 8/8/2025

    Dzomba A, Shumba K, Nattey C, Lauren E, Brennan A, McLoed W, Fox MP, Bor J, Onoya D. HIV patient treatment adherence trajectories in first 24-months post-ART initiation among adults: an electronic health records cohort from South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Aug 08. PMID: 40778758.

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  • Published on 8/5/2025

    Charlton BM, Wright DR, Driver-Linn E, Fox MP, Wise LA. Effective and inclusive mentorship in the field of epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 05; 194(8):2140-2143. PMID: 39191652.

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