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 3/1/2026

    Onoya D, Shumba K, Mudara C, Nattey C, Gareta D, Lauren E, Macleod W, Fox MP, Mlisana K, Bor J. Timing of ART Initiation With Treatment Policy Changes in South Africa: A Cohort Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2026 Mar 01; 101(3):316-324. PMID: 41252684.

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  • Published on 2/9/2026

    Bezuidenhout C, Long L, Nichols B, Meyer-Rath G, Fox MP, Theron G, Fourie B, Olifant S, Penn-Nicholson A, Ruhwald M, Medina-Marino A. Sputum and Tongue Swab Molecular Testing for the In-Home Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Unselected Household Contacts: A Cost and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Feb 09; 82(1):49-57. PMID: 40705837.

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  • Published on 2/7/2026

    Gareta D, Lauren E, Shumba K, Nattey C, Fox MP, Mlisana K, Egger M, Onoya D, Herbst K, Bor J. Linkage of HIV treatment and population-based surveillance records in rural South Africa: the AHRI Unified Data Platform (AUDP). Arch Public Health. 2026 Feb 07; 84(1). PMID: 41652614.

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  • Published on 2/5/2026

    Rader B, Astley CM, White LF, Brownstein JS, Fox MP. Heterogeneous impact of mask mandates on U.S. masking behavior: an interrupted time series study. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 Feb 05; 195(2):488-496. PMID: 41121729.

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  • Published on 2/5/2026

    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. 2026 Feb 05; 195(2):307-318. PMID: 40202499.

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  • Published on 1/8/2026

    McLone SG, Coleman CM, Matzke HJ, Fox MP, Jay JS. Losing sleep? The effects of exposure to shootings near one's residence on self-reported sleep quantity in Chicago, 2020-2021. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 Jan 08; 195(1):135-142. PMID: 39960271.

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  • Published on 12/1/2025

    Dzomba A, Shumba K, Nattey C, Lauren E, Brennan AT, McLoed W, Fox MP, Bor J, Onoya D. HIV Patient Treatment Adherence Trajectories in First 24 months After ART Initiation Among Adults: An Electronic Health Records Cohort From South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Dec 01; 100(4):305-314. PMID: 40778758.

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  • Published on 10/21/2025

    Brennan AT, Lauren E, Bor J, George JA, Khoza S, Mlisana K, Kileel EM, Rosen S, Raal F, Hibberd P, Fox MP, Crowther NJ. Gaps in the Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus care cascade: a national perspective using South Africa's National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) database. medRxiv. 2025 Oct 21. PMID: 41040711.

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  • Published on 10/15/2025

    Zheng A, Kane JC, Mngadi-Ncube S, Fox MP, Manganye P, Long L, Metz K, Sardana S, Alto M, Greener R, Thea DM, Murray LK, Pascoe S. Effectiveness of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) for mental and behavioral health outcomes among women struggling to remain adherent to HIV treatment and who have experienced intimate partner violence in South Africa: A randomised controlled trial. medRxiv. 2025 Oct 15. PMID: 41282709.

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  • 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). 2026 Feb; 58(2):198-208. PMID: 40982349.

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