
Matthew P. Fox, DSc
Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health
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 2001. 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
- Center Faculty Member, Center for Global Health & Development - Boston University School of Public Health
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
Classes Taught
- SPHEP854
- SPHEP860
- SPHEP861
- SPHEP862
Publications
- Published on 12/9/2022
Nguyen DD, Whitsel EA, Wellenius GA, Levy JI, Leibler JH, Grady ST, Stewart JD, Fox MP, Collins JM, Eliot MN, Malwitz A, Manson JE, Peters JL. Long-term aircraft noise exposure and risk of hypertension in postmenopausal women. Environ Res. 2023 Feb 01; 218:115037. PMID: 36502895.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 11/19/2022
Haber NA, Wieten SE, Rohrer JM, Arah OA, Tennant PWG, Stuart EA, Murray EJ, Pilleron S, Lam ST, Riederer E, Howcutt SJ, Simmons AE, Leyrat C, Schoenegger P, Booman A, Dufour MK, O'Donoghue AL, Baglini R, Do S, Takashima MR, Evans TR, Rodriguez-Molina D, Alsalti TM, Dunleavy DJ, Meyerowitz-Katz G, Antonietti A, Calvache JA, Kelson MJ, Salvia MG, Parra CO, Khalatbari-Soltani S, McLinden T, Chatton A, Seiler J, Steriu A, Alshihayb TS, Twardowski SE, Dabravolskaj J, Au E, Hoopsick RA, Suresh S, Judd N, Peña S, Axfors C, Khan P, Rivera Aguirre AE, Odo NU, Schmid I, Fox MP. Causal and Associational Language in Observational Health Research: A Systematic Evaluation. Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Nov 19; 191(12):2084-2097. PMID: 35925053.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 11/19/2022
Lesko CR, Fox MP, Edwards JK. Lesko et al. Respond to "The Importance of Descriptive Epidemiology". Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Nov 19; 191(12):2073-2074. PMID: 36004704.
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- Published on 11/19/2022
Lesko CR, Fox MP, Edwards JK. A Framework for Descriptive Epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Nov 19; 191(12):2063-2070. PMID: 35774001.
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- Published on 10/19/2022
MacLeod WB, Bor J, Candy S, Maskew M, Fox MP, Bulekova K, Brennan AT, Potter J, Nattey C, Onoya D, Mlisana K, Stevens W, Carmona S. Cohort profile: the South African National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) National HIV Cohort. BMJ Open. 2022 Oct 19; 12(10):e066671. PMID: 36261238.
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- Published on 10/17/2022
Boden LI, Asfaw A, Busey A, Tripodis Y, O'Leary PK, Applebaum KM, Stokes AC, Fox MP. Increased all-cause mortality following occupational injury: a comparison of two states. Occup Environ Med. 2022 12; 79(12):816-823. PMID: 36253089.
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- Published on 9/8/2022
Maskew M, Technau K, Davies MA, Vreeman R, Fox MP. Adolescent retention in HIV care within differentiated service-delivery models in sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet HIV. 2022 Oct; 9(10):e726-e734. PMID: 36088915.
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- Published on 7/31/2022
Cassidy T, Cornell M, Makeleni B, Horsburgh CR, Duran LT, de Azevedo V, Boulle A, Fox MP. Attrition from Care Among Men Initiating ART in Male-Only Clinics Compared with Men in General Primary Healthcare Clinics in Khayelitsha, South Africa: A Matched Propensity Score Analysis. AIDS Behav. 2023 Jan; 27(1):358-369. PMID: 35908271.
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- Published on 7/23/2022
Yland JJ, Wesselink AK, Lash TL, Fox MP. Yland et al. Respond to "Heuristics and Wish Bias". Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Jul 23; 191(8):1498-1499. PMID: 35641149.
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- Published on 7/23/2022
LeClair J, Weuve J, Fox MP, Mez J, Alosco ML, Nowinski C, McKee A, Tripodis Y. Relationship Between Level of American Football Playing and Diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in a Selection Bias Analysis. Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Jul 23; 191(8):1429-1443. PMID: 35434739.
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News & In the Media
- Published on January 20, 2023
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Published on December 12, 2022
Paradigm Shift: Moving from a Crisis-Based System to Prevention
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Published on September 28, 2022
COVID Cases Increase Sharply among Mass. Children and Teens as School Starts, Fall Arrives
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Published on September 19, 2022
‘I Call Malarkey.’ Biden Says COVID-19 Pandemic Is ‘Over.’ but Some Experts Say Not So Fast.
- Published on September 1, 2022
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Published on August 31, 2022
Editorial: Bad Time to Stop Distributing Free COVID-19 Tests
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Published on August 29, 2022
Government to Suspend Program That Distributed Hundreds of Millions of Free, At-Home COVID-19 Tests
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Published on August 1, 2022
Boston-Area COVID Wastewater Data Is Down: ‘the Rest of the Summer Should Be Quiet’
- Published on July 20, 2022
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Published on July 5, 2022
Keep a Sharp Eye Out for COVID-19 Symptoms Now That Fourth Gatherings Have Passed, Experts Say
- Published on July 1, 2022
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Published on June 23, 2022
Variants BA.4 and BA.5 Are Spreading in New England. Here’s What You Need to Know.
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Published on June 10, 2022
Vaccinated People Not More Susceptible to COVID-19 than Unvaccinated
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Published on June 7, 2022
CDC Says COVID-19 Subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 Now Account For More than 7 Percent of New England Cases
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Published on May 24, 2022
Boston-Area COVID Wastewater Data Drops: A ‘Very Positive Change’ as Virus Cases Decline 21%
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Published on May 24, 2022
Boston-Area COVID Wastewater Data Drops: A ‘Very Positive Change’ as Virus Cases Decline 21%
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Published on May 17, 2022
Boston-Area COVID Wastewater Spikes to January Levels: ‘We Are in the Throes of a New Wave’
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Published on May 12, 2022
Mass. COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Are Rising, but Experts Think We May Be Nearing the Peak
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Published on May 11, 2022
Mass. COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Are Rising, but Experts Think We May Be Nearing the Peak
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Published on May 8, 2022
Boston-Area COVID Wastewater Rises Again: ‘Worrisome Although Not Too Surprising’
- Published on April 27, 2022
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Published on April 24, 2022
Boston-Area COVID Wastewater Data Starts Dropping: ‘I’m Cautiously Optimistic’
- Published on April 20, 2022
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Published on April 7, 2022
COVID-19 Ticks up in Wastewater — Are We in the Midst of a New Surge?
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Published on April 3, 2022
Boston-Area Coronavirus Wastewater Jump Shows ‘a New Wave Has Begun’
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Published on March 30, 2022
COVID-19 Levels Rising in Mass., According to Waste Water Data
- Published on March 29, 2022
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Published on March 29, 2022
Mass. Case Numbers, Coronavirus Levels in Waste Water Tick up from Low Levels
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Published on March 23, 2022
Omicron BA.2 COVID Variant Symptoms Explained as New U.S. Wave Possible
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Published on March 16, 2022
COVID-19 Cases in Other Countries Are Rising. How Worried Should the US Be?
- Published on March 16, 2022
- Published on March 10, 2022
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Published on February 28, 2022
Boston-Area Coronavirus Wastewater Is Plateauing after Steep Plunge: ‘This Isn’t Too Surprising’
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Published on February 28, 2022
Boston-Area Coronavirus Wastewater Is Plateauing after Steep Plunge: ‘This Isn’t Too Surprising’
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Published on February 20, 2022
Boston-Area Coronavirus Wastewater Data Sinks to Summer Levels: ‘This Is Great News Indeed’
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Published on February 5, 2022
Experts: Wu’s Decision Whether or Not to Lift COVID Mandates Should Be Based on Data
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Published on February 1, 2022
Pfizer Seeks Ok for Coronavirus Vaccine for Children under 5 after FDA Requests It
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Published on January 25, 2022
Charts Show Hospitalizations Falling in Mass. As Omicron Weakens, but Deaths Are Still Rising
- Published on January 19, 2022
- Published on January 19, 2022
- Published on January 11, 2022
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Published on January 6, 2022
This Chart May Tell Us More about the Mass. COVID Surge than Any Other. Here’s Why
- Published on January 3, 2022
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Published on January 3, 2022
Boston Doctor Suggests Mini “Circuit Breaker” Shutdowns If COVID-19 Worsens
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Published on December 20, 2021
‘Tuesday Is Too Late’: Health Experts Urge Biden to Move Faster amid Omicron Threat
- Published on December 16, 2021
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- Published on December 13, 2021
- Published on September 24, 2021
- Published on September 8, 2021
- Published on September 2, 2021
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Published on September 2, 2021
Charts: A Closely Watched Model Shows That More COVID-19 Cases Could Be Coming to Mass. This Fall
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Published on August 9, 2021
Posts Misinterpret CDC’s Provincetown COVID-19 Outbreak Report
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Published on August 9, 2021
Social Media Posts Misinterpret CDC’s Provincetown COVID-19 Outbreak Report
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Published on August 6, 2021
Will Podcasts and Social Media Replace Academic Journals? (Podcast)
- Published on August 5, 2021
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Published on August 5, 2021
Alarmed about Breakthrough COVID Cases? Here’s How Experts Say to Read the Numbers
- Published on July 29, 2021
- Published on June 24, 2021
- Published on June 4, 2021
- Published on June 3, 2021
- Published on May 17, 2021
- Published on April 14, 2021
- Published on April 5, 2021
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Published on March 24, 2021
Massachusetts Coronavirus Cases Rising after Declining for Weeks. What’s Causing This Uptick?
- Published on February 12, 2021
- Published on February 12, 2021
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Published on January 25, 2021
Health Experts Weigh in as Massachusetts Lifts Coronavirus Curfew Monday
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Published on January 5, 2021
Massachusetts’ New Coronavirus Restrictions Go Into Effect Saturday: ‘A Baby Step at Best’
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Published on December 14, 2020
Study Shows Biogen Conference Could Be Connected to as Many as 300,000 COVID Cases
- Published on December 10, 2020
- Published on December 7, 2020
- Published on December 7, 2020
- Published on December 4, 2020
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Published on December 3, 2020
CDC Urges Holiday Travelers to Get COVID-19 Test Before and After Trip
- Published on December 3, 2020
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- Published on November 25, 2020
- Published on November 25, 2020
- Published on November 24, 2020
- Published on August 27, 2020
- Published on August 27, 2020
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Published on August 26, 2020
Biogen ‘Superspreader’ Conference Likely Led to ‘Tens of Thousands’ of COVID Infections, Report Says
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Published on August 24, 2020
What Is Behind the Record Rise in Global COVID-19 Infections?
- Published on August 14, 2020
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Published on August 11, 2020
Navigating Number Fatigue: How to Understand COVID-19 in Maine
- Published on August 10, 2020
- Published on August 5, 2020
- Published on July 21, 2020
- Published on July 16, 2020
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Published on July 13, 2020
How the South and Southwest Became the Global Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Published on July 9, 2020
- Published on July 6, 2020
- Published on June 25, 2020
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Published on May 28, 2020
Key Coronavirus Model Lowers Death Projection in U.S., Massachusetts as Toll Tops 100,000 Nationwide
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Published on May 8, 2020
Medical Experts on Fighting COVID-19: Prepare for a Marathon
- Published on May 7, 2020
- Published on May 7, 2020
- Published on May 6, 2020
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Published on May 1, 2020
Largest Shopping Mall Operator Preparing to Re-Open outside of New England
- Published on May 1, 2020
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Published on April 21, 2020
Contact Tracing Helped End the Ebola Outbreak; Public Health Experts Say It Can Stop COVID-19, Too
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Published on April 17, 2020
Baker: ‘Contact Tracing’ Program Key to Stopping COVID-19 Spread
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Published on April 9, 2020
The Retired Doctor Who’d Want to Die at Home If He Got COVID-19
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Published on April 7, 2020
Is It Ethical to Hire Babysitters, Delivery Services, and Cleaners Right Now?
- Published on April 1, 2020
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Published on March 31, 2020
Boston Doctor: Infected Person Who Stays Home Can Eliminate over 100 Coronavirus Cases in a Month
- Published on November 25, 2019
- Published on June 19, 2019
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Published on May 30, 2019
Health Check Podcast: Does Eating Processed Foods Make Us Put on Weight?
- Published on January 24, 2019
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Published on July 6, 2018
Expanded HIV Treatment Eligibility Does Not Crowd Out Sickest
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Published on July 6, 2018
Professor Joins International HIV/AIDS Journal Editorial Board
- Published on March 14, 2018
- Published on November 28, 2017
- Published on November 20, 2017
- Published on November 13, 2017
- Published on September 12, 2017
- Published on September 8, 2017
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- Published on December 8, 2016
- Published on November 21, 2016
- Published on November 10, 2016
- Published on June 28, 2016
- Published on June 27, 2016
- Published on May 10, 2016
- Published on March 22, 2016
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Published on March 8, 2016
HIV Treatment Costs High at Inpatient Care Facilities in South Africa
- Published on November 4, 2015
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Published on October 8, 2015
Researchers Partner with World Bank and South African Government
- Published on July 28, 2015
- Published on March 23, 2015
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Published on February 13, 2015
More Efforts Needed to Keep Children in HIV Treatment, Study Says
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Published on November 4, 2014
Study Finds Retention Problems Among South African Patients Receiving HIV Treatment