Matthew Fox, DSc
Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology

DSc, Boston University School of Public Health
MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
BA, Bates College



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.

Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Global Health


Honorary Associate Professor
University of the Witwatersrand
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office




Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR): Core Support (Cores A, B, G, K, L, SWG)
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2028 (PI of Sub-Project / SP)
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIAID
5P30AI042853-26

Impact of Dolutegravir on Viral Suppression, Retention, and Risk of Non-Communicable Diseases among Persons Living with HIV in South Africa.
09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027 (Key Person / Mentor)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
1F31AI179292-01A1

Creating Opportunities for Underrepresented Researchers to Achieve Growth and Excellence (COURAGE)
07/15/2022 - 05/31/2027 (Subcontract PI)
Massachusetts General Hospital NIH NIDDK
5U24DK132733-03

Testing the effectiveness of an evidence-based transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy approach for improving HIV treatment outcomes among violence-affected and virally unsuppressed women in SA
03/15/2020 - 01/31/2026 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R01MH121998-05

Closing the Gap in HIV Target Achievement
09/19/2024 - 12/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
The Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO) Bill & Melinda Gates


Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR): Core Support (Cores A, B, E, G, K, SWG)
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2024 (PI of Sub-Project / SP)
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIAID
5P30AI042853-24

Flu/COVID Near You - FluLab
09/01/2020 - 08/31/2021 (Key Person / Mentor)
The Children's Hospital Corporation National Philan. Tru


Analysis of National Lab Database to evaluate the HIV treatment rollout in South Africa
02/01/2015 - 06/30/2020 (Multi-PI)
PI: Matthew Fox, DSc
WITS Health Consortium (PTY) LTD NIH NIAID
5R01AI115979-05

Expert Technical Support of Innovative Antiretroviral (ART) Adherence Support Programmes in South Africa
01/07/2015 - 06/30/2018 (PI)
World Bank


Quantitative Bias Analysis
03/17/2016 - 03/31/2017 (Subcontract PI)
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc HHS FDA


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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2024 Testing the effectiveness of an evidence-based transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy approach for improving HIV treatment outcomes among violence-affected and virally unsuppressed women in SA 5R01MH121998-05
2023 Testing the effectiveness of an evidence-based transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy approach for improving HIV treatment outcomes among violence-affected and virally unsuppressed women in SA 5R01MH121998-04
2022 Testing the effectiveness of an evidence-based transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy approach for improving HIV treatment outcomes among violence-affected and virally unsuppressed women in SA 5R01MH121998-03
2021 Testing the effectiveness of an evidence-based transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy approach for improving HIV treatment outcomes among violence-affected and virally unsuppressed women in SA 5R01MH121998-02
2020 Testing the effectiveness of an evidence-based transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy approach for improving HIV treatment outcomes among violence-affected and virally unsuppressed women in SA 1R01MH121998-01
2019 Analysis of National Lab Database to evaluate the HIV treatment rollout in South Africa 5R01AI115979-05 5
2018 Analysis of National Lab Database to evaluate the HIV treatment rollout in South Africa 5R01AI115979-04 5
2017 Analysis of National Lab Database to evaluate the HIV treatment rollout in South Africa 5R01AI115979-03 5
2016 Analysis of National Lab Database to evaluate the HIV treatment rollout in South Africa 5R01AI115979-02 5
2015 Analysis of National Lab Database to evaluate the HIV treatment rollout in South Africa 1R01AI115979-01 5
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  1. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41252684; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003797;
     
  2. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40705837; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf389;
     
  3. 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).View Related Profiles. PMID: 41652614; PMCID: PMC12977758; DOI: 10.1186/s13690-026-01849-8;
     
  4. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41121729
     
  5. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40202499; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf073;
     
  6. Jamieson L, Rosen S, Meyer-Rath G, Mokhele I, Musakwa N, Imai-Eaton JW, Reed DM, Apollo T, Uetela DM, Shodell D, Ehrenkranz P, Fox MP. Age, sex-and what else? Rethinking priorities to close gaps in the HIV care cascade. J Int AIDS Soc. 2026 Feb; 29(2):e70080.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41664349; PMCID: PMC12886747; DOI: 10.1002/jia2.70080;
     
  7. 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 for mental and behavioural health outcomes among women struggling to remain adherent to HIV treatment and who have experienced intimate partner violence in South Africa: secondary outcomes from a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Ment Health. 2026 Jan 27; 29(1).View Related Profiles. PMID: 41592903; PMCID: PMC12853443; DOI: 10.1136/bmjment-2025-302246;
     
  8. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39960271; PMCID: PMC12780769; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf031;
     
  9. Malham M, Benchimol EI, Fox MP, Wilson DC. Studies based on health administrative data regarding rare outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease significantly underestimate the true risk-the importance of specificity. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Dec 02; 194(12):3654-3657. PMID: 41025970
     
  10. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40778758; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003736;
     
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This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 379 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 28 publications in 2017 and 2020

YearPublications
20031
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20052
20066
20078
20087
20095
201016
201115
201215
201322
201413
201512
201625
201728
201826
201918
202028
202127
202224
202320
202424
202525
20268

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Social media posts misinterpret CDC's Provincetown COVID-19 outbreak report

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Covid vaccination in prisons

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Coronavirus vaccines a ‘light at the end of the tunnel,’ but restrictions will likely last months longer

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COVID-19 clusters threaten reopening plans in Merrimack Valley

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What is behind the record rise in global COVID-19 infections?

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How to Understand COVID-19 Numbers

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2021 American Journal of Epidemiology: Article of the Year
2020 Society for Epidemiologic Research: Noel Weiss and Tom Koepsell Excellence in Education Award
2018 Associations of Schools and Programs of Public Health: Teaching Excellence Award
2016 American Journal of Epidemiology and the Society for Epidemiologic Research: 10 Best Reviewers of the Year
2014 JAIDS: Top 5 Reviewer of the Year
2014 Boston University School of Public Health: Award for Excellence in Teaching
2012 Boston University School of Public Health: Award for Excellence in Teaching
2010 Boston University School of Public Health: Award for Excellence in Teaching
2007 Society for Epidemiologic Research: Lilienfeld Prize
2007 Boston University School of Public Health: Award for Excellence in Teaching
2006 Boston University School of Public Health: Award for Excellence in Teaching
2005 Boston University School of Public Health: Award for Excellence in Teaching
2004 McKinsey Award for Excellence
202 Boston University: Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award
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HIV-1
AIDS
Epidemiologic Methods
Quantitative Bias Analysis

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