Center for Global Health and Development

Matthew Fox is an assistant professor in the Center for Global Health and Development at Boston University. Matthew joined the Center in 2001. Before coming to Boston University he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the former Soviet Republic of Turkmenistan. He is a graduate of the Boston University School of Public Health with a Masters Degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a doctorate in Epidemiology. He has a particular interest in Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Epidemiologic Methods.  Matthew is currently resident in Johannesburg, South Africa studying ways to improve access to and outcomes on HIV treatment with a particular interest in issues relating the use of second line ART when first line treatment fails. Matthew also works on a study of the impact of HIV/AIDS and HAART therapy on labor productivity in Kenya, and a study of factors influencing access to HIV treatment in Zambia.  He also does research with members of the faculty of the department of Epidemiology on quantitative sensitivity analysis and recently co-authored a book on methods of quantitative bias analysis.  When in Boston, he co-teaches several courses in the Department of International Health including IH702, "Skills in Critical Analysis and Evidence-Based Writing for Public Health Professionals" and IH808, a course on Applied Research Proposal Development. 

Fox MP, Ive P, Long L, Maskew M, Sanne I. High Rates of Survival, Immune Reconstitution and Virologic Suppression on Second-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa. JAIDS 2009; In press.

Fox MP, McCoy K, Larson BA, Rosen S, Bii M, Sigei C, Shaffer D, Sawe F, Wasunna M, Simon JL. Improvements in Physical Wellbeing over the First Two Years on Antiretroviral Therapy in Western Kenya. AIDS Care 2009; In press.

Larson BA, Fox MP, Rosen S, Bii M, Sigei C, Shaffer D, Sawe F, Wasunna M, Simon JL.  Antiretroviral therapy and impaired presenteeism among Kenyan agricultural workers. BMC Public Health 2009; 9: 240.

Waning B, Kaplan W, King A, Lawrence D, Lefukens HG, Laing R, Fox MP. Analysis of Global Strategies to Reduce Prices of Antiretroviral Medicines: Evidence from a Transactional Database. Bulletin of the WHO. 2009; 87: 520-528.

Litzow J, Gill C, Mantaring J, Fox MP, MacLeod W, Mendoza N, Mendoza S, Scobie R, Huskins C, D Goldmann, Hamer D. High frequency of multi drug resistant Gram-negative rods in two neonatal intensive care units in the Philippines. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2009; 20: 543-549.

Fox MP, Brooks D, Kuhn L, Aldrovani G, Sinkala M, Kankasa C, Horsburgh R, Thea D. Role of Breastfeeding Cessation in Mediating the Relationship between Maternal HIV Disease Stage and Increased Child Mortality among HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2009; 38: 569-576.

Fox MP. Creating a demand for bias analysis in epidemiologic research studies.  Invited commentary. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2009; 63: 91.

Gill  CJ, Mwanakasale V, Fox MP, Chilengi R, Tembo M, Nsofwa M, Chalwe V, Mwananyanda L, Mukwamataba D, Malilwe B, Champo D, Macleod WB, Thea DM, Hamer DH. Effect of presumptive cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among Zambian infants on pneumococcal colonization, seroepidemiology, and antibiotic resistance. Bulletin of the WHO. 2008; 86: 929-938.

Rosen S, Long L, Fox M, Sanne, I. The Cost of Switching from Stavudine to Tenofovir in First-Line ARV Regimens in South Africa. JAIDS. 2008 48:334-44.

Field TS, Doubeni C, Fox M, Buist DS, Wei F, Geiger AM, Quinn V, Prout MN, Yood MU, Frost FJ, Silliman RA. Under utilization of surveillance mammography among older breast cancer survivors. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008; 23:158–63.

Fox MP, Brooks D, Kuhn AL, Aldrovandi G, Sinkala M, Kankasa C, Mwiya M, Horsburgh R,  Thea DM. Reduced mortality associated with breastfeeding-acquired HIV infection and breastfeeding among HIV infected children in Zambia. JAIDS 2008; 48:90-96.

Gill CJ, Mwanakasale V, Fox MP, Chilengi R, Tembo M, Nsofwa M, Chalwe V, Mwananyanda L, Mukwamataba D, Malilwe B, Champo D, Macleod WB, Thea DM, Hamer DH. The impact of HIV infection on colonization and seroepidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae among Zambian women. JID 2008; 197: 1000-1005.

Larson BA, Fox MP, Rosen S, Bii M, Sigei C, Shaffer D, Sawe F, Wasunna M, Simon JL.  Early effects of antiretroviral therapy on work performance:  results from a cohort study of Kenyan agricultural workers. AIDS 2008; 22:421-5.

Hazir T, Fox LM, Bin Nisar Y, Fox MP, Pervaiz Ashraf Y, et al. A Randomized Trial of Ambulatory Short Course High Dose Oral Amoxicillin Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Pneumonia in Children. Lancet 2008; 371:49-56.

Rosen S, Fox M, Gill CG.  Patient retention in antiretroviral therapy programs in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS 2007; 4: e298.

Lash TL, Fox MP, Buist DSM, Wei F, Field TS, Frost FJ, Geiger AM, Quinn VP, Yood MU, Silliman RA. Mammography Surveillance and Mortality in Older Breast Cancer Survivors. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2007; 25: 3001-3006.

Rosen S, Hamazakaza P, Feeley R, Fox M.  The impact of AIDS on government service delivery:  the case of the Zambia Wildlife Authority.  AIDS 2007; 21:S1–S7.

Lash TL, Fox MP, Thwin SS, Geiger AM, Buist DSM, Wei F, Field TS, Ulcickas Yood M, Frost FJ, Quinn VP, Prout MN, Silliman RA.  Probabilistic corrections to account for abstractor agreement in medical record reviews.  American Journal of Epidemiology 2007; 165: 1454-146.

Hamer DH, Ndhlovu M, Zurovac D, Fox M, Yeboah-Antwi K, Chanda P, Sipilinyambe N,  Simon JL, Snow RW.  Does improving coverage of parasitological diagnostic tests change malaria treatment practices? An operational cross-sectional study in Zambia. JAMA 2007; 297: 1-5.

Fox MP, Fox LM. Resolving Design Flaws in Equivalency Trials: Avoiding the Pollyanna Phenomenon. Journal Pediatrics. 2006; 149:2-6.

Prakash JP, Chisaka N, Thea DM, MacLeod WB, Fox MP, Coovadia HM, Qazi S and the Amoxicillin Penicillin Pneumonia International Study (A.P.P.I.S. Group). Failure of Standard Antimicrobial Therapy among Children 3 to 59 Months of Age with Mild or Asymptomatic HIV Infection and Severe Pneumonia.  Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2006; 84: 269-75.

Lash TL, Fox MP, Silliman, RA. Reduced Mortality Rate Associated with Annual Mammograms after Breast Cancer Therapy. The Breast Journal. 2006; 12: 2-6.

Lash TL, Fox MP, Westrup JL, Fink AK, Silliman RA. Adherence to tamoxifen over the five-year course. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 99:215-20 (2006)

Fox MP, Lash TL, Greenland S. A Method to Automate Probabilistic Sensitivity Analyses of Misclassified Binary Variables. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2005; 34: 1370-6.

Fox MP, Lash TL, Hamer D. A Sensitivity Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Zinc in Treatment of Falciparum Malaria in Children. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2005; 26: 281-289.

Addo-Yobo E, Chisaka N, Hassan M, Hibberd P, Lozano JM, Jeena P, MacLeod WB, Maulen I, Patel A, Qazi S, Thea DM, Nguyen NT for the APPIS Study Group. Oral amoxicillin versus injectable penicillin for severe pneumonia in children aged 3 to 59 months: a randomised multicentre equivalency study. Lancet 2004; 364:1141-8.

Fox MP, Rosen S, MacLeod W, Wasunna M, Bii M, Foglia G, Simon JL.  The Impact of Morbidity on Labor Productivity in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2004; 9: 318-324. 

Rosen S, Vincent JR, MacLeod W, Fox M, Thea DM, Simon JL. The Cost of AIDS to Businesses in Southern Africa. AIDS. 2004; 18: 317-324.

Evian C, Fox M, MacLeod W, Slotow S, Rosen S. The Prevalence of HIV in Workforces in Southern Africa, 2000-2001. South African Medical Journal. 2004; 94; 125-130.

Rosen S, Simon JL, Vincent JR, MacLeod W, Fox M, Thea DM.  AIDS is Your Business.  Harvard Business Review. February 2003.