Bio
Public Health, Quantitative Epidemiology, Population Ecology, Statistics, Computational and Mathematical Biology
Education
- Ph.D., Penn State, 2006
- M.S., Montana State University, 2002, 1999
- B.A., Colby College, 1996
Publication Tags
Measles Vaccination Disease Outbreaks Decision Making Uncertainty Vaccines Infection Epidemiology Health Incidence Niger Population Dynamics Immunization Population Viruses Public Health Liberia Rain Mortality Sampling Learning Plant Viruses Immunity Prediction Demography
Most Recent Papers
Mapping vaccination coverage to explore the effects of delivery mechanisms and inform vaccination strategies
C. Edson Utazi, Julia Thorley, Victor A. Alegana, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Saki Takahashi, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Justin Lessler, Felicity T. Cutts, Andrew J. Tatem, 2019, Nature communications
Manipulation of aphid behavior by a persistent plant virus
Maliheh Safari, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Marilyn J. Roossinck, 2019, Journal of virology
Estimates of case-fatality ratios of measles in low-income and middle-income countries
Allison Portnoy, Mark Jit, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Matthew Hanson, Logan Brenzel, Stéphane Verguet, 2019, The Lancet Global Health on p. e472-e481
Characterizing the impact of spatial clustering of susceptibility for measles elimination
Shaun A. Truelove, Matthew Graham, William J. Moss, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Justin Lessler, 2019, Vaccine on p. 732-741
Beyond dose
Christopher M. Baker, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Katriona Shea, 2018, Scientific reports
Improving measles incidence inference using age-structured serological data
Joaquin M. Prada, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, 2018, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1699-1706
Revealing Measles Outbreak Risk with a Nested Immunoglobulin G Serosurvey in Madagascar
Amy K. Winter, Amy P. Wesolowski, Keitly J. Mensah, Miora Bruna Ramamonjiharisoa, Andrianmasina Herivelo Randriamanantena, Richter Razafindratsimandresy, Simon Cauchemez, Justin Lessler, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, C. Jess E. Metcalf, Jean Michel Héraud, 2018, American journal of epidemiology on p. 2219-2226
Benefits and challenges in using seroprevalence data to inform models for measles and rubella elimination
Amy K. Winter, Micaela E. Martinez, Felicity T. Cutts, William J. Moss, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Amalie Mckee, Justin Lessler, Kyla Hayford, Jacco Wallinga, C. Jess E. Metcalf, 2018, Journal of Infectious Diseases on p. 355-364
Real-time decision-making during emergency disease outbreaks
William J.M. Probert, Chris P. Jewell, Marleen Werkman, Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Yoshitaka Goto, Michael C. Runge, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Katriona Shea, Matt J. Keeling, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Michael J. Tildesley, 2018, PLoS computational biology
Sub-national variation in measles vaccine coverage and outbreak risk
Avery Kundrick, Zhuojie Huang, Spencer Carran, Matthew Kagoli, Rebecca Freeman Grais, Northan Hurtado, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, 2018, BMC Public Health
Recent High-Impact Papers
Assessment of the 2010 global measles mortality reduction goal
Emily Simons, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, John Fricks, Kathleen Wannemuehler, Abhijeet Anand, Anthony Burton, Peter Strebel, 2012, The Lancet on p. 2173-2178
Explaining seasonal fluctuations of measles in Niger using nighttime lights imagery
Nita Bharti, A. J. Tatem, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, R. F. Grais, A. Djibo, B. T. Grenfell, 2011, Science on p. 1424-1427
Reduced vaccination and the risk of measles and other childhood infections post-Ebola
Saki Takahashi, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, William J. Moss, Shaun A. Truelove, Andrew J. Tatem, Bryan T. Grenfell, Justin Lessler, 2015, Science on p. 1240-1242
Pollinator behavior mediates negative interactions between two congeneric invasive plant species
Suann Yang, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Katriona Shea, 2011, American Naturalist on p. 110-118
Ebola Cases and Health System Demand in Liberia
John M. Drake, Raj Reni B. Kaul, Laura W. Alexander, Suzanne M. O’Regan, Andrew M. Kramer, J. Tomlin Pulliam, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Andrew W. Park, 2015, PLoS Biology
Indirect costs of a nontarget pathogen mitigate the direct benefits of a virus-resistant transgene in wild Cucurbita
Miruna A. Sasu, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Daolin Dua, James Alan Winsor, Andrew G. Stephensona, 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 19067-19071
Rural-urban gradient in seasonal forcing of measles transmission in Niger
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Ali Djibo, Rebecca F. Grais, Nita Bharti, Bryan T. Grenfell, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2010, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 2775-2782
Adaptive Management and the Value of Information
Katriona Shea, Michael J. Tildesley, Michael C. Runge, Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, 2014, PLoS Biology
Think globally, act locally
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, B. T. Grenfell, P. M. Strebel, 2013, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Protocols for sampling viral sequences to study epidemic dynamics
J. Conrad Stack, J. David Welch, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Beth U. Shapiro, Bryan T. Grenfell, 2010, Journal of the Royal Society Interface on p. 1119-1127