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
Most Recent Papers
Beyond dose
Christopher M. Baker, Matthew J. Ferrari, Katriona Shea, 2018, Scientific Reports
Improving measles incidence inference using age-structured serological data
Joaquin M. Prada, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Matthew J. Ferrari, 2018, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1699-1706
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, Matt J. 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 J. 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 Ferrari, 2018, BMC Public Health
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus infection limits establishment and severity of powdery mildew in wild populations of cucurbita pepo
Jacquelyn E. Harth, Matthew J. Ferrari, John F. Tooker, Andrew G. Stephenson, 2018, Frontiers in Plant Science
Species interactions may help explain the erratic periodicity of whooping cough dynamics
Samit Bhattacharyya, Matthew J. Ferrari, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, 2018, Epidemics on p. 64-70
Changes in parasite traits, rather than intensity, affect the dynamics of infection under external perturbation
Suma Ghosh, Matthew J. Ferrari, Ashutosh K. Pathak, Isabella M. Cattadori, 2018, PLoS Computational Biology
Logistical constraints lead to an intermediate optimum in outbreak response vaccination
Yun Tao, Katriona Shea, Matthew Ferrari, 2018, PLoS Computational Biology
Unintended consequences and the paradox of control
Spencer Carran, Matthew Ferrari, Timothy Reluga, 2018, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Recent High-Impact Papers
Assessment of the 2010 global measles mortality reduction goal
Emily Simons, Matthew 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
N. Bharti, A. J. Tatem, M. J. 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 J. 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 J. 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 J. 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 J. Ferrari, Daolin Dua, James A. 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 J. 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 J. Ferrari, 2014, PLoS Biology
Protocols for sampling viral sequences to study epidemic dynamics
J. Conrad Stack, J. David Welch, Matt J. Ferrari, Beth U. Shapiro, Bryan T. Grenfell, 2010, Journal of the Royal Society Interface on p. 1119-1127
The epidemiology of rubella in Mexico
C. J E Metcalf, O. N. Bjørnstad, M. J. Ferrari, P. Klepac, N. Bharti, H. Lopez-Gatell, B. T. Grenfell, 2011, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1029-1038