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
Vaccination Uncertainty Measles Health Vaccines Statistics Parasites Epidemiology Disease Outbreaks Decision Making Infection Population Dynamics Pathogens Public Health Immunization Rain Geography Learning Liberia Sampling Immune Response Niger Plant Viruses Perturbation Foot And Mouth Disease
Most Recent Papers
External disturbances impact helminth–host interactions by affecting dynamics of infection, parasite traits, and host immune responses
Isabella M. Cattadori, Ashutosh K. Pathak, Matthew J. Ferrari, 2019, Ecology and Evolution on p. 13495-13505
Mapping vaccination coverage to explore the effects of delivery mechanisms and inform vaccination strategies
C. Edson Utazi, Julia Thorley, Victor A. Alegana, Matthew J. Ferrari, Saki Takahashi, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Justin Lessler, Felicity T. Cutts, Andrew J. Tatem, 2019, Nature communications on p. 1633
A spatial regression model for the disaggregation of areal unit based data to high-resolution grids with application to vaccination coverage mapping
C. E. Utazi, J. Thorley, V. A. Alegana, M. J. Ferrari, K. Nilsen, S. Takahashi, C. J.E. Metcalf, J. Lessler, A. J. Tatem, 2019, Statistical Methods in Medical Research on p. 3226-3241
Outbreaks of measles: compounding challenges in the DRC
Matthew Ferrari, 2019, theconversation.com
Concurrent assessment of epidemiological and operational uncertainties for optimal outbreak control
Shou Li Li, Matthew J. Ferrari, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Michael C. Runge, Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Michael J. Tildesley, David Pannell, Katriona Shea, 2019, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Road to measles elimination is predictable, but can be rocky
Matthew Ferrari, 2019, the conversation
Manipulation of aphid behavior by a persistent plant virus
Maliheh Safari, Matthew J. Ferrari, Marilyn J. Roossinck, 2019, Journal of virology on p. e01781--18
The statistics of epidemic transitions
John M. Drake, Tobias S. Brett, Shiyang Chen, Bogdan I. Epureanu, Matthew J. Ferrari, Éric Marty, Paige B. Miller, Eamon B. O’dea, Suzanne M. O’regan, Andrew W. Park, Pejman Rohani, 2019, PLoS computational biology on p. e1006917
Estimates of case-fatality ratios of measles in low-income and middle-income countries
Allison Portnoy, Mark Jit, Matthew 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 J. Ferrari, Justin Lessler, 2019, Vaccine on p. 732-741
Recent Most-Cited Papers
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 on p. e1002056
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
Adaptive Management and the Value of Information
Katriona Shea, Michael J. Tildesley, Michael C. Runge, Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, 2014, PLoS Biology on p. e1001970
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
Impacto económico estimado de las vacunas en 73 países con ingresos bajos y medios, 2001-2020
Sachiko Ozawa, Samantha Clark, Allison Portnoy, Simrun Grewal, Meghan L. Stack, Anushua Sinha, Andrew Mirelman, Heather Franklin, Ingrid K. Friberg, Yvonne Tam, Neff Walker, Andrew Clark, Matthew Ferrari, Chutima Suraratdecha, Steven Sweet, Sue J. Goldie, Tini Garske, Michelle Li, Peter M. Hansen, Hope L. Johnson, Damian Walker, 2017, Bulletin of the World Health Organization on p. 629-638
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
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
Disease dynamics in a specialized parasite of ant societies
Sandra B. Andersen, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Harry C. Evans, Simon L. Elliot, Jacobus J. Boomsma, David Peter Hughes, 2012, PloS one
Decision-making for foot-and-mouth disease control
William J.M. Probert, Katriona Shea, Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Michael C. Runge, Tim E. Carpenter, Salome Dürr, M. Graeme Garner, Neil Harvey, Mark A. Stevenson, Colleen T. Webb, Marleen Werkman, Michael J. Tildesley, Matthew J. Ferrari, 2016, Epidemics on p. 10-19
The geography of measles vaccination in the African Great Lakes region
Saki Takahashi, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Matthew J. Ferrari, Andrew J. Tatem, Justin Lessler, 2017, Nature communications