Lab Information
Joseph Cox (MD/MSc)
Senior ScientistCentre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (McGill)
Research Profile
Keywords
Public health • epidemiology • quantitative methods • HIV • HCV • HIV-HCV co-infection • substance use • men who have sex with men • vulnerable populations • prevention and care interventionsResearch Interests
I do public health research on sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) such as HIV and HCV. Using quantitative methods, I aim to understand risks for STBBIs and poor health outcomes among vulnerable populations (men who have sex with men, people with substance use disorders, incarcerated persons). Using implementation science, I am also interested in evaluating STBBI-related prevention and care interventions.Team Members
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Latest Publications
- Aguilera-Mijares, S., Wang, L., Trigg, J., Hogg, R. S., Lachowsky, N., Gormezano, A., Sereda, P., Card, K., Oviedo-Joekes, E., Emerson, S. D., Lal, A., Budu, M., Hart, T. A., Cox, J., Grace, D., Tan, D. H. S. & Moore, D. M. (2026). Substance use disorders and related hospitalizations and mortality among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A matched cohort study. Drug and alcohol dependence, vol. 283, p. 113159.
- Young, J., Wang, S., Knight, M., Cardinal, C. L., Cooper, C. L., Cox, J., Hull, M., Martel-Laferriere, V., Sutherland, D. J., Walmsley, S., Wong, A., Klein, M. B. & Canadian Coinfection Cohort (2026). The risk of HIV and HCV transmission in Canadians living with coinfection before, during, and after the COVID pandemic: A prospective cohort study. Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique.
- Marbaniang, I., Moodie, E. E. M., Latimer, E. & Cox, J. (2026). Evaluating primary health care utilization among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in Canada with a view to inform more equitable health measures. BMC public health, vol. 26.
- Yang, Q., Wu, H.-X., Lachowsky, N., Cox, J., Klassen, B., Apelian, H., Périnet, S., Elliott, J., Williams, A., Campeau, L., Curtis, T., Wong, M., Gatali, M. & Popovic, N. (2026). Estimating the percentage and number of people with indications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within two key populations, Canada, 2021. Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique.
- Daroya, E., Stewart, M., Lee, E. O. J., Metabanzoulou, Y., Sinno, J., Vo, T. D., Dulai, J., Ubor, O., Cox, J., Shukalek, C., Hamila, A., Grey, C., Tan, D. H. S. & Grace, D. (2026). Community-Led Responses to Mpox Among Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Men in Canada: Mapping the Collaboration of Community-Based Organizations, Public Health, and Clinicians. Qualitative health research, p. 10497323251403505.
- Weight, C., Mambro, A., Dussault, C., Chalifoux, S., Del Balso, L., Petropoulos, A., Lim, M., Halavrezos, A., Lebouche, B., Sebastiani, G., Klein, M. B., Cox, J., Latimer, E. & Kronfli, N. (2026). A cost-effectiveness analysis of a multidisciplinary model of care on hepatitis C care among people released from provincial prison in Quebec, Canada. The International journal on drug policy, vol. 149, p. 105136.
- Williams, A., Sorge, J., Périnet, S., Yang, Q., Cox, J., Bonn, M., Smoke, A. & Popovic, N. (2025). Estimating the population size of people who inject drugs in Canada, 2021. Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada, vol. 25, p. 364-373.
- Avallone, F., Engler, K., Hickson, F., Cox, J., Fortin, E., Yaphe, S. & Lebouché, B. (2025). How gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men living with HIV experience sexual dysfunction: a thematic analysis of interviews in Montreal, Canada. Sexual health, vol. 22.
- Avallone, F., Engler, K., Hickson, F., Cox, J., Fortin, E., Yaphe, S. & Lebouché, B. (2026). Sexual dysfunction care needs of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men living with HIV in Montreal, Canada. HIV medicine, vol. 27, p. 74-85.
- Righetti, R., Cinque, F., Lebouché, B., Ramos Ballesteros, L., Routy, J.-P., Klein, M. B., Szabo, J., Cox, J., Falutz, J., Haraoui, L.-P., Costiniuk, C. T., De Pokomandy, A., Pembroke, T., Constante, M., Santos, M. & Sebastiani, G. (2025). Distinct Gut Microbiota Signatures Are Associated with Severity of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in People with HIV. International journal of molecular sciences, vol. 26.
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