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
- Gormezano, A., Adams, A., Wang, L., Trigg, J., Budu, M., Hogg, R. S., Aguilera-Mijares, S., Hull, M., Barath, J., Sereda, P., Lal, A., Cox, J., Hart, T. A., Grace, D., Tan, D. H. S., Lachowsky, N. J. & Moore, D. M. (2026). Substance Use and Incidence of Psychosis Diagnoses Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Compared with Males from the General Population: A Matched Cohort Study from Metro Vancouver, Canada. Substance use & misuse, p. 1-12.
- Lambert, G., Fourmigue, A., Dvorakova, M., Moodie, E. E. M., Moore, D., Lachowsky, N. J., Grace, D., Hart, T. A., Tan, D. H. S., Jollimore, J., Labbé, A.-C., Fortin, C., Maheu-Giroux, M., Hull, M., Grennan, T., Brunelle-Newman, S., Zhang, T., Lal, A., Gormezano, A. & Cox, J. (2026). Incidence and risk factors of C. trachomatis, N. gonorrhoeae and syphilis among a cohort of urban Canadian gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, 2017-2023: informing the potential impact of doxycycline prophylaxis. BMJ open, vol. 16, p. e111357.
- Cinque, F., Nudo, M., Saeed, S., Lim, J., Kablawi, D., Mariano, G., Lupu, A., Elgretli, W., Moodie, E. E. M., Price, C., Monteith, K., Cooper, C., Walmsley, S., Kronfli, N., Cox, J., Costiniuk, C., De Pokomandy, A., Routy, J.-P., Klein, M. B., Lebouche, B. & Sebastiani, G. (2026). Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Is Associated With Impaired Health-Related Quality of Life in People With HIV. Gastro hep advances, vol. 5, p. 100966.
- 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.
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