Gregory Fox
Professor
Respiratory Medicine
University of Sydney
Australia
Biography
Dr Greg Fox a respiratory physician, epidemiologist and clinical trialist committed to using research to improve health care among disadvantaged populations. His research focuses on detection and prevention of tuberculosis (TB), a lung infection that kills over two million people each year. Greg's ongoing work ranges from community-wide cluster randomised trials and clinical trials to meta-analysis and evidence-base policy development. Much of his research is in resource-limited settings. Greg is a CJ Martin Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at Sydney University. He lived in Vietnam for four years, during which time he established a major randomised controlled trial of household screening for tuberculosis. He maintains an active research collaboration in Vietnam, in partnership with the Vietnam National TB program. He currently leads an NHMRC-supported clinical trial that aims to prevent tuberculosis among the family members of patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Vietnam.
Research Interest
Dr Fox's research interests include the epidemiology of infectious disease in resource-limited setting, cluster randomised trials, and clinical trials. He also has interests in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, translation of evidence into policy, decision analysis and capacity building in research.
Publications
-
Ho, J., Jelfs, P., Nguyen, P., Sintchenko, V., Fox, G., Marks, G. (2017). Pooling sputum samples to improve the feasibility of Xpert(�) MTB/RIF in systematic screening for tuberculosis. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 21(5), 503-508.
-
Fox, G., Anh, N., Nhung, N., Loi, N., Hoa, N., Ngoc Anh, L., Cuong, N., Buu, T., Marks, G., Menzies, D. (2017). Latent tuberculous infection in household contacts of multidrug-resistant and newly diagnosed tuberculosis. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 21(3), 297-302.
-
Fox, G., Benedetti, A., Cox, H., Koh, W., Viiklepp, P., Ahuja, S., Pasvol, G., Menzies, D., Ahuja, S., Ashkin, D., et al (2017). Group 5 drugs for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Individual patient data meta-analysis. European Respiratory Journal, 49(1).
