Matt Griffith

Contacts

Contact email:Matthew.Griffith@anu.edu.au
Location:Room 2.11, Building 62
Centre:Department of Applied Epidemiology
TwitterLinkedIn
MPH
PhD Candidate
Research Assistant

Biography

Matt is a PhD candidate researching empowerment-education and adult-education methods for teaching field epidemiology. He has international experience investigating outbreaks, advising ministries of health, evaluating surveillance systems, developing epidemiological studies, and designing and facilitating public health training programs. He has worked for the World Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Japan's National Institute for Infectious Diseases.

Research

Research interests

Field epidemiology workforce sustainability, empowerment-based and adult-education methods for teaching field epidemiology, multi-source surveillance approaches to epidemic response decision-making, communicating epidemiologic findings to decision-makers for action.

Projects

Publications

Published Technical Guidance

  1. World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific. (2020). “Exploration of COVID-19 health-care worker cases: implications for action;” 21 August 2020. https://iris.wpro.who.int/handle/10665.1/14573.
  2. World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific. (2020). “Establishing integrated nationwide contact tracing systems;” 10 July 2020. https://iris.wpro.who.int/handle/10665.1/14553.
  3. World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific. (‎2020)‎. Epidemic analysis for response decision-making: systematic organization of multi-source information to inform response decisions. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333046.
  4. World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific. (2020). “Calibrating long-term non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19: principles and facilitation tools;” 15 May 2020. https://iris.wpro.who.int/handle/10665.1/14520.
  5. World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific. (2020). “Holistic response strategies for COVID-19: Interim Guidance: Testing, surveillance and contact tracing;” 21 Apr 2020. https://iris.wpro.who.int/handle/10665.1/14512.
  6. World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific. (2020). “WHO Western Pacific regional action plan for the response to large-scale community outbreaks of COVID-19;” https://iris.wpro.who.int/handle/10665.1/14506.
  7. World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific. (2020). “Preparing for large-scale community transmission of COVID-19: Guidance for countries and areas in the WHO Western Pacific Region;” 28 Feb 2020. https://iris.wpro.who.int/handle/10665.1/14493

Scientific Publications

  1. National Institute for Infectious Diseases (2020). Epidemiology of COVID-19 Outbreak on Cruise Ship Quarantined at Yokohama, Japan, February 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(11), 2591-2597. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.201165.
  2. Koh WC, Naing L, Chaw L, Rosledzana MA, Alikhan MF… Griffith M, Pastore R, Wong J. “What do we know about SARS-CoV-2 transmission? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the secondary attack rate and associated risk factors.” PLoS One. 2020 Oct 8;15(10): e0240205. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240205. PMID: 33031427; PMCID: PMC7544065.
  3. Yamagishi T, Ohnishi M, Matsunaga N, Kakimoto K, Kamiya H, Okamoto K… Griffith MM et al. “Environmental sampling for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 during a COVID-19 outbreak in the Diamond Princess cruise ship.” J Infect Dis; https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa437.
  4. Kato H, Kamiya H, Mori Y, Yahata Y, Morino S, Griffith M…. “Rubella outbreak among workers in three small- and medium-size business establishments associated with imported genotype 1E rubella virus-Shizuoka, Japan, 2015.” Vaccine. 2020 Oct 27;38(46):7278-7283. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.09.045. Epub 2020 Oct 2. PMID: 33012606.
  5. Wong J, Abdul Aziz ABZ, Chaw L, Mahamud A, Griffith MM, Lo YR, Naing L (2020). “High proportion of asymptomatic and presymptomatic COVID-19 infections in travelers and returning residents to Brunei.” Journal of Travel Medicine; https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa066.
  6. Griffith MM, Yahata Y, Irie F, Kamiya H, Watanabe A, Kobayashi Y, et al. (2018). “Evaluation of an ad hoc paper-based syndromic surveillance system in Ibaraki evacuation centres following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.” WPSAR; 9(4) doi: 10.5365/wpsar. 2017.8.3.006.
  7. Griffith MM, Ochipurev A, Yamagishi T, Nishiki S, Jantsansengee B, Matsui T, et al. (2018). “An approach to building Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) trainees’ capacities as educators.” WPSAR; 9(3): doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2018.9.1.010.
  8. Griffith MM, Fukusumi M, Kobayashi Y, Matsui Y, Nishiki S, Shimbashi R, et al. (2018). “Epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases in Japan: considerations for pre-travel advice for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.” WPSAR; 9(2): doi: 10.5365/2 wpsar.2017.8.4.002.
  9. Terranella A, Rea V, Griffith M, Manning S, Sears S, Farmer A, et al. (2016). “Vaccine effectiveness of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine during a pertussis outbreak in Maine.” Vaccine; Mar 30; doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.083.
  10. Bottero D, Griffith MM, Lara C, Flores D, Pianciola L, Galliard ME et al. (2013). “Bordetella holmesii in children suspected of pertussis in Argentina.” Epidemiol Infect.; 141(4):714-7.
  11. Chin HB, Sipe TA, Elder R, Mercer SL, Chattopadhyay SK, Jacob V, Wethington HR, Kirby D, Elliston DB, Griffith M et al. (2012). “The effectiveness of group-based comprehensive risk-reduction and abstinence education interventions to prevent or reduce the risk of adolescent pregnancy, human immunodeficiency virus, and sexually transmitted infections: two systematic reviews for the Guide to Community Preventive Services.” Am J Prev Med.;42(3):282-94.
  12. Mandal S, Tatti KM, Woods-Stout D, Cassiday PK, Faulkner AE Griffith MM et al. (2012). “Pertussis pseudo-outbreak linked to specimens contaminated by Bordetella pertussis DNA from clinic surfaces.” Pediatrics;129(2): e424-30.
  13. Soler RE, Leeks KD, Razi S, Hopkins DP, Griffith M, Aten A et al. (2010). “A systematic review of selected interventions for worksite health promotion. The assessment of health risks with feedback.” Am J Prev Med;38(2 Suppl): S237-62.
  14. Griffith M, Tajik M, Wing S. “Patterns of agricultural pesticide use in relation to socioeconomic characteristics of the population in the rural U.S. South.” Int J Health Serv.37(2):259-77.
  15. DeLeeuw K, Fesperman C, Garrettson M, Griffith M, Hart H, Krier A. (2004). “Spanish‐speaking community of Asheboro Randolph County, North Carolina: An Action‐Oriented Community Diagnosis‐findings and recommendations for future action.” [On‐line] Available: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/PHpapers/Asheboro.pdf.