Matthew A. Davis, MPH, Ph.D.

Matt Davis

Associate Professor
Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership
Room 4122 NURS2

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482

Telephone: (734) 764-2814
Fax: (734) 764-2416

In the news

Interests

  • Dementia identification/diagnosis
  • Health service use for cognitive impairment
  • Population-based outcome measurement for older adults living with dementia

Dr. Matthew Davis is a health services researcher who has additional training in data science.  He is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing (Systems, Population, and Leadership) and the University of Michigan Medical School (Learning Health Sciences).  He received his Masters in Public Health from Dartmouth Medical School and his PhD in quantitative biomedical sciences from Dartmouth College.  His research focuses on leveraging large observational data to study policy-relevant issues, in particular the use of administrative claims data to perform US population-based studies.  Dr. Davis has made several important contributions to a variety of areas including the identification of dietary sources of arsenic exposure in the US population, the development of methods to use social media data to measure social support and public opinion, and the assessment of the risk of suicide among US healthcare workers.  Funded by the NIH, his current work is investigating variation in the identification of dementia as well as issues related to mortality among older adults living with dementia.  He serves as the research resources core lead of the University of Michigan’s Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer’s for which he oversees the development of analytic resources.

Current Research Grants and Programs

  • NIH R03AG076815. Healthcare Use Among Older Adults with Dementia after Large-scale Disasters, role: Co-I
  • NIH P30AG066582. Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer’s (CAPRA), role: Project Lead (Research Resources Core)
  • NIH P01AG019783. Correlates and Consequences of Making an Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Diagnosis (Project 1), role: co-PI

Teaching

Dr. Davis has taught introductory statistics, epidemiology, data management and programming, health services research methods, and the appraisal of clinical research.  Currently, he is the lead instructor for Applied Biostatistics for Clinical Practice (HS700, School of Nursing), Applied Biostatistics for Health Researchers (LHS665, Medical School), and Analysis of Large U.S. Health Data (HS807).  HS807 is a university-wide graduate course that provides students with an overview of the principles, concepts, and methods of data management and analysis of national health data (including NHANES, MEPS, SEER, AHRF, NAMCS/NHAMCS).

Affiliations / Service

  • Associate Editor-In-Chief for Statistics, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 2017-present
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 2014-present
  • Member, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2014-present
  • Clinical licensure, National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Vermont Board of Chiropractic Regulation, 2004-2018

Notable Awards / Honors

  • University of Michigan Henry Russel Award, 2021
  • Mae Edna Doyle Teacher of the Year Award, 2019
  • NIH External Loan Repayment Program Recipient, 2012 - 2015
  • ACCRAC Outstanding research paper award, 2010 and 2011
  • The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Thesis Award, 2010
  • Phi Chi Omega society, 2004

Education

  • Ph.D., Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 2014
  • MPH, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 2010
  • DC, New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, NY 2004
  • BA, Colby College, Waterville, ME 2000

Publication Highlights

  • Davis MA, Lee K, Harris M, Kang J, Langa KM, Bynum JPW, Hoffman GJ. Time to dementia diagnosis by race: A retrospective cohort study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022;70(11):3250-3259. PMID: 36200557.

  • Bell SA, Miranda ML, Bynum JPW, Davis MA. Mortality following exposure to a hurricane among older adults living with dementia. JAMA Open. 2023. In-press.

  • Hoffman GJ, MaustD, Harris M, Ha J, Davis MA. Medicare spending associated wtih a dementia diagnosis among older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022;70(9):2592-2601. PMID: 35583388.

  • Davis MA, Chang HC, Simonton S, Bynum JPW. Trends in U.S. Medicare decedents' diagnosis of dementia. JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(4):e220346. PMID: 35977316.

  • Davis MA, Cher B, Friese CR, Bynum JPW. Association of US nurse and physician occupation with risk of suicide. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021;78(6):1-8. PMID: 33851982.

  • Bell SA, Klasa K, Iwashyna TJ, Norton EC, Davis MA. Long-term healthcare provider availability following large-scale hurricanes: A difference-in-difference study. PLos ONE. 2020;15(11):e0242823. PMID: 33232383.

  • Sites BD, Davis MA. Association of length of time spent in the United States with opioid use among first-generation immigrants. JAMA Open. 2019;2(10):e1913979. PMID: 31651964.

  • Naylor K, Anthopolos R, Tootoo J, Titler MG, Bynum JPW, Davis MA. Geographic variation in spatial accessibility of U.S. healthcare providers. PLoS ONE. 2019;14(4);e0215016. PMID: 30964933.

  • Harrison JM, Lagisetty P, Sites BD, Guo C, Davis MA. Trends in prescription pain medications by race and ethnicity among adults who have non-cancer pain, 2000-2015. Am J Public Health. 2018;108(6):788-790. PMID: 29672145.

  • Davis MA, Guo C, Sol K, Langa KM, Nallamothu BK. Trends and disparities in the number of self-reported health older adults in the United States, 2000 to 2014. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177(11):1683-1684. PMID: 28975206.

  • Davis MA, Lin AL, Liu H, Sites BD. Prescription opioid use among adults with mental health disorders in the United States. J Am Board Fam Med. 2017;30(4):407-417. PMID: 28720623.

  • Davis MA, Nallamothu BK, Banerjee, M, Bynum JPW. Identification of four unique spending patterns among older adults in the last year of life challenges standard assumptions. Health Affairs. 2016;35(7):1316-1323. PMID: 27307350.

  • Davis MA, Bynum JP, Sirovich BE. Association between apple consumption and physician visits: Appealing the conventional wisdom that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(5);777-783. PMID: 25822137.

  • Davis MA, Anthony DL, Pauls SD. Seeking and receiving social support on Facebook for surgery. Soc Sci Med. 2015;131:40-47. PMID: 25753284.

  • Davis MA, Gilbert-Diamond D, Karagas MR, Li Z, Moore JH, Williams SM, Frost HR. A dietary-wide association study (DWAS) of environmental metal exposures in US children and adults. PLoS ONE. 2014;9(9):e104768. PMID 25198543.

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