Matthew Coates

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH

Associate in Global Health and Social Medicine

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(617) 432-5293

matthew_coates@hms.harvard.edu

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Program in Global Noncommunicable Disease and Social Change

Matthew Coates has conducted research in in health metrics, epidemiology, and demography. His current research focuses on quantifying the burden of non-communicable diseases and injuries in the world’s poorest billion, as well as the risk factors that lead to this burden. He also works on estimating the availability of medical services for non-communicable diseases and injuries in low and lower-middle income countries. As a member of the Program in Global Noncommunicable Disease and Social Change, he has supported the work of the Lancet Commission on Reframing Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries for the Poorest Billion (Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission) as well as associated national commissions and groups.

Biography

Matthew Coates joined the Program in Global Noncommunicable Disease and Social Change as an Associate in 2016. As a member of the program, he has supported the work of the Lancet Commission on Reframing Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries for the Poorest Billion (Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission). Previously, he worked on demographic estimation and risk factor attribution for the Global Burden of Disease project at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, where he obtained his MPH in Global Health Metrics and Evaluation from the University of Washington.Matthew Coates joined the Program in Global Noncommunicable Disease and Social Change as an Associate in 2016. As a member of the program, he has supported the work of the Lancet Commission on Reframing Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries for the Poorest Billion (Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission). Previously, he worked on demographic estimation and risk factor attribution for the Global Burden of Disease project at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, where he obtained his MPH in Global Health Metrics and Evaluation from the University of Washington.

Publications

Alcohol-attributed disease burden and alcohol policies in the BRICS-countries during the years 1990-2013.

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH

Journal of global health, June 1, 2017

Rabiee R, Agardh E, Coates MM, Allebeck P, Danielsson AK

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Mapping Plasmodium falciparum Mortality in Africa between 1990 and 2015.

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH

The New England journal of medicine, October 10, 2016

Gething PW, Casey DC, Weiss DJ, Bisanzio D, Bhatt S, Cameron E, Battle KE, Dalrymple U, Rozier J, Rao PC, Kutz MJ, Barber RM, Huynh C, Shackelford KA, Coates MM, Nguyen G, Fraser MS, Kulikoff R, Wang H, Naghavi M, Smith DL, Murray CJ, Hay SI, Lim SS

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Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH

The Lancet. Global health, August 25, 2016

Mokdad AH, Forouzanfar MH, Daoud F, El Bcheraoui C, Moradi-Lakeh M, Khalil I, Afshin A, Tuffaha M, Charara R, Barber RM, Wagner J, Cercy K, Kravitz H, Coates MM, Robinson M, Estep K, Steiner C, Jaber S, Mokdad AA, O'Rourke KF, Chew A, Kim P, El Razek...

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Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH

The lancet. HIV, July 19, 2016

Wang H, Wolock TM, Carter A, Nguyen G, Kyu HH, Gakidou E, Hay SI, Mills EJ, Trickey A, Msemburi W, Coates MM, Mooney MD, Fraser MS, Sligar A, Salomon J, Larson HJ, Friedman J, Abajobir AA, Abate KH, Abbas KM, Razek MM, Abd-Allah F, Abdulle AM, Abera SF...

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Disease burden attributed to alcohol: How methodological advances in the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study have changed the estimates in Sweden.

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH

Scandinavian journal of public health, June 9, 2016

Kellerborg K, Danielsson AK, Allebeck P, Coates MM, Agardh E

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Alcohol-attributed disease burden in four Nordic countries: a comparison using the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors 2013 study.

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH

Addiction (Abingdon, England), June 6, 2016

Agardh EE, Danielsson AK, Ramstedt M, Ledgaard Holm A, Diderichsen F, Juel K, Vollset SE, Knudsen AK, Minet Kinge J, White R, Skirbekk V, Mäkelä P, Forouzanfar MH, Coates MM, Casey DC, Naghavi M, Allebeck P

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Cause-specific mortality for 240 causes in China during 1990-2013: a systematic subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH

Lancet (London, England), October 26, 2015

Zhou M, Wang H, Zhu J, Chen W, Wang L, Liu S, Li Y, Wang L, Liu Y, Yin P, Liu J, Yu S, Tan F, Barber RM, Coates MM, Dicker D, Fraser M, González-Medina D, Hamavid H, Hao Y, Hu G, Jiang G, Kan H, Lopez AD, Phillips MR, She J, Vos T, Wan X, Xu G, Yan LL,...

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Under-5 mortality in 2851 Chinese counties, 1996-2012: a subnational assessment of achieving MDG 4 goals in China.

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH

Lancet (London, England), October 26, 2015

Wang Y, Li X, Zhou M, Luo S, Liang J, Liddell CA, Coates MM, Gao Y, Wang L, He C, Kang C, Liu S, Dai L, Schumacher AE, Fraser MS, Wolock TM, Pain A, Levitz CE, Singh L, Coggeshall M, Lind M, Li Y, Li Q, Deng K, Mu Y, Deng C, Yi L, Liu Z, Ma X, Li H, Mu...

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Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH

Lancet (London, England), September 14, 2015

Newton JN, Briggs AD, Murray CJ, Dicker D, Foreman KJ, Wang H, Naghavi M, Forouzanfar MH, Ohno SL, Barber RM, Vos T, Stanaway JD, Schmidt JC, Hughes AJ, Fay DF, Ecob R, Gresser C, McKee M, Rutter H, Abubakar I, Ali R, Anderson HR, Banerjee A, Bennett...

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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Matthew Majerus Coates, MPH, Gene Bukhman, MD, PhD, Gene Fazil Kwan, MD

Lancet (London, England), September 11, 2015

Forouzanfar MH, Alexander L, Anderson HR, Bachman VF, Biryukov S, Brauer M, Burnett R, Casey D, Coates MM, Cohen A, Delwiche K, Estep K, Frostad JJ, Astha KC, Kyu HH, Moradi-Lakeh M, Ng M, Slepak EL, Thomas BA, Wagner J, Aasvang GM, Abbafati C,...

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Alcohol-attributed disease burden and alcohol policies in the BRICS-countries during the years 1990-2013.

Mapping Plasmodium falciparum Mortality in Africa between 1990 and 2015.

Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.

Disease burden attributed to alcohol: How methodological advances in the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study have changed the estimates in Sweden.

Alcohol-attributed disease burden in four Nordic countries: a comparison using the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors 2013 study.

Cause-specific mortality for 240 causes in China during 1990-2013: a systematic subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Under-5 mortality in 2851 Chinese counties, 1996-2012: a subnational assessment of achieving MDG 4 goals in China.

Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.