Matthew A. Davis, PhD, MPH
University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
In the news
Aug 19, 2024: National Public Radio "A New Alzheimer's Study Suggests Where you Live Can Affect the Odds of a Diagnosis"
Jul 30, 2023: The Washington Post: "Study: Older Dementia Patients go to ER Twice as often as Other Seniors"
Apr 14, 2021: U.S. News & World Report “Nurses Are Dying From Suicide at Higher Rates”
Jun 27, 2018: PBS News Hour “51 Percent go to People with Depression and Mood Disorders”
Sep 19, 2017: The Atlantic "Who gets health in old age? Rich, white people"
Jun 26, 2017: Washington Post “Greater Opioid Use and Mental Health Disorders are Linked in New Study”
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. His program of research evaluates the complex relationships between healthcare service availability (using geospatial information systems methods) and healthcare outcomes among the population of older adults living with dementia. Dr. Davis’s research has been continually funded by the NIH since 2010 as a principal investigator and he has published more than 90 scientific articles. His current work investigates variation in the identification of dementia and the population health impacts of severe weather exposure. Dr. Davis serves as the lead of the Research Resources Core of the University of Michigan’s Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer’s (CAPRA) and co-lead of the Research Data Analytics Core for the Michigan Embedded LHS Scientist Training and Research (MEL-STaR) Center.
Current Research Grants and Programs
- NIH RF1 AG083768 (R01). Preventing Deaths among Older Americans with Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Related Dementias Exposed to Hurricanes, role: Principal Investigator (Davis and Bell)
- AHRQ P30 HS29742. Michigan Embedded LHS Scientist Training and Research (MEL-STaR) Center, role: Co-Lead (Research Data Analytics Core)
- NIH P30 AG066582. Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer’s (CAPRA), role: Project Lead (Research Resources Core)
Teaching
Dr. Davis has taught statistics, epidemiology, data analysis, and health services research methods. 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 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
- PhD, 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
Gerlach LB, Martindale J, Bynum JPW, Davis MA. Characteristics of emergency department visits among older adults with dementia. JAMA Neurology. 2023;80(9):1002-1004. PMID: 37486693.
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 Network. 2023;6(3):e232043. PMID: 36881412.
Hoffman GJ, Maust D, 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.
