Jacob Bor, SD
Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Global Health

SD, Harvard School of Public Health
SM/ScM, Harvard School of Public Health
AB, Harvard College



Jacob Bor, ScD, is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. His research applies the analytical tools of economics and data science to the study of population health. Research interests include HIV treatment and prevention in southern Africa, structural causes of health disparities in the U.S, and intersections of health, politics, and development. Prior to his graduate training at Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Bor worked with an HIV-prevention NGO in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa. He is a faculty affiliate of BU's Global Development Policy Center and Senior Research at the Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (www.heroza.org) in South Africa.

Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology




Integrating U=U into HIV Counseling: a cluster - Randomized Efficacy Trial. INTUIT 2.0
09/13/2024 - 06/30/2029 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R01MH135774-02

Evaluating UTT with a National HIV Cohort to Optimize S. Africa's HIV Response (ENCORE)
05/15/2020 - 03/31/2026 (Multi-PI)
PI: Jacob Bor, SD
WITS Health Consortium (PTY) LTD NIH NIAID
5R01AI152149-05

Racial disparities in police use of deadly force as a cause of racial disparities in sleep health across the life course
07/01/2020 - 02/28/2026 (Subcontract PI)
The General Hospital Corporation d/b/a Massachusetts General Hospital NIH NIMHD
5U01MD014023-05

The South African National HIV Pregnancy Cohort: Evaluating Continuity of Care among Women living with HIV
04/03/2020 - 12/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
WITS Health Consortium (PTY) LTD NIH NICHD
5R01HD103466-02

Integrating U=U into HIV counseling in South Africa (INTUIT-SA)
08/01/2020 - 07/31/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Jacob Bor, SD
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R34MH122323-03

Technology supported systems for rapid impact on TB control
11/01/2018 - 04/30/2024 (Subcontract PI)
WITS Health Consortium (PTY) LTD SouthAfricaMedResCou


Causal Pathways to Population Health Impact of HIV Antiretroviral Treatment
07/01/2017 - 12/31/2022 (Subcontract PI)
Africa Health Research Institute NIH NICHD
5R01HD084233-06

Investing In Secondary Schooling To Reduce HIV Risk
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
5R03HD098982-02

Providence/Boston CFAR Developmental Award: Building an Integrated Rifampicin-resistant TB-HIV Cohort from Routine Laboratory Data in Western Cape, South Africa
06/01/2019 - 05/31/2020 (Subcontract PI)
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIAID
2P30AI042853-20A1

Economic, Health & Behavoral Dimensions of HIV Treatment Scale-UP
03/20/2015 - 01/31/2020 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5K01MH105320-04



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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2025 Integrating U=U into HIV counseling: a cluster-randomized efficacy trial (INTUIT 2.0) 5R01MH135774-02
2025 Integrating U=U into HIV counseling: a cluster-randomized efficacy trial (INTUIT 2.0) 3R01MH135774-02S1
2024 Integrating U=U into HIV counseling: a cluster-randomized efficacy trial (INTUIT 2.0) 1R01MH135774-01A1
2024 Evaluating UTT with a National HIV Cohort to Optimize South Africa's HIV Response (ENCORE) 5R01AI152149-05
2023 Evaluating UTT with a National HIV Cohort to Optimize South Africa's HIV Response (ENCORE) 5R01AI152149-04
2022 Integrating U=U into HIV counseling in South Africa (INTUIT-SA) 5R34MH122323-03
2022 Evaluating UTT with a National HIV Cohort to Optimize South Africa's HIV Response (ENCORE) 5R01AI152149-03
2021 Integrating U=U into HIV counseling in South Africa (INTUIT-SA) 5R34MH122323-02
2021 Evaluating UTT with a National HIV Cohort to Optimize South Africa's HIV Response (ENCORE) 5R01AI152149-02
2020 Integrating U=U into HIV counseling in South Africa (INTUIT-SA) 1R34MH122323-01A1
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  1. Dzomba A, Shumba K, Nattey C, Lauren E, Brennan AT, McLoed W, Fox MP, Bor J, Onoya D. HIV Patient Treatment Adherence Trajectories in First 24 months After ART Initiation Among Adults: An Electronic Health Records Cohort From South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Dec 01; 100(4):305-314.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40778758; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003736;
     
  2. Zheng A, Brennan AT, Greener R, Kileel EM, Bor J, Venter WDF, Murray EJ, Pisa PT, Goeieman B, Fox MP, Maskew M. Initiation of dolutegravir vs. efavirenz on 12- and 24-month retention and viral suppression: a target trial emulation. Infect Dis (Lond). 2025 Sep 22; 1-11.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40982349; PMCID: PMC12606652; DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2025.2557628;
     
  3. Lauren E, Shumba K, Fox MP, MacLeod W, Stevens W, Mlisana K, Bor J, Onoya D. Correction: The fall-And rise-In hospital-based care for people with HIV in South Africa: 2004-2017. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(9):e0005169.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40920701; PMCID: PMC12416655; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005169;
     
  4. Bor J, Bird M, Hakes JK, Himmelstein DU, Himmelstein G, Woolhandler S. Life Expectancy of American Indian and Alaska Native Persons and Underreporting of Mortality in Vital Statistics. JAMA. 2025 Jul 15; 334(3):243-252. PMID: 40522635; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.8126;
     
  5. Shumba K, Bor J, Nattey C, Gareta D, Lauren E, Macleod W, Fox MP, Puren A, Mlisana K, Onoya D. Record linkage without patient identifiers: Proof of concept using data from South Africa's national HIV program. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(7):e0004835.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40632720; PMCID: PMC12240394; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004835;
     
  6. Zheng A, Fox MP, Greener R, Kileel EM, Bor J, Venter WDF, Pisa PT, Brennan AT, Maskew M. Initiation of Dolutegravir Versus Efavirenz on Viral Suppression and Retention at 6 months: A Regression Discontinuity Design. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Jun 01; 99(2):151-157.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39913899; PMCID: PMC12129560; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003642;
     
  7. Bor J, Raquib RV, Wrigley-Field E, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Stokes AC. Excess US Deaths Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 May 02; 6(5):e251118.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40408091; PMCID: PMC12102698; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.1118;
     
  8. Nichols BE, Dodge JL, Lee BP, Bhadelia N, Bor J. Medicaid cuts, mortality, and health-care expenditure in the USA. Lancet. 2025 May 17; 405(10491):1736.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40318689; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00761-5;
     
  9. Hontelez JAC, Goymann H, Berhane Y, Bhattacharjee P, Bor J, Chabata ST, Cowan F, Kimani J, Knox J, Lora WS, Lungu C, Manne-Goehler J, Mauti J, Moshabela M, Mpembeni RM, Wa Mwanza M, Ndung'u T, Omondi E, Phiri S, Siedner M, Tanser FC, de Vlas SJ, Bärnighausen TW. The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa. EClinicalMedicine. 2025 May; 83:103233. PMID: 40626258; PMCID: PMC12230335; DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103233;
     
  10. Shapiro AN, Moultrie H, Jacobson KR, Bor J, da Silva P, Scott L, Jenkins HE. The risk of rifampicin-resistant TB after drug-susceptible TB treatment. IJTLD Open. 2025 Mar; 2(3):173-175.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40092522; PMCID: PMC11906027; DOI: 10.5588/ijtldopen.24.0552;
     
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Bar chart showing 136 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 21 publications in 2021

YearPublications
20071
20113
20121
20133
20142
201510
20168
201713
201813
20195
202011
202121
202212
202313
20248
202512
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Population health
Economics
Causal inference
HIV/AIDS
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