Florian Marx, PhD

Research Fellow

Research theme: Combatting Infections of National Priority

Dr. Florian Marx is a Senior Researcher at SACEMA and the Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Stellenbosch University. He coordinates a joint SACEMA-DTTC Tuberculosis Modelling Partnership and Research Programme and leads the Working Group Data Analysis and Modelling (WGDAM). Before joining SACEMA, he received a PhD degree at Stellenbosch University (2018) and completed a research fellowship at Harvard Medical School (2014) and Yale School of Public Health (2015-16). He received a Masters Degree in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2009) and a Medical Degree from Charite Berlin (2007). His research focusses on the epidemiology of tuberculosis and the public health impact of TB control interventions with a particular focus on high-incidence settings.

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4630-4598

Recent publications

Impact of interventions for tuberculosis prevention and care in South Africa – a systematic review of mathematical modelling studies
Brown L, van Schalkwyk C, de Villiers AK, Marx FM

South African Medical Journal

(2023)

https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i3.16812
A systematic review of risk factors for mortality among tuberculosis patients in South Africa
Nicholson TJ, Hoddinott G, Seddon JA, Claassens MM, van der Zalm MM, Lopez E, Bock P, Caldwell J, Da Costa D, de Vaal C, Dunbar R, Du Preez K, Hesseling AC, Joseph K, Kriel E, Loveday M, Marx FM, Meehan SA, Purchase S, Naidoo K, Naidoo L, Solomon-Da Costa F, Sloot R, Osman M

Systematic Reviews

(2023)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02175-8
Face masks in the post-COVID-19 era: a silver lining for the damaged tuberculosis public health response?
van den Driessche K, Mahlobo PZ, Venter R, Caldwell J, Jennings K, Diacon AH, Cotton MF, de Groot R, Hens N, Marx FM, Warren RM, Mishra H, Theron G

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

(2021)

https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00020-5
Breathing back better! A state of the art on the benefits of functional evaluation and rehabilitation of post-tuberculosis and post-COVID lungs.
Pontali E, Silva DR, Marx FM, Caminero JA, Centis R, Muhwa JC, Tiberi S, Migliori GB

Archivos de Bronconeumología

(2022)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arbres.2022.05.010
Prolonged-course tuberculosis treatment or secondary prevention for those at high risk of recurrence?
Moore DP, Hesseling AC, Marx FM

Clinical Infectious Diseases

(2022)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2022.01.013
Use of interactive messaging to reduce pre-diagnosis loss to follow-up for TB care
Marx FM, Meehan SA, Jivan D, Dunbar R, Hoddinott G, Hesseling AC, Osman M

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

(2022)

https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.21.0332
Spatially targeted digital chest radiography to reduce tuberculosis in high-burden settings: a study of adaptive decision making
de Villiers AK, Dye D, Yaesoubi R, Cohen T, Marx FM

Epidemics

(2022)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100540
Targeting screening and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection towards asylum seekers from high-incidence countries – a model-based cost-effectiveness analysis
Marx FM, Hauer B, Menzies NA, Haas W, Perumal N

BMC Public Health

(2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12142-4
Clinical standards for the assessment, management and rehabilitation of post-TB lung disease
Migliori GB, Marx FM, Ambrosino N, Zampogna E, Schaaf HS, van der Zalm MM, Allwood BW, Byrne AL, Mortimer K, Wallis RS, Fox GJ, Leung CC, Chakaya JM, Seaworth B, Rachow A, Marais BJ, Furin J, Akkerman OW, Al Yaquobi F, Amaral AFS, Borisov S, Caminero JA, Carvalho ACC, Chesov D, Codecasa LR, Teixeira RC, Dalcolmo MP, Datta S, Dinh-Xuan AT, Duarte R, Evans CA, Garcia Calleja JM, GÃ¼nther G, Hoddinott G, Huddart S, Ivanova O, Laniado-LaborÃn R, Manga S, Manika K, Mariandyshev A, Mello FCQ, Mpagama SG, MuÃ±oz-Torrico M, Nahid P, Ong CWM, Palmero DJ, Piubello A, Pontali E, Silva DR, Singla R, Spanevello A, Tiberi S, Udwadia ZF, Vitacca M, Centis R, DÂ´Ambrosio L, Sotgiu G, Lange C, Visca D

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

(2021)

https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.21.0425
Cost-effectiveness of post-treatment follow-up examinations and secondary prevention of tuberculosis in a high-incidence setting: a model-based analysis
Marx FM, Cohen T, Menzies NA, Salomon JA, Theron G

The Lancet Global Health

(2020)

https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30227-8