Matthew Borg

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I am a biostatistician, a research epidemiologist and a non-practising medical doctor. My research interests include environmental epidemiology with a focus on the adverse health impacts of heat, public health, occupational health, climate change, nephrology, oncology and clinical trials. I have extensive experience with data analysis for both small and large datasets, regression modelling and fluency in multiple statistical languages (R, SAS, Stata).

My Research
Career
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Grants and Funding
Teaching
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Matthew's PhD project titled "Heat Stress in the Workplace: Health Service Burden and Labour Productivity Loss in Australia" evaluated the adverse impact of heat on occupational injuries, illnesses and associated economic costs in Australia. This was part of a mult-insitutional Australian Resarch Council grant, and his thesis was awarded a Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Research Excellence.

His Honours research titled "Renal Health Outcomes in Relation to Temperature and Heatwaves in Adelaide, South Australia" analysed the impact of high air temperatures on kidney disease. For his work, he was awarded First Class Honours, and the findings have been published in peer-reviewed articles.

Appointments

Date Position Institution name

2016 - 2016 Medical Educator University of Adelaide

Date	Position	Institution name
2016 - 2016	Medical Educator	University of Adelaide

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2024	Honour	Mace Bearer	The University of Adelaide	Australia	-
2023	Award	ISEE 2023 Travel Award	International Society of Epidemiology	Taiwan, Province of China	1500 USD
2023	Research Award	Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence	The University of Adelaide	Australia	-
2022	Award	The Kerry Kirke Student Award	Public Health Association Australia	Australia	$100
2021	Research Award	Poster Abstract Award	International Society of Environmental Epidemiology	United States	Free Annual Membership to ISEE
2021	Achievement	Biostatistics Collaboraton of Australia Star Graduate	Biostatistics Collaboraton of Australia	Australia	-
2017	Scholarship	Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health Summer Vacation Scholarship	South Australian Research and Development Institute	Australia	1200
2016	Scholarship	2016 Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine John Snow Scholarship	Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine	Australia	Full conference registration for the 15th World Congress on Public Health and up to $600 on travel assistance
2016	Award	Thomas L Borthwick Memorial Prize in Public Health and Preventative Medicine	The University of Adelaide	Australia	-
2015	Scholarship	Adelaide Medical Students' Foundation Travel Scholarship	Adelaide Medical Students' Foundation	Australia	$1000
2013	Scholarship	Adelaide Summer Research Scholarship	Royal Adelaide Hospital	Australia	1200
2012	Scholarship	Hospital Research Foundation/TQEH Department Vacation Research Scholarship 2013	Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research	Australia	1200

Language Competencies

Language Competency

English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Language	Competency
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2019 - 2021	University Of Adelaide	Australia	Masters of Biostatistics
2019 - 2023	The University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
2017 - 2019	University Of Adelaide	Australia	Graduate Diploma of Biostatistics
2015 - 2015	University Of Adelaide	Australia	Honours Bachelor of Medical Science
2010 - 2016	University Of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery

Certifications

Date	Title	Institution name	Country
2023	Writing a persuasive cover letter for your manuscript	Elsevier Researcher Academy	-
2023	Epigeum Supervising Doctoral Studies	The University of Adelaide	Australia
2023	ADEPT Planning for Action Research Workshop	The University of Adelaide	Australia
2021	Graduate Statistician	Statistical Society of Australia	Australia
2018	Good Clinical Practice Training Workshop Sponsor Quality Management	Caledonian Clinical Training	Australia
2017	A History of Public Health in Post-War Britian	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	United Kingdom
2017	ENT Update	Rural Doctors Workforce Agency	Australia
2016	Insight Global Health Short Course	Insight	Australia
2016	Teaching on the Run	Royal Adelaide Hospital	Australia
2015	Head and neck cancer forum: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and oropharyngeal cancer - raising awareness, early detection and referral pathways	Cancer Council SA	Australia

Research Interests

Biostatistics Clinical Trials Environmental & Occupational Health Epidemiology Nephrology and Urology Oncology and Carcinogenesis Public Health Public Health and Health Services

Journals

Year	Citation
2025	Borg, M. A., Xiang, J., Anikeeva, O., Ostendorf, B., Varghese, B., Dear, K., . . . Bi, P. (2025). Anomalous temperatures increase occupational injuries, illnesses and associated cost burden in Australia. Urban Climate, 59, 102307. DOI
2024	Borg, M. A., O'Callaghan, M. E., Moretti, K. L., & Vincent, A. D. (2024). External validation of predictive models of sexual, urinary, bowel and hormonal function after surgery in prostate cancer subjects. BMC Urology, 24(1), 2-1-2-8. DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
2024	Kamruzzaman, M., Horowitz, M., Polonsky, W. H., Talley, N. J., Borg, M. A., Rayner, C. K., . . . Marathe, C. S. (2024). Diabetes distress and depression are independently associated with gastrointestinal symptoms in type 2 diabetes in Bangladesh. Diabetic Medicine, 41(11), e15379-1-e15379-4. DOI
2024	Anikeeva, O., Hansen, A., Varghese, B., Borg, M., Zhang, Y., Xiang, J., & Bi, P. (2024). The impact of increasing temperatures due to climate change on infectious diseases. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 387, e079343-1-e079343-16. DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC4
2023	Borg, M. A., Xiang, J., Anikeeva, O., Ostendorf, B., Varghese, B., Dear, K., . . . Bi, P. (2023). Current and projected heatwave-attributable occupational injuries, illnesses, and associated economic burden in Australia. Environmental Research, 236(2), 116852-1-116852-15. DOI Scopus16 Europe PMC3
2021	Han, S. -R., Wei, M., Wu, Z., Duan, S., Chen, X., Yang, J., . . . Xiang, J. (2021). Perceptions of workplace heat exposure and adaption behaviors among Chinese construction workers in the context of climate change.. BMC public health, 21(1), 16 pages. DOI Scopus27 WoS3 Europe PMC15
2021	Liu, J., Varghese, B. M., Hansen, A., Borg, M. A., Zhang, Y., Driscoll, T., . . . Bi, P. (2021). Hot weather as a risk factor for kidney disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence. Science of the Total Environment, 801, 1-20. DOI Scopus61 WoS17 Europe PMC38
2021	Borg, M. A., Xiang, J., Anikeeva, O., Pisaniello, D., Hansen, A., Zander, K., . . . Bi, P. (2021). Occupational heat stress and economic burden: a review of global evidence. Environmental Research, 195, 1-14. DOI Scopus81 WoS35 Europe PMC23
2020	Yuan, P., Xiang, J., Borg, M., Chen, T., Lin, X., Peng, X., & Zheng, K. (2020). Analysis of lifetime death probability for major causes of death among residents in China.. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 7 pages. DOI Scopus4 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2020	Borg, M. A., & Bi, P. (2020). The impact of climate change on kidney health. Nature Reviews Nephrology, 17(5), 294-295. DOI Scopus23 WoS11 Europe PMC16
2019	Borg, M., Nitschke, M., Williams, S., McDonald, S., Nairn, J., & Bi, P. (2019). Using the excess heat factor to indicate heatwave-related urinary disease: a case study in Adelaide, South Australia. International Journal of Biometeorology, 63(4), 435-447. DOI Scopus40 WoS21 Europe PMC15
2017	Reid, J., Smith, R., Borg, M., Dobbins, C., Gowda, R., Chryssidis, S., . . . Neuhaus, S. (2017). Feasibility of spacers to facilitate postoperative radiotherapy for retroperitoneal sarcomas. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 61(6), 812-818. DOI Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC5
2017	Mohammadi, F., Borg, M., Gulyani, A., McDonald, S., & Jesudason, S. (2017). Pregnancy outcomes and impact of pregnancy on graft function in women after kidney transplantation. Clinical Transplantation, 31(10), 9 pages. DOI Scopus46 WoS30 Europe PMC20
2017	Borg, M., Bi, P., Nitschke, M., Williams, S., & McDonald, S. (2017). The impact of daily temperature on renal disease incidence: an ecological study. Environmental Health, 16(1), 1-30. DOI Scopus112 WoS67 Europe PMC63
2016	Borg, M. A., Borg, M. J., Borg, M., Stein, B., Krishnan, S., Palumbo, K., . . . Switajewski, M. (2016). The Incidence of Hypothyroidism in Patients with Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Treated with Radical Radiotherapy and Cetuximab. Jacobs Journal of Otolaryngology.
2014	Sree Kumar, S., Price, T., Mohyieldin, O., Borg, M., Townsend, A., & Hardingham, J. (2014). KRAS G13D mutation and sensitivity to cetuximab or panitumumab in a colorectal cancer cell line model. Gastrointestinal Cancer Research, 7(1), 23-26. Scopus59 Europe PMC42

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2013	Kumar, S. S., Price, T., Mohyieldin, O., Borg, M., Townsend, A., & Hardingham, J. (2013). KRAS G13D mutations associated with sensitivity to cetuximab or panitumumab treatment in colorectal cancer cell lines. In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER Vol. 49 (pp. S494). Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS: ELSEVIER SCI LTD.

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2024	Borg, M., Marathe, C., Kamruzzamen, M., Rayner, C., Borg, M., & Horowitz, M. (2024). GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS AND CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING IN TYPE 1 DIABETES. Poster session presented at the meeting of DIABETES TECHNOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS. MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2023	Borg, M., Xiang, J., Anikeeva, O., & Bi, P. (2023). Current and projected heatwave-attributable occupational injuries, illnesses, and associated economic burden in Australia: a national time-series. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 35th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2023). Kaohsiung, Taiwan: EHP Publishing. DOI
2023	Borg, M., Xiang, J., Anikeeva, O., & Bi, P. (2023). Anomalous temperatures increase occupational injuries, illnesses and associated costs in Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 35th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2023). Kaohsiung, Taiwan: EHP Publishing. DOI
2022	Borg, M., Xiang, J., Anikeeva, O., & Bi, P. (2022). The impact of apparent temperature on occupational injuries in Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 33rd International Congress on Occupational Health 2022 (ICOH 2022), as published in Safety and Health at Work. virtual online: Elsevier. DOI
2021	Borg, M., Xiang, J., Anikeeva, O., & Bi, P. (2021). Occupational heat stress and economic burden: A review of global evidence. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2021). New York City, NY: Environmental Health Perspectives. DOI
2021	Borg, M., Bi, P., Xiang, J., & Anikeeva, O. (2021). OCCUPATIONAL HEAT STRESS AND ECONOMIC BURDEN: EVIDENCE FOR WORKPLACE HEAT MANAGEMENT POLICIES. Poster session presented at the meeting of INJURY PREVENTION. BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. DOI
2021	Borg, M., Bi, P., Xiang, J., & Anikeeva, O. (2021). Occupational heat stress and economic burden: evidence to support development of workplace heat management policies. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. OXFORD UNIV PRESS. DOI
2015	Mohammadi, F. A., Borg, M., Mcdonald, S. P., & Jesudason, S. (2015). PREGNANCY AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION IN A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COHORT OVER 39 YEARS. Poster session presented at the meeting of NEPHROLOGY. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Theses

Year	Citation
2023	Borg, M. (2023). The impact of heat on occupational injuries, illnesses and associated economic costs in Australia. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide).
2015	Borg, M. (2015). Renal Health Outcomes in Relation to Temperature and Heatwaves in Adelaide, South Australia. (Undergraduate Dissertation).

Datasets

Year	Citation
-	Borg, M. (n.d.). Public holidays in Australian capital cities from 2004 to 2023. DOI
-	Borg, M. (n.d.). School holidays in Australian capital cities from 2004 to 2023. DOI
-	Borg, M. (n.d.). Workers' population from July 2005 to June 2018 with estimated indoor/outdoor stratification in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. DOI
-	Borg, M. (n.d.). Derived future meteorological datasets projected to 2016-2045 and 2036-2065 in Australian capital cities using CMIP5 models. DOI

Bi P, Guo Y, Jay O, Bambrick H, Chu C, Capon T, Parton K, Dupre K, Zuo J, Zander K, Bone A, Lambert G, Hanson-Easey S, Nairn J, Mooney C, Anikeeva, O, Ward T, Varghese B, Prescott V, Pisaniello D, Thomas T, Humphrey K, Beaty M, Brearley M, Tong M, Borg M, Caddy-Retalic S, Broome R, Muscatello D. Building resilience to the impacts of heatwaves in Australia Consortium. Natural Hazard Research Australia 2024-2026; $1.18M
Bi P, Weinstein P, Anikeeva O, Liu J, Stanhope J, Borg M, Ma W, Zhao Q. 2024 University of Adelaide (UoA) and Shandong University (SDU) Joint Seed Funding. Climate change, greenspace exposure and population health in Australia and China: Strengthening our research partnership with Shandong University. The University of Adelaide 2024; $15,000

Academic Staff Member, School of Public Health and Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

2024 Semester 2 - BIOSTATS 6004EX - Design of Randomised Controlled Trials. Marker.

2022 Semester 2 - MEDIC ST 1502 - Medical Studies 1. Teaching lecturer.

2022 Semester 2 - BIOSTATS 6004EX - Design of Randomised Controlled Trials. Marker.

2021 Semester 2 - PUB HLTH 2007 - Epidemiology for Health and Medical Sciences. Tutor and marker.

2021 Semester 2 - PUB HLTH 7104 - Biostatistics. Marker (Casual Research Officer).

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023	Co-Supervisor	Mapping Climate Change Vulnerability of Older Australians Due to Extreme Heat for Tailored Health Adaptations	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Sabrina Guensche

Committee Memberships

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2016 - 2016	Treasurer	Insight Global Health Group Executive	Insight Global Health Group	Australia
2015 - 2016	Chair	General Practice Students' Network Adelaide Committee	General Practice Students' Network	Australia
2015 - 2016	Board Member	Royal Australian College of General Practitioner (SA & NT division) Board	Royal Australian College of General Practitioners	Australia
2015 - 2016	Board Member	Faculty of Health Sciences Board	University of Adelaide	Australia
2014 - 2015	Representative	General Practice Students' Network Adelaide Committee	General Practice Students' Network	Australia
2012 - 2013	Convener	Adelaide Medical Students' Society Committee	Adelaide Medical Students' Society	Australia
2012 - 2015	Representative	Adelaide Medical Students' Society Commitee	Adelaide Medical Students' Society	Australia

Memberships

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2022 - ongoing	Member	Australian Pharmaceutical Biostatistics Group	Australia
2021 - ongoing	Member	Australian Epidemiological Association	Australia
2021 - ongoing	Member	International Society for Environmental Epidemiology	United States
2021 - 2021	Member	Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society	Australia
2020 - ongoing	Member	Public Health Association of Australia	Australia
2017 - ongoing	Member	Statistical Society of Australia	Australia
2016 - ongoing	Member	Golden Key International Honour Society	Australia
2010 - 2016	Member	Adelaide Medical Students' Society	Australia
2010 - 2016	Member	Insight Global Health Group	Australia

Community Engagement

Date	Title	Engagement Type	Institution	Country
2024 - 2024	As Temperatures Rise, More Indian Farmworkers Are at Risk of Kidney Disease	Public Community Engagement	Health Policy Watch Independent Global Health Reporting	India
2017 - ongoing	Health impacts of heatwaves in the Adelaide metropolitan area	Public Community Engagement	SA Health	Australia

Editorial Boards

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country

2024 - ongoing Editor Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease Switzerland

Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
2024 - ongoing	Editor	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	Switzerland

Event Participation

Date	Event Name	Event Type	Institution	Country
2025 - ongoing	ADEPT Prep for Integrity Workshop	Workshop	The University of Adelaide	Australia
2023 - 2023	CPD159-ASC 2023 Workshop- Essential Skills for Statistical Communication	Workshop	Statistical Society of Australia	Australia
2023 - 2023	Bayesian spatiotemporal modelling for environmental data with NIMBLE	Workshop	International Society of Environmental Epidemiology	Taiwan, Province of China

Presentation

Date	Topic	Presented at	Institution	Country
2025 - 2025	Adverse Health Impacts of Heat	Australian National University	Australian National University	Australia
2024 - 2024	Analytical considerations for success in clinical trials	Pharmaceutical Development Conference 2024	MGSM Conference Centre	Australia
2024 - 2024	Physiological process of thermoregulation	The University of Adelaide	The University of Adelaide	Australia
2024 - 2024	Heat exposure and human health	-	Australian National University	Australia
2023 - ongoing	BCA Testimonial - Matthew Borg	-	Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia	Australia
2023 - 2023	Pathophysiology of extreme heat	Planetary Health workshop	The University of Adelaide	Australia
2021 - 2021	Heat stress in the workplace: health service burden and labour productivity loss in Australia	2021 South Australian Safety Symposium	Australian Institute of Health & Safety	Australia

Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice

Date Title Type Institution Country

2023 - ongoing Households worldwide become food insecure when it is too hot Peer Review Nature Human Behaviour -

Date	Title	Type	Institution	Country
2023 - ongoing	Households worldwide become food insecure when it is too hot	Peer Review	Nature Human Behaviour	-

Email: matthew.borg@adelaide.edu.au

Matthew Borg

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