Matthew Bozigar

Matthew Bozigar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Oregon State University's School of Nutrition and Public Health. His research focuses on environmental exposures such as noise, air pollution, and radon, examining their impacts on asthma, cancer, and cardiometabolic diseases through a geographical lens. He emphasizes 'place' as a critical factor in population health, integrating geospatial data with electronic health records.

Dr. Bozigar has received a $50K New Investigator Grant from the Medical Research Foundation (2025-26) for his project investigating radon's role in non-pulmonary cancers. His work has been featured in high-impact studies linking aircraft noise to hypertension, obesity, and sleep disruption, as well as radon exposure to childhood leukemia risk across 727 U.S. counties.

Publications highlight his expertise in cohort studies, Bayesian modeling, and environmental justice. He actively engages in community outreach, including collaborations with school nurses to improve HPV vaccination rates and developing algorithms to identify asthma disparities using geographic identifiers. Dr. Bozigar's research bridges environmental determinants with clinical outcomes, emphasizing equity and policy relevance.