Joseph Anthony Politch PhD
Research Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
670 Albany St | (617) 414-8482joseph.politch@bmc.org
politch@bu.edu
Sections
Infectious Diseases
Education
Psychology, PhD, Temple University
Experimental Psychology, MS, Bucknell University
Psychology, BS, University of Scranton
Publications
Dohadwala S, Shah P, Farrell MK, Politch JA, Marathe J, Costello CE, Anderson DJ. Sialidases derived from Gardnerella vaginalis and Prevotella timonensis remodel the sperm glycocalyx and impair sperm function. Glycobiology. 2025 Nov 06; 35(11). PMID: 41165775.
Published on 10/7/2025Ajewole CO, Rubin BR, Cherfane GH, Politch JA, Doherty A, Khemani N, Barakat A, LeBedis C, Gadson AK, Lee YW, Wang JJ, Kuohung W. Risk factors for misdiagnosis of interstitial ectopic pregnancy. Emerg Radiol. 2025 Dec; 32(6):841-848. PMID: 41053464.
Published on 8/20/2025Doud JM, Geib MT, Politch JA, Whaley K, Anderson DJ, Marathe JG. Revolutionizing male contraception: Personal lubricants as a novel way to deliver the Human Contraception Antibody. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 20. PMID: 40894626.
Published on 5/25/2025Mudafort ER, Nguyen M, Rubin BR, Al Abosy R, Bruno R, Politch JA, Bond JC, Wise LA, Fowler ML, Kuohung W. Ectopic pregnancy management and higher risk sexual behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic at a safety net hospital. J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod. 2025 Sep; 54(7):102981. PMID: 40425110.
Published on 2/5/2025Dohadwala S, Shah P, Farrell M, Politch J, Marathe J, Costello CE, Anderson DJ. Sialidases derived from Gardnerella vaginalis remodel the sperm glycocalyx and impair sperm function. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 05. PMID: 39975358.
Published on 10/22/2024Nador E, Mausser E, Marathe JG, Politch JA, Thurman AR, Whaley KJ, Anderson DJ. Antibody-dependent complement-mediated sperm cytotoxicity in the endocervix is a dominant contraceptive mechanism of ZB-06 vaginal film. Fertil Steril. 2025 Mar; 123(3):534-536. PMID: 39447830.
Published on 7/25/2024Johnson JA, Li JF, Politch JA, Lipscomb JT, Tino AS, DeFelice J, Gelman M, Anderson DJ, Mayer KH. HIV Immunocapture Reveals Particles Expressed in Semen Under Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor-Based Therapy Are Largely Myeloid Cell-Derived and Disparate. J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 25; 230(1):78-85. PMID: 39052738.
Published on 2/13/2024Johnson JA, Li JF, Politch JA, Lipscomb JT, Santos Tino A, DeFelice J, Gelman M, Anderson DJ, Mayer KH. HIV Immunocapture Reveals Particles Expressed in Semen under INSTI-based Therapy are Largely Myeloid Cell-Derived and Disparate from Circulating Provirus. J Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 13. PMID: 38356153.
Published on 1/9/2024Dohadwala S, Geib MT, Politch JA, Anderson DJ. Innovations in monoclonal antibody-based multipurpose prevention technology (MPT) for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy. Front Reprod Health. 2023; 5:1337479. PMID: 38264184.
Published on 6/13/2023Dohadwala S, Politch JA, Barmine JH, Anderson DJ. A Brief History and Advancement of Contraceptive Multipurpose Prevention Technology (cMPT) Products. Open Access J Contracept. 2023; 14:83-94. PMID: 37332341.