By Dr Alys Havard

Journal articles

Brett J; Cesta CE; Gillies MB; Bateman BT; Chan AYL; Cheng MCY; Cho Y; Choi E; Cohen JM; Donald S; Furu K; Gissler M; Gomes T; Havard A; Hernandez-Diaz S; Hsieh MHC; Huybrechts KF; Karlsson P; Kelty E; Lai ECC; Ledlie S; Wang T; Leinonen K; Parkin L; Reutfors J; Shin JY; Su CTT; Varney B; Wong ICK; Man KKC; Zoega H, 2025, 'Global Trends in Analgesic Opioid Use in Pregnancy: A Retrospective Cohort Study', Anesthesiology, 142, pp. 1100 - 1113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005418

Lin J; Milder TY; Deakin CT; de Oliveira Costa J; Havard A; Neuen BL; Buckley NA; Brieger D; Greenfield JR; Jun M; Day RO; Pearson SA; Falster MO, 2025, 'Trends in use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors among people with type 2 diabetes following hospitalisation with heart failure: A population-based study', Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 224, pp. 112242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112242

Banks E; Scollo M; Gartner C; Freeman B; Brown S; Campbell S; Yazidjoglou A; Bittoun R; Brooks A; Chan G; Collins L; Conway M; Dean E; Dessaix A; Dono J; Gazey A; Greenberg T; Greenhalgh E; Gupta D; Havard A; Heris C; Hunter L; Jancey J; Jongenelis M; Khanlari S; Larcombe A; Lim C; Lizama N; Maddox R; Marks G; McCausland K; McLennan J; Miller C; Morphett K; Passey M; Peters M; Pettigrew S; Roberts D; Roseby R; Scully M; Smith A; Smyth C; Soderstrom J; Stjepanović D; Tuson M; Vandeleur M; Villarosa A; Watts C; Weber M; Wolfenden L; Wood L; Yoong S, 2025, 'National E-cigarette Monitoring and Evidence Consortium: Supporting informed research, policy and practice in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100233

Bruno C; Cesta CE; Hjellvik V; Ulrichsen SP; Bjørk MH; Esen BÖ; Gillies MB; Gissler M; Havard A; Karlstad Ø; Leinonen MK; Nørgaard M; Pearson SA; Reutfors J; Furu K; Cohen JM; Zoega H, 2025, 'Corrigendum to Antipsychotic use during pregnancy and risk of specific neurodevelopmental disorders and learning difficulties in children: a multinational cohort study [eClinicalMedicine 70 (2024) 102531/DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102531] (eClinicalMedicine (2024) 70, (S258953702400110X), (10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102531))', Eclinicalmedicine, 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103139

Darke S; Duflou J; Peacock A; Lim J; Havard A; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2025, 'Characteristics of deaths related to lithium toxicity in Australia, 2000–2024', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251336037

Powell M; Pilkington R; Ahmed T; Hanly M; Newton BJ; Lynch JW; Dobbins T; Stewart J; Cretikos M; Havard A; Falster K, 2025, 'Prevalence of maternal substance use problems during pregnancy and the first 2 years of life: a whole-population birth cohort of 970 470 Australian children born 2008-2017', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-223439

Tran DT; Cohen JM; Donald S; Cesta CE; Furu K; Parkin L; Pearson SA; Reutfors J; Robijn AL; Zoega H; Zwar N; Havard A, 2025, 'Risk of Major Congenital Malformations Following Prenatal Exposure to Smoking Cessation Medicines', JAMA Internal Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.0290

Chidwick K; Bharat C; Gisev N; Havard A; Camacho X; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'Trends in prescription opioid analgesic use in Australia from 2015 to 2022', International Journal of Drug Policy, 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104666

Wittström F; Cesta CE; Bateman BT; Bendix M; Bliddal M; Chan AYL; Cho Y; Choi EY; Cohen JM; Donald S; Gissler M; Havard A; Hernandez-Diaz S; Huybrechts KF; Kollhorst B; Lai ECC; Leinonen MK; Li BMH; Man KKC; Ng VWS; Parkin L; Pazzagli L; Rasmussen L; Rotem RS; Schink T; Shin JY; Tran DT; Wong ICK; Zoega H; Reutfors J, 2024, 'Lithium Use During Pregnancy in 14 Countries', JAMA Network Open, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.51117

Powell M; Pilkington R; Ahmed T; Hanly M; Newton BJ; Lynch J; Dobbins T; Stewart J; Cretikos M; Havard A; Kathleen F, 2024, 'Prenatal and early life maternal substance use prevalence among Australian children born 2007-2018: a data linkage study using health, death, and child protection data', International Journal of Population Data Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i5.2680

Varney B; Brett J; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Powell M; Bateman BT; Shand AW; Pearson SA; Havard A, 2024, 'Opioid analgesic exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy and the risk of major congenital malformations in infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis†', Anaesthesia, 79, pp. 967 - 977, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/anae.16307

Zoega H; Falster M; Gillies M; Litchfield M; Camacho X; Bruno C; Daniels B; Donnolley N; Havard A; Schaffer A; Chambers G; Degenhardt L; Dobbins T; Gisev N; Ivers R; Jorm L; Liu B; Vajdic C; Pearson SA, 2024, 'The Medicines Intelligence Data Platform: A Population-Based Data Resource From New South Wales, Australia', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5887

de Oliveira Costa J; Lin J; Milder TY; Greenfield JR; Day RO; Stocker SL; Neuen BL; Havard A; Pearson SA; Falster MO, 2024, 'Geographic variation in sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use in people with type 2 diabetes in New South Wales, Australia', Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, 26, pp. 2787 - 2795, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.15597

Robijn AL; Tran DT; Cohen JM; Donald S; Cesta CE; Furu K; Parkin L; Pearson SA; Reutfors J; Zoega H; Zwar N; Havard A, 2024, 'Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Use in Pregnancy', JAMA Network Open, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19245

Varney B; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Gisev N; Weston Shand A; Pearson SA; Havard A, 2024, 'Prevalence and Persistence of Prescription Opioid Use Following Hospital Discharge after Childbirth: An Australian Population-Based Cohort Study', Anesthesia and Analgesia, 138, pp. 970 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000006582

Powell M; Pilkington R; Varney B; Havard A; Lynch J; Dobbins T; Oei JL; Ahmed T; Falster K, 2024, 'The burden of prenatal and early life maternal substance use among children at risk of maltreatment: A systematic review', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 823 - 847, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13835

Bruno C; Cesta CE; Hjellvik V; Ulrichsen SP; Bjørk MH; Esen BÖ; Gillies MB; Gissler M; Havard A; Karlstad Ø; Leinonen MK; Nørgaard M; Pearson SA; Reutfors J; Furu K; Cohen JM; Zoega H, 2024, 'Antipsychotic use during pregnancy and risk of specific neurodevelopmental disorders and learning difficulties in children: a multinational cohort study', Eclinicalmedicine, 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102531

Tran DT; Robijn AL; Varney B; Zoega H; Brew BK; Chambers GM; Falster K; Lingam R; Pearson SA; Havard A, 2024, 'Data Resource Profile: The Early Life Course data platform for research on perinatal and early childhood exposures and outcomes in Australia', International Journal of Epidemiology, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae045

Venetis C; Choi SKY; Jorm L; Zhang X; Ledger W; Lui K; Havard A; Chapman M; Norman RJ; Chambers GM, 2024, 'Risk for Congenital Anomalies in Children Conceived With Medically Assisted Fertility Treatment: A Population-Based Cohort Study', Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 79, pp. 101 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.ogx.0001008544.02811.12

Cohen JM; Alvestad S; Suarez EA; Schaffer A; Selmer RM; Havard A; Bateman BT; Cesta CE; Zoega H; Odsbu I; Huybrechts KF; Kjerpeseth LJ; Straub L; Leinonen MK; Bjørk MH; Nørgaard M; Gissler M; Ulrichsen SP; Hernandez-Diaz S; Tomson T; Furu K, 2024, 'Comparative Risk of Major Congenital Malformations With Antiseizure Medication Combinations vs Valproate Monotherapy in Pregnancy', Neurology, 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207996

Varney B; Zoega H; Bjørn Gillies M; Gisev N; Weston Shand A; Pearson S-A; Havard A, 2024, 'Prevalence and Persistence of Prescription Opioid Use Following Hospital Discharge After Childbirth: An Australian Population-Based Cohort Study', Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 44, pp. 236 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.aoa.0001080308.34895.4e

Venetis C; Choi SKY; Jorm L; Zhang X; Ledger W; Lui K; Havard A; Chapman M; Norman RJ; Chambers GM, 2023, 'Risk for Congenital Anomalies in Children Conceived With Medically Assisted Fertility Treatment', Annals of Internal Medicine, 176, pp. 1308 - 1320, http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/M23-0872

Havard A; Jones N; Bharat C; Gisev N; Pearson SA; Shakeshaft A; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2023, 'Mortality during and after specialist alcohol and other drug treatment: Variation in rates according to principal drug of concern and treatment modality', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1461 - 1471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13669

Lin J; Pearson SA; Greenfield JR; Park KH; Havard A; Brieger D; Day RO; Falster MO; de Oliveira Costa J, 2023, 'Trends in use of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) in Australia in the era of increased evidence of their cardiovascular benefits (2014–2022)', European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 79, pp. 1239 - 1248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-023-03539-8

Kelty E; Havard A; Preen DB, 2023, 'Trends in smoking during pregnancy stratified by the use of opioid agonist therapy and the contribution of smoking to poor outcome in neonates prenatally exposed to opioid agonist treatment', Archives of Women S Mental Health, 26, pp. 543 - 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-023-01342-z

Robijn AL; Filion KB; Woodward M; Hsu B; Chow CK; Pearson SA; Jorm L; Falster MO; Havard A, 2023, 'Comparative effect of varenicline and nicotine patches on preventing repeat cardiovascular events', Heart, 109, pp. 1016 - 1024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-322170

Bruno C; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Havard A; Coghill D; Pearson SA; Brett J, 2023, 'Expanded access to publicly subsidised lisdexamfetamine treatment for adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: An interrupted time-series analysis', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 1073 - 1076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231170556

Bruno C; Havard A; Gillies MB; Coghill D; Brett J; Guastella AJ; Pearson SA; Zoega H, 2023, 'Patterns of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medicine use in the era of new non-stimulant medicines: A population-based study among Australian children and adults (2013–2020)', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 675 - 685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221114782

Ahmed S; Pollack A; Havard A; Pearson SA; Chidwick K, 2023, 'Agreement of acute serious events recorded across datasets using linked Australian general practice, hospital, emergency department and death data: implications for research and surveillance', International Journal of Population Data Science, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i1.2118

Robijn AL; Woodward M; Pearson SA; Hsu B; Chow CK; Filion KB; Jorm L; Havard A, 2022, 'Uptake of prescription smoking cessation pharmacotherapies after hospitalization for major cardiovascular disease', European journal of preventive cardiology, 29, pp. 2173 - 2182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwac172

Miller P; Vakidis T; Taylor N; Baker T; Stella J; Egerton-Warburton D; Hyder S; Staiger P; Bowe SJ; Shepherd J; Zordan R; Walby A; Jones ML; Caldicott D; Barker D; Hall M; Doran CM; Ezard N; Preisz P; Havard A; Shakeshaft A; Akhlaghi H; Kloot K; Lowry N; Bumpstead S, 2022, 'Most common principal diagnoses assigned to Australian emergency department presentations involving alcohol use: a multi-centre study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46, pp. 903 - 909, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13303

Camacho X; Zoega H; Gomes T; Schaffer AL; Henry D; Pearson S-A; Vigod S; Havard A, 2022, 'The association between psychostimulant use in pregnancy and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes: results from a distributed analysis in two similar jurisdictions.', International Journal of Epidemiology, 52, pp. 190 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac180

Bruno C; Havard A; Hanly M; Falster K; Nassar N; Edwards B; Guastella AJ; Pearson SA; Zoega H, 2022, 'Children's Relative Age and Medicine Treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Across Australian Jurisdictions with Different School Enrolment Policies', Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 32, pp. 349 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cap.2022.0032

Wang X; Carcel C; Hsu B; Shajahan S; Miller M; Peters S; Randall DA; Havard A; Redfern J; Anderson CS; Jorm L; Woodward M, 2022, 'Differences in the pre-hospital management of women and men with stroke by emergency medical services in New South Wales', Medical Journal of Australia, 217, pp. 143 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51652

Hsu B; Carcel C; Wang X; Peters SAE; Randall DA; Havard A; Miller M; Redfern J; Woodward M; Jorm LR, 2022, 'Erratum to “Sex differences in emergency medical services management of patients with myocardial infarction: Analysis of routinely collected data for over 110,000 patients” [Am Heart J (2021) 87-91](S0002870321001885)(10.1016/j.ahj.2021.07.009)', American Heart Journal, 248, pp. 175 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2021.11.007

Havard A; Chandran JJ; Oei JL, 2022, 'Tobacco use during pregnancy', Addiction, 117, pp. 1801 - 1810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15792

Choi SKY; Venetis C; Ledger W; Havard A; Harris K; Norman RJ; Jorm LR; Chambers GM, 2022, 'Population-wide contribution of medically assisted reproductive technologies to overall births in Australia: Temporal trends and parental characteristics', Human Reproduction, 37, pp. 1047 - 1058, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deac032

Varney B; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Brett J; Pearson SA; Havard A, 2022, 'Prescription opioid use in Australian women of reproductive age: Implications for unplanned pregnancies', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88, pp. 1298 - 1320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15074

Daniels B; Havard A; Myton R; Lee C; Chidwick K, 2022, 'Evaluating the accuracy of data extracted from electronic health records into MedicineInsight, a national Australian general practice database', International Journal of Population Data Science, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/IJPDS.V7I1.1713

Havard A; Manski-Nankervis JA; Thistlethwaite J; Daniels B; Myton R; Tu K; Chidwick K, 2021, 'Validity of algorithms for identifying five chronic conditions in MedicineInsight, an Australian national general practice database', BMC Health Services Research, 21, pp. 551, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06593-z

Havard A; Choi SKY; Pearson SA; Chow CK; Tran DT; Filion KB, 2021, 'Comparison of Cardiovascular Safety for Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapies in a Population-Based Cohort in Australia', JAMA Network Open, 4, pp. E2136372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36372

Hsu B; Carcel C; Wang X; Peters SAE; Randall DA; Havard A; Miller M; Redfern J; Woodward M; Jorm LR, 2021, 'Sex differences in emergency medical services management of patients with myocardial infarction: analysis of routinely collected data for over 110,000 patients', American Heart Journal, 241, pp. 87 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2021.07.009

Di Filippo D; Wanniarachchi T; Wei D; Yang JJ; Mc Sweeney A; Havard A; Henry A; Welsh A, 2021, 'The diagnostic indicators of gestational diabetes mellitus from second trimester to birth: a systematic review', Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, 7, pp. 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40842-021-00126-7

Choi SKY; Tran DT; Kemp-Casey A; Preen DB; Randall D; Einarsdottir K; Jorm LR; Havard A, 2021, 'The Comparative Effectiveness of Varenicline and Nicotine Patches for Smoking Abstinence During Pregnancy: Evidence From a Population-based Cohort Study', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 23, pp. 1664 - 1672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab063

de Oliveira Costa J; Gianacas C; Beard F; González-Chica DA; Chidwick K; Osman R; MacIntyre CR; Havard A, 2021, 'Cumulative annual coverage of meningococcal B vaccination in Australian general practice for three at-risk groups, 2014 to 2019', Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.1923349

Greiver M; Havard A; Bowles JKF; Kalia S; Chen T; Aliarzadeh B; Moineddin R; Sherlock J; Hinton W; Sullivan F; O'Neill B; Pow C; Bhatt A; Rahman F; Meza-Torres B; Litchfield M; de Lusignan S, 2021, 'Trends in diabetes medication use in Australia, Canada, England, and Scotland: A repeated cross-sectional analysis in primary care', British Journal of General Practice, 71, pp. E209 - E218, http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X714089

Chambers GM; Choi SKY; Irvine K; Venetis C; Harris K; Havard A; Norman RJ; Lui K; Ledger W; Jorm LR, 2021, 'A bespoke data linkage of an IVF clinical quality registry to population health datasets; methods and performance', International Journal of Population Data Science, 6, pp. 1679, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v6i1.1679

Havard A; Barbieri S; Hanly M; Perez-Concha O; Tran DT; Kennedy D; Jorm LR, 2021, 'Medications used disproportionately during pregnancy: Priorities for research on the risks and benefits of medications when used during pregnancy', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 30, pp. 53 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5131

Pratt N; Camacho X; Vajdic C; Degenhardt L; Laba TL; Hillen J; Etherton-Beer C; Preen D; Jorm L; Donnolley N; Havard A; Pearson SA, 2021, 'The Medicines Intelligence Centre of Research Excellence: Co-creating real-world evidence to support the evidentiary needs of Australian regulators and payers', International Journal of Population Data Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/IJPDS.V6I3.1726

Cohen JM; Cesta CE; Furu K; Einarsdóttir K; Gissler M; Havard A; Hernandez-Diaz S; Huybrechts KF; Kieler H; Leinonen MK; Li J; Reutfors J; Schaffer A; Selmer R; Yu Y; Zoega H; Karlstad Ø, 2020, 'Prevalence trends and individual patterns of antiepileptic drug use in pregnancy 2006-2016: A study in the five Nordic countries, United States, and Australia', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 29, pp. 913 - 922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5035

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