By Ms Bianca Varney

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

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

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

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

Gillies MB; Bharat C; Camacho X; Daniels B; Hall K; Kelly TL; Kelty E; Lin J; Litchfield M; Lopez D; Noghrehchi F; Raubenheimer J; Varney B; Pratt N, 2024, 'Medicine utilization studies in Australian individual-level dispensing data: A blinded, multi-center replicated analysis', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5776

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

Downes K; Zhao X; Gleadall NS; McKinney H; Kempster C; Batista J; Thomas PL; Cooper M; Michael JV; Kreuzhuber R; Wedderburn K; Waller K; Varney B; Verdier H; Kriek N; Ashford SE; Stirrups KE; Dunster JL; McKenzie SE; Ouwehand WH; Gibbins JM; Yang J; Astle WJ; Ma P, 2022, 'G protein–coupled receptor kinase 5 regulates thrombin signaling in platelets via PAR-1', Blood Advances, 6, pp. 2319 - 2330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021005453

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

Raftopulos NL; Washaya TC; Niederprum A; Egert A; Hakeem-Sanni MF; Varney B; Aishah A; Georgieva ML; Olsson E; Dos Santos DZ; Nassar ZD; Cochran BJ; Nagarajan SR; Kakani MS; Hastings JF; Croucher DR; Rye K-A; Butler LM; Grewal T; Hoy AJ, 2022, 'Prostate cancer cell proliferation is influenced by LDL-cholesterol availability and cholesteryl ester turnover', CANCER & METABOLISM, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40170-021-00278-1

Krycer JR; Quek LE; Francis D; Zadoorian A; Weiss FC; Cooke KC; Nelson ME; Diaz-Vegas A; Humphrey SJ; Scalzo R; Hirayama A; Ikeda S; Shoji F; Suzuki K; Huynh K; Giles C; Varney B; Nagarajan SR; Hoy AJ; Soga T; Meikle PJ; Cooney GJ; Fazakerley DJ; James DE, 2020, 'Insulin signaling requires glucose to promote lipid anabolism in adipocytes', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295, pp. 13250 - 13266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.ra120.014907

Balaban S; Nassar ZD; Zhang AY; Hosseini-Beheshti E; Centenera MM; Schreuder M; Lin HM; Aishah A; Varney B; Liu-Fu F; Lee LS; Nagarajan SR; Shearer RF; Hardie RA; Raftopulos NL; Kakani MS; Saunders DN; Holst J; Horvath LG; Butler LM; Hoy AJ, 2019, 'Extracellular fatty acids are the major contributor to lipid synthesis in prostate cancer', Molecular Cancer Research, 17, pp. 949 - 962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-18-0347

Balaban S; Lee LS; Varney B; Aishah A; Gao Q; Shearer RF; Saunders DN; Grewal T; Hoy AJ, 2018, 'Heterogeneity of fatty acid metabolism in breast cancer cells underlies differential sensitivity to palmitate-induced apoptosis', Molecular Oncology, 12, pp. 1623 - 1638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1878-0261.12368

Tan VX; Mazzocco C; Varney B; Bodet D; Guillemin TA; Bessede A; Guillemin GJ, 2018, 'Detection of the Cyanotoxins L-BMAA Uptake and Accumulation in Primary Neurons and Astrocytes', Neurotoxicity Research, 33, pp. 55 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12640-017-9787-9

Lovelace MD; Varney B; Sundaram G; Lennon MJ; Lim CK; Jacobs K; Guillemin GJ; Brew BJ, 2017, 'Recent evidence for an expanded role of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism in neurological diseases', Neuropharmacology, 112, pp. 373 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.03.024

Lovelace MD; Varney B; Sundaram G; Franco NF; Ng ML; Pai S; Lim CK; Guillemin GJ; Brew BJ, 2016, 'Current evidence for a role of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism in multiple sclerosis', Frontiers in Immunology, 7, pp. 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00246

Jones SP; Franco NF; Varney B; Sundaram G; Brown DA; De Bie J; Lim CK; Guillemin GJ; Brew BJ, 2015, 'Expression of the kynurenine pathway in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells: Implications for inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease', Plos One, 10, pp. e0131389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131389

Conference Papers

Varney B; Gilles MB; Havard A; Zoega H; Pearson S-A; Litchfield M, 2021, 'Prescription opioid use in Australian women of reproductive age from 2013 to 2020', in PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, WILEY, pp. 308 - 309, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000687807300627&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Posters

Zhou J; Varney B; Bharat C; Degenhardt L; Jones N; Havard A; Tran DT, 2024, 'Retention in opioid agonist treatment following childbirth and associated factors', Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024

Conference Presentations

Zhou J; Varney B; Bharat C; Degenhardt L; Jones N; Havard A; Tran DT, 2024, 'Retention in opioid agonist treatment following childbirth and associated factors', presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBO7_cTwPU&t=97s

Tran D; Varney B; Jones N; Bharat C; Brett J; Oei J; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L; Havard A, 2024, 'Trends in the use of opioid agonist treatment for opioid dependence in pregnancy', presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cph4ZrfKiMw&t=1850s

Varney B; Bharat C; Brett J; Degenhardt L; Jones N; Oei J; Pearson SA; Havard A; Tran DT, 2024, 'Use of opioid agonist therapy in pregnancy: Timing of initiation and treatment retention', presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cph4ZrfKiMw&t=2664s

Conference Abstracts

Lovelace M; Sardesai V; Varney B; Guillemin GJ; Brew BJ, 2017, 'Laquinimod as a regulator of Kynurenine Pathway in Multiple Sclerosis', in MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL, SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, AUSTRALIA, MS Res Australia, Sydney, Vol. 23, pp. NP27 - NP27, presented at Progress in MS Research Conference, AUSTRALIA, MS Res Australia, Sydney, 11 October 2017 - 13 October 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000414783200073&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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