By Professor Limin Mao

Journal articles

Treloar C; McLeod R; Yates K; Mao L, 2014, 'What’s the cost of finding the right fit? The cost of conducting NSP business in a range of modalities', Contemporary Drug Problems, 41, pp. 41 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009145091404100103

Jin F; Grulich AE; Mao L; Zablotska I; O'Dwyer M; Poynten M; Prestage GP, 2013, 'Sexual partner's age as a risk factor for HIV seroconversion in a cohort of HIV-negative homosexual men in Sydney', AIDS and Behavior, 17, pp. 2426 - 2429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0350-7

Mao L; de Wit J; Adam P; Post J; Crooks L; Kidd MR; Slavin S; Kippax SC; Wright E, 2013, 'Australian prescribers’ perspectives on ART initiation in the era of “Treatment as Prevention”', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio - Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2013.766304

Lea T; Costello M; Mao L; Prestage G; Zablotska I; Ward JW; Kaldor JM; de Wit J; Holt M, 2013, 'Elevated reporting of unprotected anal intercourse and injecting drug use but no difference in HIV prevalence among Indigenous Australian men who have sex with men compared with their Anglo-Australian peers', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 146 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12097

Mao L; Guo M; Jin D; Xue B; Wang JQ, 2013, 'Group III metabotropic glutamate receptors and drug addiction', FRONTIERS OF MEDICINE, 7, pp. 445 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11684-013-0291-1

Lea T; Lee E; Mao L; De Wit J; Holt M, 2013, 'HIV and hepatitis C co-infection among men who have sex with men in Sydney, and associations with sexual and drug use practices', Sexual Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH13042

Mao L; Adam P; Kippax SC; Holt M; Prestage G; Calmette Y; Zablotska I; de Wit J, 2013, 'HIV-negative gay men's perceived HIV risk hierarchy: imaginary or real?', AIDS and Behavior, 17, pp. 1362 - 1369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0406-8

Lea T; Mao L; Bath N; Prestage G; Zablotska I; de Wit J; Holt M, 2013, 'Injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Sydney: prevalence and associations with sexual risk practices and HIV and hepatitis C infection', AIDS and Behavior, 17, pp. 1344 - 1351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-013-0409-0

Holt M; Lee E; Prestage G; Zablotska I; de Wit J; Mao L, 2013, 'The converging and diverging characteristics of HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay men in the Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys, 2000-2009', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio - Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 25, pp. 28 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2012.686598

Zablotska IB; Prestage GP; De Wit J; Grulich AE; Mao L; Holt M, 2013, 'The informal use of antiretrovirals for preexposure prophylaxis of HIV infection among gay men in Australia', JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 62, pp. 334 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e31827e854a

Lea T; Prestage G; Mao L; Zablotska I; de Wit J; Holt M, 2013, 'Trends in drug use among gay and bisexual men in Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 32, pp. 39 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00494.x

Pei Z; Chen G; Liu C; Zhou Q; Yu C; Yang J; Wang Y; Zhuang Y; Mao L, 2012, 'Experimental Study on the Fiber Motion in the Nozzle of Vortex Spinning via High-Speed Photography', JOURNAL OF NATURAL FIBERS, 9, pp. 117 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2012.683660

Li Y; Wu S; Ouyang J; Mao L; Li W; Lin H, 2012, 'Expression of insulin-like growth factor-1 of orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) in yeast Pichia pastoris', PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION, 84, pp. 80 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2012.04.019

Zablotska I; Holt M; de Wit J; Mckechnie ML; Mao L; Prestage G, 2012, 'Gay men who are not getting tested for HIV', AIDS and Behavior, 16, pp. 1887 - 1894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0184-3

Guy R; Wand HC; Holt M; Mao L; Wilson DP; Bourne CP; Drummond F; Honnor G; Keen P; Donovan B; Prestage G, 2012, 'High annual syphilis testing rates among gay men in Australia, but insufficient retesting', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 39, pp. 260 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182471ff0

Holt M; Bryant J; Newman CE; Paquette D; Mao L; Kidd MR; Saltman DC; Kippax SC, 2012, 'Patterns of alcohol and other drug use associated with major depression among gay men attending general medical practices in Australia', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 10, pp. 141 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-011-9330-9

Jin F; Grulich AE; Zablotska I; O'Dwyer M; Poynten M; Prestage GP; Mao L, 2012, 'Sexual Partner's Age as a Risk Factor for HIV Seroconversion in a Cohort of HIV-Negative Homosexual Men in Sydney', AIDS and Behavior, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0350-7

Swart AM; Burns LA; Mao L; Grulich AE; Amin J; O Connell DL; Meagher N; Randall D; Degenhardt LJ; Vajdic CM; O'Connell D, 2012, 'The importance of blood-borne viruses in elevated cancer risk among opioid-dependent people: a population-based cohort study', BMJ Open, 2, pp. e001755 - e001755, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001755

Zhang B; Jiao X; Mao L; Xue J, 2011, 'Cigarette Smoke Exposure before Pregnancy and the Associated Risk of Having a Child with Orofacial Clefts in China: A Case-Control Study', PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, 127, pp. 61E - 62E, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0b013e31820632c2

Korner H; Newman CE; Mao L; Kidd MR; Saltman D; Kippax SC, 2011, ''The black dog just came and sat on my face and built a kennel': Gay men making sense of depression.', Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Health Illness and Medicine, 15, pp. 417 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363459310372511

Zablotska I; Prestage G; Holt M; Poynten M; de Wit J; Guy R; Mao L; McAllister J; Grulich AE, 2011, 'Australian gay men who have taken non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis of HIV (PEP) are in need for effective HIV prevention methods', JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 58, pp. 424 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e318230e885

Zhang B; Jiao X; Mao L; Xue J, 2011, 'Maternal cigarette smoking and the associated risk of having a child with orofacial clefts in China: A case-control study', JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, 39, pp. 313 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcms.2010.07.005

Li G; Liu J; Pang Y; Wang R; Mao L; Yan D; Zhu X; Sun J, 2011, 'Polymeric Micelles with Water-Insoluble Drug as Hydrophobic Moiety for Drug Delivery', BIOMACROMOLECULES, 12, pp. 2016 - 2026, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm200372s

Mao L; Kippax SC; Holt M; Prestage G; Zablotska I; de Wit J, 2011, 'Rates of condom and non-condom-based anal intercourse practices among homosexually active men in Australia: deliberate HIV risk reduction?', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 87, pp. 489 - 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2011-050041

Newman CE; Mao L; Canavan P; Kidd MR; Saltman D; Kippax SC, 2010, 'HIV generations? Generational discourse in interviews with Australian general practitioners and their HIV positive gay male patients', Social Science and Medicine, 70, pp. 1721 - 1727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.006

Newman CE; Kippax SC; Mao L; Saltman D; Kidd MR, 2010, 'Roles ascribed to general practitioners by gay men with depression', Australian Family Physician, 39, pp. 667 - 671, http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/201009/201009newman.pdf

Wang W; Wang J; Li J; Mao L; Guo F; Zhang B, 2009, 'New mutation of the patched homologue 1 gene in a Chinese family with naevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome', BRITISH JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, 47, pp. 366 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.10.001

Templeton DJ; Jin F; Mao L; Prestage G; Donovan B; Imrie JC; Kippax SC; Kaldor JM; Grulich AE, 2009, 'Circumcision and risk of HIV infection in Australian homosexual men', AIDS, 23, pp. 2347 - 2351

Newman CE; Kippax SC; Mao L; Rogers G; Saltman D; Kidd MR, 2009, 'Features of the management of depression in gay men and men with HIV from the perspective of Australian general practitioners', Family Practice, 26, pp. 27 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmn089

Newman CE; Kippax SC; Mao L; Saltman D; de Wit J; Anderson JA; Reynolds R; Canavan P; Kidd M, 2009, 'Interviewing doctors: advancing qualitative research methods in primary health care contexts', International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 8, pp. 39 - 39, http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/issue/view/485

Poynten IM; Jin F; Mao L; Prestage G; Kippax SC; Kaldor JM; Imrie JC; Grulich AE, 2009, 'Nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis, subsequent risk behaviour and HIV incidence in a cohort of Australian homosexual men', AIDS, 23, pp. 1119 - 1126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832c1776

Mao L; Newman CE; Kidd M; Saltman D; Rogers G; Kippax SC, 2009, 'Self-reported sexual difficulties and their association with depression and other factors among gay men attending high HIV-caseload general practices in Australia.', Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, pp. 1378 - 1385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01160.x

Mao L; Kidd MR; Rogers G; Andrews G; Newman CE; Booth A; Saltman D; Kippax SC, 2009, 'Social factors associated with major depressive disorder in homosexually active, gay men attending general practices in urban Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 33, pp. 83 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00344.x

Prestage G; Mao L; Kippax SC; Jin F; Hurley M; Grulich AE; Imrie JC; Kaldor JM; Zablotska I, 2009, 'Use of viral load to negotiate condom use among gay men in Sydney, Australia', AIDS and Behavior, 13, pp. 645 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-009-9527-0

Cho YK; Mao L; Li C-S, 2008, 'Modulation of solitary taste neurons by electrical stimulation of the ventroposteromedial nucleus of the thalamus in the hamster', BRAIN RESEARCH, 1221, pp. 67 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2008.05.006

Mao L; Templeton DJ; Crawford J; Imrie JC; Prestage G; Grulich AE; Donovan BJ; Kaldor JM; Kippax SC, 2008, 'Does circumcision make a difference to the sexual experience of gay men? Findings from the Health in Men (HIM) cohort.', Journal of Sexual Medicine, 5, pp. 2557 - 2561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00845.x

Saltman D; Newman CE; Mao L; Kippax SC; Kidd MR, 2008, 'Experiences in managing problematic crystal methamphetamine use and associated depression in gay men and HIV positive men: in-depth interviews with general practitioners in Sydney, Australia', BMC Family Practice, 9, pp. 45 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-9-45

Newman CE; Kippax SC; Mao L; Saltman D; Kidd MR, 2008, 'GPs understanding of how depression affects gay and HIV positive men', Australian Family Physician, 37, pp. 678 - 680, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=353287802859627;res=IELHEA

Korner H; Newman CE; Mao L; Kippax SC; Kidd M; Saltman D, 2008, 'It's really a myriad of different signals, not just the textbook: the complexities of diagnosing the depression of gay men and HIV-positive men in general practice', Mental Health in Family Medicine, 5, pp. 167 - 175, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2777571/

Haines M; Mao LM; Yang L; Arora A; Fibuch EE; Wang JQ, 2008, 'Modulation of AMPA receptor GluR1 subunit phosphorylation in neurons by the intravenous anaesthetic propofol', BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA, 100, pp. 676 - 682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bja/aen051

Mao L; Kippax SC; Newman CE; Andrews G; Rogers G; Saltman D; Kidd MR, 2008, 'Rates of depression among men attending high-HIV-caseload general practices in Australia', Mental Health in Family Medicine, 5, pp. 79 - 83, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2777565/

Templeton DJ; Mao L; Prestage G; Jin F; Kaldor JM; Grulich AE, 2008, 'Self-report is a valid measure of circumcision status in homosexual men', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 84, pp. 187 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sti.2007.029645

Li C-S; Mao L; Cho YK, 2008, 'Taste-responsive neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract receive gustatory information from both sides of the tongue in the hamster', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 294, pp. R372 - R381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00791.2007

Mao L; Imrie J; Prestage G; Grulich A; Donovan B; Kaldor J; Kippax S, 2007, 'Does circumcision make a difference to the sexual experience of gay men? Findings from the health in men (HIM) cohort', SEXUAL HEALTH, 4, pp. 309 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SHv4n4Ab64

Jin F; Prestage G; Mao L; Kippax SC; Pell CM; Donovan BJ; Cunningham PH; Templeton DJ; Kaldor JM; Grulich AE, 2007, 'Incidence and risk factors for urethral and anal gonorrhoea and chlamydia in homosexual men: implications for HIV prevention', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 83, pp. 113 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.021915

Wang JQ; Fibuch EE; Mao L, 2007, 'Regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinases by glutamate receptors', JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, 100, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04208.x

Prestage G; Mao L; Jin F; Grulich AE; Kaldor JM; Kippax SC, 2007, 'Sex work and risk behaviour among HIV-negative gay men', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio - Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 19, pp. 931 - 934

Yang L; Mao LM; Chen H; Catavsan M; Kozinn J; Arora A; Liu XY; Wang JQ, 2006, 'A signaling mechanism from Gαq-protein-coupled metabotropic glutamate receptors to gene expression: Role of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathway', JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 26, pp. 971 - 980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4423-05.2006

Mao L; Crawford J; Hospers H; Prestage G; Grulich AE; Kaldor JM; Kippax SC; Hospers , 2006, '`Serosorting` in casual anal sex of HIV-negative gay men is noteworthy and is increasing in Sydney, Australia', AIDS, 20, pp. 1204 - 1206

Templeton DJ; Mao L; Prestage G; Kaldor JM; Kippax SC, 2006, 'Demographic predictors of circumcision status in a community-based sample of homosexual men in Sydney, Australia', Sexual Health, 3, pp. 191 - 193

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