By Professor Lisa Maher

Journal articles

Ward J; Guy RJ; Rumbold AR; McGregor S; Wand H; McManus H; Dyda A; Garton L; Hengel B; Silver BJ; Taylor-Thomson D; Knox J; Donovan B; Law M; Maher L; Fairley CK; Skov S; Ryder N; Moore E; Mein J; Reeve C; Ah Chee D; Boffa J; Kaldor JM; Han A, 2019, 'Strategies to improve control of sexually transmissible infections in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial', Lancet Global Health, 7, pp. e1553 - e1563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30411-5

Brookfield S; Fitzgerald L; Selvey L; Maher L, 2019, 'The Blind Men and the Elephant: Meta-Ethnography 30 Years On', Qualitative Health Research, 29, pp. 1674 - 1681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732319826061

Southwell M; Shelly S; Macdonald V; Verster A; Maher L, 2019, 'Transforming lives and empowering communities: Evidence, harm reduction and a holistic approach to people who use drugs', Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 14, pp. 409 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/COH.0000000000000566

Bajis S; Grebely J; Cooper L; Smith J; Owen G; Chudleigh A; Hajarizadeh B; Martinello M; Adey S; Read P; Gilliver R; Applegate T; Treloar C; Maher L; Dore GJ, 2019, 'Hepatitis C virus testing, liver disease assessment and direct-acting antiviral treatment uptake and outcomes in a service for people who are homeless in Sydney, Australia: The LiveRLife homelessness study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 969 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13112

Abayasingam A; Leung P; Eltahla A; Bull RA; Luciani F; Grebely J; Dore GJ; Applegate T; Page K; Bruneau J; Cox AL; Kim AY; Schinkel J; Shoukry NH; Lauer GM; Maher L; Hellard M; Prins M; Lloyd A; Rodrigo C, 2019, 'Genomic characterization of hepatitis C virus transmitted founder variants with deep sequencing', Infection Genetics and Evolution, 71, pp. 36 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2019.02.032

Le LVN; O’connor S; Tran TH; Maher L; Kaldor J; Sabin K; Tran HV; Tran QD; Ho VAT; Nguyen TA, 2019, 'High hepatitis C virus infection among female sex workers in Viet Nam: strong correlation with HIV and injection drug use', Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.1.002

Lea T; Hammoud M; Bourne A; Maher L; Jin F; Haire B; Bath N; Grierson J; Prestage G, 2019, 'Attitudes and Perceived Social Norms toward Drug Use among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia', Substance Use and Misuse, 54, pp. 944 - 954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1552302

Prestage G; Maher L; Grulich A; Bourne A; Hammoud M; Vaccher S; Bavinton B; Holt M; Jin F, 2019, 'Brief Report: Changes in Behavior after PrEP Initiation among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 81, pp. 52 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001976

Morris MD; Andrew E; Tan JY; Maher L; Hoff C; Darbes L; Page K, 2019, 'Injecting-related trust, cooperation, intimacy, and power as key factors influencing risk perception among drug injecting partnerships', Plos One, 14, pp. e0217811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217811

Gunaratnam P; Schierhout G; Brands J; Maher L; Bailie R; Ward J; Guy R; Rumbold A; Ryder N; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Moore L; Kaldor J; Bell S, 2019, 'Qualitative perspectives on the sustainability of sexual health continuous quality improvement in clinics serving remote Aboriginal communities in Australia', BMJ Open, 9, pp. e026679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026679

Brookfield S; Fitzgerald L; Selvey L; Maher L, 2019, 'Turning points, identity, and social capital: A meta-ethnography of methamphetamine recovery', International Journal of Drug Policy, 67, pp. 79 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.02.002

Kwon JA; Iversen J; Law M; Dolan K; Wand H; Maher L; Han A, 2019, 'Estimating the number of people who inject drugs and syringe coverage in Australia, 2005–2016', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 197, pp. 108 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.11.033

Rodrigo C; Leung P; Lloyd AR; Bull RA; Luciani F; Grebely J; Dore GJ; Applegate T; Page K; Bruneau J; Cox AL; Osburn W; Kim AY; Shoukry NH; Lauer GM; Maher L; Schinkel J; Prins M; Hellard M; Eltahla AA, 2019, 'Genomic variability of within-host hepatitis C variants in acute infection', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 476 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13051

Page K; Carrico AW; Stein E; Evans J; Sokunny M; Maly P; Sophal C; Neak Y; Ngak S; McCulloch C; Maher L, 2019, 'Cluster randomized stepped-wedge trial of a multi-level HIV prevention intervention to decrease amphetamine-type stimulants and sexual risk in Cambodian female entertainment and sex workers', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 196, pp. 21 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.11.029

Sweeney S; Ward Z; Platt L; Guinness L; Hickman M; Hope V; Maher L; Iversen J; Hutchinson SJ; Smith J; Ayres R; Hainey I; Vickerman P, 2019, 'Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of existing needle and syringe programmes in preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs', Addiction, 114, pp. 560 - 570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14519

Kimber J; Stoové M; Maher L, 2019, 'Mortality among people who inject drugs: Ten-year follow-up of the hepatitis C virus cohort', Drug and Alcohol Review, 38, pp. 270 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12884

Coupland H; White B; Bates A; Park JN; Iversen J; Maher L, 2019, 'Engaging people who inject drugs in hepatitis C virus testing and prevention through community-based outreach, in Sydney, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 38, pp. 177 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12895

Coupland H; Page K; Stein E; Carrico A; Evans J; Dixon T; Sokunny M; Phou M; Maher L, 2019, 'Structural interventions and social suffering: Responding to amphetamine-type stimulant use among female entertainment and sex workers in Cambodia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 64, pp. 70 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.12.002

Iversen J; Dore GJ; Catlett B; Cunningham P; Grebely J; Maher L, 2019, 'Association between rapid utilisation of direct hepatitis C antivirals and decline in the prevalence of viremia among people who inject drugs in Australia', Journal of Hepatology, 70, pp. 33 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.09.030

Kwon JA; Dore GJ; Grebely J; Hajarizadeh B; Guy R; Cunningham EB; Power C; Estes C; Razavi H; Gray RT; Dunlop A; Zekry A; Lloyd A; Duvnjak A; Treloar C; Tyrrell H; George J; Iversen J; Marriott K; Crooks L; Maher L; Douglas M, 2019, 'Australia on track to achieve WHO HCV elimination targets following rapid initial DAA treatment uptake: A modelling study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 83 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13013

Hammoud MA; Vaccher S; Jin F; Bourne A; Maher L; Holt M; Bavinton BR; Haire B; Degenhardt L; Grulich A; Prestage GP, 2019, 'HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among gay and bisexual men in Australia and factors associated with the non-use of PrEP among eligible men', JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 81, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000002047

Boyd J; Collins AB; Mayer S; Maher L; Kerr T; McNeil R, 2018, 'Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites: a rapid ethnographic study during an overdose epidemic in Vancouver, Canada', Addiction, 113, pp. 2261 - 2270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14417

Stone J; Fraser H; Lim AG; Walker JG; Ward Z; MacGregor L; Trickey A; Abbott S; Strathdee SA; Abramovitz D; Maher L; Iversen J; Bruneau J; Zang G; Garfein RS; Yen YF; Azim T; Mehta SH; Milloy MJ; Hellard ME; Sacks-Davis R; Dietze PM; Aitken C; Aladashvili M; Tsertsvadze T; Mravčík V; Alary M; Roy E; Smyrnov P; Sazonova Y; Young AM; Havens JR; Hope VD; Desai M; Heinsbroek E; Hutchinson SJ; Palmateer NE; McAuley A; Platt L; Martin NK; Altice FL; Hickman M; Vickerman P, 2018, 'Incarceration history and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 1397 - 1409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30469-9

Underwood AP; Walker MR; Brasher NA; Eltahla AA; Maher L; Luciani F; Lloyd AR; Bull RA, 2018, 'Understanding the determinants of BnAb induction in acute HCV infection', Viruses, 10, pp. 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v10110659

Bajis S; Maher L; Treloar C; Hajarizadeh B; Lamoury FMJ; Mowat Y; Schulz M; Marshall AD; Cunningham EB; Cock V; Ezard N; Gorton C; Hayllar J; Smith J; Whelan M; Martinello M; Applegate TL; Dore GJ; Grebely J, 2018, 'Acceptability and preferences of point-of-care finger-stick whole-blood and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 61, pp. 23 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.011

Chhim S; Chhea C; Sopheab H; Mathers BM; Kaldor J; Evans JL; Stein ES; Carrico A; Muth S; Song N; Maher L; Page K, 2018, 'Proportion and predictors of loss to follow-up in a longitudinal cohort study of female entertainment and sex workers in Cambodia', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 29, pp. 1295 - 1304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462418779471

Robinson M; Wilkinson RB; Fletcher R; Bruno R; Baker AL; Maher L; Wroe J; Dunlop AJ, 2018, 'Alcohol Text Messages: A Developmental Study', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 16, pp. 1125 - 1139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-017-9835-y

Guy RJ; Ward J; Causer LM; Natoli L; Badman SG; Tangey A; Hengel B; Wand H; Whiley D; Tabrizi SN; Shephard M; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Anderson DA; Regan DG; Maher L; Kaldor JM, 2018, 'Molecular point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Indigenous Australians attending remote primary health services (TTANGO): a cluster-randomised, controlled, crossover trial', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 1117 - 1126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30429-8

Ward Z; Platt L; Sweeney S; Hope VD; Maher L; Hutchinson S; Palmateer N; Smith J; Craine N; Taylor A; Martin N; Ayres R; Dillon J; Hickman M; Vickerman P, 2018, 'Impact of current and scaled-up levels of hepatitis C prevention and treatment interventions for people who inject drugs in three UK settings—what is required to achieve the WHO's HCV elimination targets?', Addiction, 113, pp. 1727 - 1738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14217

Van de Ven K; Maher L; Wand H; Memedovic S; Jackson E; Iversen J, 2018, 'Health risk and health seeking behaviours among people who inject performance and image enhancing drugs who access needle syringe programs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, pp. 837 - 846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12831

Sheppard-Law S; Zablotska-Manos I; Kermeen M; Holdaway S; Lee A; George J; Zekry A; Maher L, 2018, 'Utilisation of hepatocellular carcinoma screening in Australians at risk of hepatitis B virus-related carcinoma and prescribed anti-viral therapy', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27, pp. 2673 - 2683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14367

Jin F; Hammoud MA; Maher L; Degenhardt L; Bourne A; Lea T; Vaccher S; Grierson J; Haire BG; Prestage G, 2018, 'Age related prevalence and age related incidence of illicit drug use in a cohort of Australian gay and bisexual men: Results form the FLUX study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 188, pp. 175 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.04.009

Duff P; Evans JL; Stein ES; Page K; Maher L; Kaldor J; Kien SP; Palefsky J; Sapphon V; Vun MC, 2018, 'High pregnancy incidence and low contraceptive use among a prospective cohort of female entertainment and sex workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18, pp. 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1768-3

Prestage G; Hammoud M; Jin F; Degenhardt L; Bourne A; Maher L, 2018, 'Mental health, drug use and sexual risk behavior among gay and bisexual men', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 169 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.01.020

Bui H; Zablotska-Manos I; Hammoud M; Jin F; Lea T; Bourne A; Iversen J; Bath N; Grierson J; Degenhardt L; Prestage G; Maher L, 2018, 'Prevalence and correlates of recent injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Australia: Results from the FLUX study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 222 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.01.018

Hengel B; Bell S; Garton L; Ward J; Rumbold A; Taylor-Thomson D; Silver B; McGregor S; Dyda A; Knox J; Guy R; Maher L; Kaldor JM; McDermott R; Skov S; Boffa J; Chee DA; Law M; Fairley C; Donovan B; Glance D; Han A, 2018, 'Perspectives of primary health care staff on the implementation of a sexual health quality improvement program: A qualitative study in remote aboriginal communities in Australia', BMC Health Services Research, 18, pp. 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3024-y

Geddes L; Iversen J; Memedovic S; Maher L, 2018, 'Intravenous fentanyl use among people who inject drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, pp. S314 - S322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12668

Ward Z; Sweeney S; Platt L; Guinness L; Maher L; Hope V; Hickman M; Smith J; Ayres R; Hainey I; Chamberlain T; Vickerman P, 2018, 'The cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe provision in preventing transmission of Hepatitis C virus in people who inject drugs', JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY, 68, pp. S146 - S147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-8278(18)30508-7

Hammoud MA; Vaccher S; Jin F; Bourne A; Haire BG; Maher L; Lea T; Prestage G, 2018, 'The new MTV generation: Using methamphetamine, Truvada and Viagra to enhance sex and stay safe.', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 197 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.02.021

Platt L; Minozzi S; Reed J; Vickerman P; Hagan H; French C; Jordan A; Degenhardt L; Hope V; Hutchinson S; Maher L; Palmateer N; Taylor A; Bruneau J; Hickman M, 2018, 'Needle and syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing HCV transmission among people who inject drugs: findings from a Cochrane Review and meta-analysis', Addiction, 113, pp. 545 - 563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14012

Doyle M; Maher L; Graham S; Wand H; Iversen J, 2018, 'Hepatitis C virus prevalence and associated risk factors among Indigenous Australians who inject drugs', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42, pp. 52 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12741

Sheppard-Law S; Zablotska-Manos I; Kermeen M; Holdaway S; Lee A; George J; Zekry A; Maher L, 2018, 'Factors associated with non-adherence to HBV antiviral therapy', Antiviral Therapy, 23, pp. 425 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.3851/IMP3219

Maher L; Dertadian G, 2018, 'Qualitative research', Addiction, 113, pp. 167 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13931

Esmaeili A; Mirzazadeh A; Morris MD; Hajarizadeh B; Sacks HS; Maher L; Grebely J; Kim AY; Lauer G; Cox AL; Hellard M; Dietze P; Bruneau J; Shoukry NH; Dore GJ; Lloyd AR; Prins M; Page K, 2018, 'The Effect of Female Sex on Hepatitis C Incidence among People Who Inject Drugs: Results from the International Multicohort InC3 Collaborative', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66, pp. 20 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix768

Hammoud MA; Bourne A; Maher L; Jin F; Haire B; Lea T; Degenhardt L; Grierson J; Prestage G, 2017, 'Intensive sex partying with gamma-hydroxybutyrate: factors associated with using gamma-hydroxybutyrate for chemsex among Australian gay and bisexual men – results from the Flux Study', Sexual Health, 15, pp. 123 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH17146

Muth S; Len A; Evans JL; Phou M; Chhit S; Neak Y; Ngak S; Stein ES; Carrico AW; Maher L; Page K, 2017, 'HIV treatment cascade among female entertainment and sex workers in Cambodia: Impact of amphetamine use and an HIV prevention program', Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 12, pp. 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13722-017-0085-x

Prestage G; Hammoud M; Lea T; Jin F; Maher L, 2017, 'Measuring drug use sensation-seeking among Australian gay and bisexual men', International Journal of Drug Policy, 49, pp. 73 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.027

Morris MD; Neilands TB; Andrew E; Maher L; Page KA; Hahn JA, 2017, 'Development and validation of a novel scale for measuring interpersonal factors underlying injection drug using behaviours among injecting partnerships', International Journal of Drug Policy, 48, pp. 54 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.030

Quinn B; Seed C; Keller A; Maher L; Wilson D; Farrell M; Caris S; Williams J; Madden A; Thompson A; Pink J; Hellard ME, 2017, 'Re-examining blood donor deferral criteria relating to injecting drug use', International Journal of Drug Policy, 48, pp. 9 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.058

Platt L; Minozzi S; Reed J; Vickerman P; Hagan H; French C; Jordan A; Degenhardt L; Hope V; Hutchinson S; Maher L; Palmateer N; Taylor A; Bruneau J; Hickman M, 2017, 'Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017, pp. cd012021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012021.pub2

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