By Professor Matthew Hickman

Journal articles

Hickman M; De Angelis D, 2012, 'Commentary: Increase in diagnosed newly acquired hepatitis C in HIV-positive men who have sex with men across London and Brighton, 2002-2006: is this an outbreak? (Sexually Transmitted Infections (2008) 84, (115-116))', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 88, pp. 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2007-028779corr1

Macarthur G; Kipping R; White J; Chittleborough C; Lingam R; Pasch K; Gunnell D; Hickman M; Campbell R, 2012, 'Individual-, family-, and school-level interventions for preventing multiple risk behaviours in individuals aged 8 to 25 years', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009927

Harris RJ; Hope VD; Morongiu A; Hickman M; Ncube F; De Angelis D, 2012, 'Spatial mapping of hepatitis C prevalence in recent injecting drug users in contact with services', Epidemiology and Infection, 140, pp. 1054 - 1063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268811001634

Vickerman P; Martin NK; Hickman M, 2012, 'Understanding the trends in HIV and hepatitis C prevalence amongst injecting drug users in different settings-Implications for intervention impact', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 123, pp. 122 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.10.032

Lees R; Kingston R; Williams TM; Henderson G; Lingford-Hughes A; Hickman M, 2012, 'Comparison of ethyl glucuronide in hair with self-reported alcohol consumption', Alcohol and Alcoholism, 47, pp. 267 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/ags010

Harris RJ; Ramsay M; Hope VD; Brant L; Hickman M; Foster GR; De Angelis D, 2012, 'Hepatitis C prevalence in England remains low and varies by ethnicity: An updated evidence synthesis', European Journal of Public Health, 22, pp. 187 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckr083

Kipping RR; Campbell RM; MacArthur GJ; Gunnell DJ; Hickman M, 2012, 'Editorial', Journal of Public Health, 34, pp. i1 - i2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr122

Kipping RR; Campbell RM; MacArthur GJ; Gunnell DJ; Hickman M, 2012, 'Editorial', Journal of Public Health, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr122

MacArthur GJ; Smith MC; Melotti R; Heron J; MacLeod J; Hickman M; Kipping RR; Campbell R; Lewis G, 2012, 'Patterns of alcohol use and multiple risk behaviour by gender during early and late adolescence: The ALSPAC cohort', Journal of Public Health, 34, pp. i20 - i30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fds006

Heron J; MacLeod J; Munafò MR; Melotti R; Lewis G; Tilling K; Hickman M, 2012, 'Patterns of alcohol use in early adolescence predict problem use at age 16', Alcohol and Alcoholism, 47, pp. 169 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agr156

Hickman M; Vickerman P; Degenhardt L, 2012, 'Commentary on Mehta etal. (2012): Natural history of injecting drug use', Addiction, 107, pp. 359 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03741.x

Andersson MI; Low N; Irish CJ; Carrington D; Hickman M; Myers R; Teo CG; Ijaz S, 2012, 'Molecular epidemiology of a large community-based outbreak of hepatitis B in Bristol, UK', Journal of Clinical Virology, 53, pp. 125 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2011.10.012

Martin NK; Vickerman P; Miners A; Foster GR; Hutchinson SJ; Goldberg DJ; Hickman M, 2012, 'Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis C virus antiviral treatment for injection drug user populations', Hepatology, 55, pp. 49 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.24656

Andersson MI; Low N; Irish CJ; Verlander NQ; Carrington D; Horner P; Stuart JM; Hickman M, 2012, 'Investigation of a large community-based outbreak of hepatitis B infection in the United Kingdom', Epidemiology and Infection, 140, pp. 47 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268811000148

Higgs P, 2012, 'A cross-sectional study of emergency department visits by people who inject drugs', Emergency Medicine Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201170

Macleod J; Hickman M; Jones HE; Copeland L; Mckenzie J; Robertson JR; De Angelis D; Kimber J, 2012, 'Early life influences on the risk of injecting drug use: Case control study based on the Edinburgh Addiction Cohort', Addiction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12056

Higgs P, 2012, 'Modeling the utility of antiviral treatment for primary prevention of hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs in Victoria, Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 196, pp. 638 - 641, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja11.10981

MacArthur GJ; Minozzi S; Martin N; Vickerman P; Deren S; Bruneau J; Degenhardt LJ; Hickman M, 2012, 'Opiate substitution treatment and HIV transmission in people who inject drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ, 345, pp. e5945 - e5945, http://www.bmj.com/highwire/filestream/605967/field_highwire_article_pdf/0/bmj.e5945

Copeland L; Robertson JR; Mckenzie JS; Kimber J; Macleod J; Hickman M; De Angelis DSA, 2012, 'Premature mortality in Scottish injecting drug users: A life-history approach', Scottish Medical Journal, 57, pp. 38 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/smj.2011.011289

Vickerman P; Grebely J; Dore GJ; Sacks-davis R; Page K; Thomas DL; Osburn WO; Cox AL; Aitken CL; Hickman M; Hellard M; Maher L, 2012, 'The more you look, the more you find: Effects of hepatitis C virus testing interval on reinfection incidence and clearance and implications for future vaccine study design', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 205, pp. 1342 - 1350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jis213

Heron J; Hickman M; Macleod J; Munafò MR, 2011, 'Characterizing patterns of smoking initiation in adolescence: Comparison of methods for dealing with missing data', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 13, pp. 1266 - 1275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntr161

Turner KME; Hutchinson S; Vickerman P; Hope V; Craine N; Palmateer N; May M; Taylor A; de Angelis D; Cameron S; Parry J; Lyons M; Goldberg D; Allen E; Hickman M, 2011, 'The impact of needle and syringe provision and opiate substitution therapy on the incidence of hepatitis C virus in injecting drug users: Pooling of UK evidence', Addiction, 106, pp. 1978 - 1988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03515.x

Schuckit MA; Smith TL; Heron J; Hickman M; Macleod J; Lewis G; Davis JM; Hibbeln JR; Brown S; Zuccolo L; Miller LL; Davey-Smith G, 2011, 'Testing a level of response to alcohol-based model of heavy drinking and alcohol problems in 1,905 17-year-olds', Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 35, pp. 1897 - 1904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01536.x

Roberts J; Annett H; Hickman M, 2011, 'A systematic review of interventions to increase the uptake of opiate substitution therapy in injecting drug users', Journal of Public Health, 33, pp. 378 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdq088

Hickman M; Vickerman P; Robertson R; MacLeod J; Strang J, 2011, 'Promoting recovery and preventing drug-related mortality: Competing risks?', Journal of Public Health, 33, pp. 332 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr055

Martin NK; Pitcher AB; Vickerman P; Vassall A; Hickman M, 2011, 'Optimal control of hepatitis C antiviral treatment programme delivery for prevention amongst a population of injecting drug users', Plos One, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022309

Christensen H; May M; Bowen L; Hickman M; Trotter CL, 2011, 'Meningococcal carriage by age: a systematic review and meta-analysis (vol 10, pg 853, 2010)', LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 11, pp. 584 - 584, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000294101200007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Martin NK; Vickerman P; Foster GR; Hutchinson SJ; Goldberg DJ; Hickman M, 2011, 'Can antiviral therapy for hepatitis C reduce the prevalence of HCV among injecting drug user populations? A modeling analysis of its prevention utility', Journal of Hepatology, 54, pp. 1137 - 1144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2010.08.029

Martin NK; Vickerman P; Hickman M, 2011, 'Mathematical modelling of hepatitis C treatment for injecting drug users', Journal of Theoretical Biology, 274, pp. 58 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.12.041

Melotti R; Heron J; Hickman M; Macleod J; Araya R; Lewis G, 2011, 'Adolescent alcohol and tobacco use and early socioeconomic position: The ALSPAC birth cohort', Pediatrics, 127, pp. e948 - e955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-3450

Hope VD; Hickman M; Ngui SL; Jones S; Telfer M; Bizzarri M; Ncube F; Parry JV, 2011, 'Measuring the incidence, prevalence and genetic relatedness of hepatitis C infections among a community recruited sample of injecting drug users, using dried blood spots', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 18, pp. 262 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2010.01297.x

Hickman M, 2011, 'Patients receiving opiate substitution have elevated mortality risks at the start and end of treatment', Evidence-Based Mental Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmh1153

Vickerman P; Martin N; Hickman M, 2011, 'Can Hepatitis C virus treatment be used as a prevention strategy? Additional model projections for Australia and elsewhere', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 113, pp. 83 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.08.001

Degenhardt L; Bucello C; Mathers B; Briegleb C; Ali H; Hickman M; McLaren J, 2011, 'Mortality among regular or dependent users of heroin and other opioids: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies', Addiction, 106, pp. 32 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03140.x

Degenhardt LJ; Bucello C; Mathers BM; Briegleb C; Ali H; Hickman M; McLaren JA, 2011, 'Mortality among regular or dependent users of heroin and other opiods: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies', Addiction, 106, pp. 32 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03140.x/full

Christensen H; May M; Bowen L; Hickman M; Trotter CL, 2010, 'Meningococcal carriage by age: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 10, pp. 853 - 861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70251-6

Cornish R; Macleod J; Strang J; Vickerman P; Hickman M, 2010, 'Risk of death during and after opiate substitution treatment in primary care: Prospective observational study in UK General Practice Research Database', BMJ Online, 341, pp. 928, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c5475

Strang J; Hall W; Hickman M; Bird SM, 2010, 'Impact of supervision of methadone consumption on deaths related to methadone overdose (1993-2008): Analyses using OD4 index in England and Scotland', BMJ Online, 341, pp. 640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c4851

Craine N; Hickman M; Parry JV; Smith J; McDonald T; Lyons M, 2010, 'Characteristics of injecting drug users accessing different types of needle and syringe programme or using secondary distribution', Journal of Public Health, 32, pp. 328 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdp131

Baldacchino A; Crome IB; Zador D; McGarrol S; Taylor A; Hutchison S; Fahey T; Hickman M; Kidd B, 2010, 'Recording of clinical information in a Scotland-wide drug deaths study', Journal of Psychopharmacology, 24, pp. 1289 - 1298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269881109103797

MacLeod J; Hickman M, 2010, 'How ideology shapes the evidence and the policy: What do we know about cannabis use and what should we do?', Addiction, 105, pp. 1326 - 1330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02846.x

MacLeod J; Hickman M, 2010, 'Response to commentaries: Moving towards an evidence-based policy around cannabis use', Addiction, 105, pp. 1337 - 1339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03038.x

Rhodes T; Sarang A; Vickerman P; Hickman M, 2010, 'Policy resistance to harm reduction for drug users and potential effect of change', BMJ Online, 341, pp. 129 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c3439

Kimber J; Copeland L; Hickman M; Macleod J; McKenzie J; De Angelis D; Robertson JR, 2010, 'Survival and cessation in injecting drug users: Prospective observational study of outcomes and effect of opiate substitution treatment', BMJ Online, 341, pp. 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c3172

Hickman M; MacCabe JH, 2010, 'Estimates of how many cannabis users need to be prevented in order to prevent one case of schizophrenia', EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH, 13, pp. 57 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmh.13.2.57

Palmateer N; Kimber J; Hickman M; Hutchinson S; Rhodes T; Goldberg D, 2010, 'Evidence for the effectiveness of sterile injecting equipment provision in preventing hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus transmission among injecting drug users: A review of reviews', Addiction, 105, pp. 844 - 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02888.x

Vickerman P; Hickman M; May M; Kretzschmar M; Wiessing L, 2010, 'Can hepatitis C virus prevalence be used as a measure of injection-related human immunodeficiency virus risk in populations of injecting drug users? An ecological analysis', Addiction, 105, pp. 311 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02759.x

Hickman M, 2010, 'Opiate substitute treatment is associated with increased overall survival among injecting drug users', Evidence Based Mental Health, 13, pp. 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmh1112

Degenhardt L; Mathers B; Vickerman P; Rhodes T; Latkin C; Hickman M, 2010, 'Prevention of HIV infection for people who inject drugs: Why individual, structural, and combination approaches are needed', Lancet, 376, pp. 285 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60742-8

Mathers BM; Degenhardt LJ; Ali H; Wiessing L; Hickman M; Mattick RP; Myers B; Myers B; Strathdee S, 2010, 'HIV prevention, treatment and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage', The Lancet, 375, pp. 1014 - 1028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60232-2

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