By Associate Professor Helga Zoega

Book Chapters

Zoëga H; Smith A; Barozzi N, 2016, 'Drug utilization research in the area of analgesics and psychotropics', in , Wiley, pp. 294 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118949740.ch28

Journal articles

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, pp. e2419245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19245

Vegrim HM; Dreier JW; Igland J; Gilhus NE; Alvestad S; Gissler M; Leinonen MK; Sun Y; Zoega H; Christensen J; Bjørk MH; Tomson T, 2024, 'Prescribing patterns for higher dose folic acid in pregnant women with epilepsy treated with antiseizure medication', Epilepsia, 65, pp. 1698 - 1708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.17969

Chan AYL; Gao L; Hsieh MHC; Kjerpeseth LJ; Avelar R; Banaschewski T; Chan AHY; Coghill D; Cohen JM; Gissler M; Harrison J; Ip P; Karlstad Ø; Lau WCY; Leinonen MK; Leung WC; Liao TC; Reutfors J; Shao SC; Simonoff E; Tan KCB; Taxis K; Tomlin A; Cesta CE; Lai ECC; Zoega H; Man KKC; Wong ICK, 2024, 'Maternal diabetes and risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring in a multinational cohort of 3.6 million mother–child pairs', Nature Medicine, 30, pp. 1416 - 1423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02917-8

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

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

Wang Y; Unnarsdóttir AB; Magnúsdóttir I; Fang F; Thordardottir EB; Rúnarsdóttir H; Love TJ; Kristinsson SUY; Pálsson R; Jakobsdóttir J; Zoega H; Ásbjörnsdóttir KH; Song H; Hauksdóttir A; Aspelund T; Valdimarsdóttir UA, 2024, 'Trends of perceived disruption in healthcare services during the pandemic: findings from the COVID-19 National Resilience Cohort in Iceland', European Journal of Public Health, 34, pp. 394 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad220

Christensen J; Zoega H; Leinonen MK; Gilhus NE; Gissler M; Igland J; Sun Y; Tomson T; Alvestad S; Bjørk MH; Dreier JW, 2024, 'Prenatal exposure to antiseizure medications and fetal growth: a population-based cohort study from the Nordic countries', The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.100849

Dreier JW; Christensen J; Igland J; Gissler M; Leinonen MK; Vegrim HM; Sun Y; Tomson T; Zoega H; Bjørk MH; Bromley RL, 2024, 'Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medications and Risk of Epilepsy in Children of Mothers with Epilepsy', JAMA Network Open, 7, pp. E2356425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.56425

Cesta CE; Rotem R; Bateman BT; Chodick G; Cohen JM; Furu K; Gissler M; Huybrechts KF; Kjerpeseth LJ; Leinonen MK; Pazzagli L; Zoega H; Seely EW; Patorno E; Hernández-Díaz S, 2024, 'Safety of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Other Second-Line Antidiabetics in Early Pregnancy', JAMA Internal Medicine, 184, pp. 144 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.6663

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

Brikell I; Yao H; Li L; Astrup A; Gao L; Gillies MB; Xie T; Zhang-James Y; Dalsgaard S; Engeland A; Faraone SV; Haavik J; Hartman C; Ip P; Jakobsdóttir Smári U; Larsson H; Man KK; de Oliveira Costa J; Pearson SA; Hostrup Nielsen NP; Snieder H; Wimberley T; Wong IC; Zhang L; Zoega H; Klungsøyr K; Chang Z, 2024, 'ADHD medication discontinuation and persistence across the lifespan: a retrospective observational study using population-based databases', The Lancet Psychiatry, 11, pp. 16 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00332-2

van Gelder MMHJ; Zoega H; Cohen JM, 2024, 'Editorial: Long term effects of prenatal exposure to medications and vaccines', Frontiers in Pharmacology, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2024.1359539

Young C; Burgess L; Falster K; Zoega H; Banks E; Clapham K; Woolfenden S; Cutmore M; Williamson A, 2024, 'Mental health–related service and medicine use among a cohort of urban Aboriginal children and young people: Data linkage study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241248357

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/anae.16307

Gerhardy L; Nassar N; Litchfield M; Kennedy D; Smith A; Gillies MB; Pearson SA; Zoega H; Shand A, 2024, 'Prescription retinoid and contraception use in women in Australia: A population-based study', Australasian Journal of Dermatology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajd.14294

Leinonen MK; Igland J; Dreier JW; Alvestad S; Cohen JM; Gilhus NE; Gissler M; Sun Y; Tomson T; Zoega H; Vegrim HM; Christensen J; Bjørk MH, 2024, 'Socioeconomic differences in use of antiseizure medication in pregnancies with maternal epilepsy: A population-based study from Nordic universal health care systems', Epilepsia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.18022

Smari UJ; Valdimarsdottir UA; Aspelund T; Hauksdottir A; Thordardottir EB; Hartman CA; Andell P; Larsson H; Zoega H, 2023, 'Psychiatric comorbidities in women with cardiometabolic conditions with and without ADHD: a population-based study', BMC Medicine, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03160-7

Wang Y; Ge F; Wang J; Yang H; Han X; Ying Z; Hu Y; Sun Y; Qu Y; Aspelund T; Hauksdóttir A; Zoega H; Fang F; Valdimarsdóttir UA; Song H, 2023, 'Trends in incident diagnoses and drug prescriptions for anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: an 18-month follow-up study based on the UK Biobank', Translational Psychiatry, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02315-7

Brett J; Gillies MB; Buckley NA; Pearson SA; Zoega H, 2023, 'Patterns of suboptimal antipsychotic use and misuse in Australia: What can routinely collected data tell us?', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 89, pp. 3411 - 3420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15821

Dreier JW; Bjørk MH; Alvestad S; Gissler M; Igland J; Leinonen MK; Sun Y; Zoega H; Cohen JM; Furu K; Tomson T; Christensen J, 2023, 'In reply: Why big data carries big potential rather than big trouble', Seizure, 111, pp. 106 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2023.08.007

Bjørk MH; Tomson T; Dreier JW; Alvestad S; Gilhus NE; Gissler M; Igland J; Leinonen MK; Sun Y; Vegrim HM; Zoega H; Christensen J, 2023, 'High-dose folic acid and cancer risk; unjustified concerns by von Wrede and colleagues regarding our paper', Epilepsia, 64, pp. 2244 - 2248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.17717

Kjerpeseth LJ; Cesta CE; Furu K; Engeland A; Gissler M; Gulseth HL; Karlstad Ø; Leinonen MK; Pazzagli L; Zoega H; Cohen JM, 2023, 'Metformin Versus Insulin and Risk of Major Congenital Malformations in Pregnancies With Type 2 Diabetes: A Nordic Register-Based Cohort Study', Diabetes Care, 46, pp. 1556 - 1564, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc23-0256

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

Dreier JW; Bjørk MH; Alvestad S; Gissler M; Igland J; Leinonen MK; Sun Y; Zoega H; Cohen JM; Furu K; Tomson T; Christensen J, 2023, 'Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medication and Incidence of Childhood- and Adolescence-Onset Psychiatric Disorders', JAMA Neurology, 80, pp. 568 - 577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.0674

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

Calvert C; Brockway M; Zoega H; Miller JE; Been JV; Amegah AK; Racine-Poon A; Oskoui SE; Abok II; Aghaeepour N; Akwaowo CD; Alshaikh BN; Ayede AI; Bacchini F; Barekatain B; Barnes R; Bebak K; Berard A; Bhutta ZA; Brook JR; Bryan LR; Cajachagua-Torres KN; Campbell-Yeo M; Chu DT; Connor KL; Cornette L; Cortés S; Daly M; Debauche C; Dedeke IOF; Einarsdóttir K; Engjom H; Estrada-Gutierrez G; Fantasia I; Fiorentino NM; Franklin M; Fraser A; Gachuno OW; Gallo LA; Gissler M; Håberg SE; Habibelahi A; Häggström J; Hookham L; Hui L; Huicho L; Hunter KJ; Huq S; Kc A; Kadambari S; Kelishadi R; Khalili N; Kippen J; Le Doare K; Llorca J; Magee LA; Magnus MC; Man KKC; Mburugu PM; Mediratta RP; Morris AD; Muhajarine N; Mulholland RH; Bonnard LN; Nakibuuka V; Nassar N; Nyadanu SD; Oakley L; Oladokun A; Olayemi OO; Olutekunbi OA; Oluwafemi RO; Ogunkunle TO; Orton C; Örtqvist AK; Ouma J; Oyapero O; Palmer KR; Pedersen LH; Pereira G; Pereyra I; Philip RK; Pruski D; Przybylski M; Quezada-Pinedo HG; Regan AK; Rhoda NR; Rihs TA; Riley T; Rocha TAH; Rolnik DL; Saner C; Schneuer FJ; Souter VL; Stephansson O; Sun S; Swift EM; Szabó M; Temmerman M; Tooke L, 2023, 'Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during COVID-19 lockdowns in 26 countries', Nature Human Behaviour, 7, pp. 529 - 544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01522-y

Cohen JM; Alvestad S; Cesta CE; Bjørk MH; Leinonen MK; Nørgaard M; Einarsdóttir K; Engeland A; Gissler M; Karlstad Ø; Klungsøyr K; Odsbu I; Reutfors J; Selmer RM; Tomson T; Ulrichsen SP; Zoega H; Furu K, 2023, 'Comparative Safety of Antiseizure Medication Monotherapy for Major Malformations', Annals of Neurology, 93, pp. 551 - 562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.26561

Frier EM; Lin C; Reynolds RM; Allegaert K; Been JV; Fraser A; Gissler M; Einarsdóttir K; Florian L; Jacobsson B; Vogel JP; Zoega H; Bhattacharya S; Krispin E; Pedersen LH; Roberts D; Kuhle S; Fahey J; Mol BW; Burgner D; Schuit E; Sheikh A; Wood R; Gyamfi-Bannerman C; Miller JE; Duhig K; Lahti-Pulkkinen M; Hadar E; Wright J; Murray SR; Stock SJ, 2023, 'Consortium for the Study of Pregnancy Treatments (Co-OPT): An international birth cohort to study the effects of antenatal corticosteroids', PLoS ONE, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282477

Huybrechts KF; Straub L; Karlsson P; Pazzagli L; Furu K; Gissler M; Hernandez-Diaz S; Nørgaard M; Zoega H; Bateman BT; Cesta CE; Cohen JM; Leinonen MK; Reutfors J; Selmer RM; Suarez EA; Ulrichsen SP; Kieler H, 2023, 'Association of In Utero Antipsychotic Medication Exposure With Risk of Congenital Malformations in Nordic Countries and the US', JAMA Psychiatry, 80, pp. 156 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.4109

Bröms G; Hernandez-Diaz S; Huybrechts KF; Bateman BT; Kristiansen EB; Einarsdóttir K; Engeland A; Furu K; Gissler M; Karlsson P; Klungsøyr K; Lahesmaa-Korpinen AM; Mogun H; Nørgaard M; Reutfors J; Sørensen HT; Zoega H; Kieler H, 2023, 'Atomoxetine in Early Pregnancy and the Prevalence of Major Congenital Malformations: A Multinational Study', Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.22m14430

Højlund M; Gudmundsson LS; Andersen JH; Saastamoinen LK; Zoega H; Skurtveit SO; Wastesson JW; Hallas J; Pottegård A, 2023, 'Use of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-related drugs in the Nordic countries between 2000 and 2020', Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, 132, pp. 60 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.13811

Hamina A; Muller AE; Clausen T; Skurtveit S; Hesse M; Tjagvad C; Thylstrup B; Odsbu I; Zoega H; Jónsdóttir HL; Taipale H, 2022, 'Prescription opioids among older adults: ten years of data across five countries', BMC Geriatrics, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03125-0

Swift EM; Gunnarsdottir J; Zoega H; Bjarnadottir RI; Steingrimsdottir T; Einarsdottir K, 2022, 'Trends in labor induction indications: A 20-year population-based study', Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 101, pp. 1422 - 1430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aogs.14447

Vegrim HM; Dreier JW; Alvestad S; Gilhus NE; Gissler M; Igland J; Leinonen MK; Tomson T; Sun Y; Zoega H; Christensen J; Bjørk MH, 2022, 'Cancer Risk in Children of Mothers with Epilepsy and High-Dose Folic Acid Use during Pregnancy', JAMA Neurology, 79, pp. 1130 - 1138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2977

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

Schaffer AL; Bruno C; Buckley NA; Cairns R; Litchfield M; Paget S; Zoega H; Nassar N; Pearson SA, 2022, 'Prescribed medicine use and extent of off-label use according to age in a nationwide sample of Australian children', Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 36, pp. 726 - 737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12870

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

Bjørk MH; Zoega H; Leinonen MK; Cohen JM; Dreier JW; Furu K; Gilhus NE; Gissler M; Hálfdánarson Ó; Igland J; Sun Y; Tomson T; Alvestad S; Christensen J, 2022, 'Association of Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medication with Risk of Autism and Intellectual Disability', JAMA Neurology, 79, pp. 772 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.1269

Schaffer AL; Henry D; Zoega H; Elliott JH; Pearson SA, 2022, 'Changes in dispensing of medicines proposed for re-purposing in the first year of the COVID- 19 pandemic in Australia', PLoS ONE, 17, pp. e0269482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269482

Guðmundsdóttir RB; Jónsson BGG; Valdimarsdottir U; Carlsen HK; Hlodversdottir H; Song H; Thordardottir EB; Pétursdóttir G; Briem H; Gislason T; Gudnason T; Thorsteinsson T; Zoega H; Hauksdóttir A, 2022, 'Medication use in populations exposed to the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption: an interrupted time series analysis', BMJ open, 12, pp. e059375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059375

Hálfdánarson Ó; Cohen JM; Karlstad Ø; Cesta CE; Bjørk MH; Håberg SE; Einarsdóttir K; Furu K; Gissler M; Hjellvik V; Kieler H; Leinonen MK; Nørgaard M; Esen BÖ; Ulrichsen SP; Reutfors J; Zoega H, 2022, 'Antipsychotic use in pregnancy and risk of attention/ deficit-hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: a Nordic cohort study', Evidence-Based Mental Health, 25, pp. 54 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2021-300311

Gillies MB; Burgner DP; Ivancic L; Nassar N; Miller JE; Sullivan SG; Todd IMF; Pearson SA; Schaffer AL; Zoega H, 2022, 'Changes in antibiotic prescribing following COVID-19 restrictions: Lessons for post-pandemic antibiotic stewardship', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88, pp. 1143 - 1151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15000

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; Schaffer A; Buckley NA; Bruno C; Jun M; Pearson SA; Zoega H, 2022, 'The impact of tightened prescribing restrictions on proton pump inhibitor use in Australia: An evaluation using interrupted time series analysis', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 31, pp. 370 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5395

de Oliveira Costa J; Gillies MB; Schaffer AL; Peiris D; Zoega H; Pearson SA, 2022, 'Changes in antidepressant use in Australia: A nationwide analysis (2015–2021)', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221079740

Daniels B; Healey P; Bruno C; Kaan I; Zoega H, 2021, 'Medicine treatment of glaucoma in Australia 2012-2019: Prevalence, incidence and persistence', BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 6, pp. e000921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2021-000921

Pearson SA; Pratt N; Costa JDO; Zoega H; Laba TL; Etherton-Beer C; Sanfilippo FM; Morgan A; Ellett LK; Bruno C; Kelty E; Ijzerman M; Preen DB; Vajdic CM; Henry D; de Oliveira Costa J, 2021, 'Generating real-world evidence on the quality use, benefits and safety of medicines in australia: History, challenges and a roadmap for the future', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 13345, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413345

Einarsdóttir K; Swift EM; Zoega H, 2021, 'Changes in obstetric interventions and preterm birth during COVID-19: A nationwide study from Iceland', Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 100, pp. 1924 - 1930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aogs.14231

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