By Dr Malcolm Bjorn Gillies

Journal articles

de Oliveira Costa J; Gillies MB; Schaffer AL; Zoega H; Peiris D; Pearson SA, 2025, 'New use of antidepressants among Australians up to 24 years of age remains high after the COVID-19 pandemic emergency era', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 926 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251356404

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

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, 2025, 'Corrigendum to Antipsychotic use during pregnancy and risk of specific neurodevelopmental disorders and learning difficulties in children: a multinational cohort study [eClinicalMedicine 70 (2024) 102531/DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102531] (eClinicalMedicine (2024) 70, (S258953702400110X), (10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102531))', Eclinicalmedicine, 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103139

Maston K; Gillies MB; Zoega H; Batterham PJ; Christensen H; Werner-Seidler A, 2025, 'Individual, social, and environmental predictors of insomnia symptom trajectories in a population cohort of Australian adolescents aged 13 to 17 years', Sleep Advances, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf058

Varney B; Brett J; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Powell M; Bateman BT; Shand AW; Pearson S-A; Havard A, 2025, 'Opioid Analgesic Exposure During the First Trimester of Pregnancy and the Risk of Major Congenital Malformations in Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 45, pp. 155 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.aoa.0001125520.48872.fa

Gillies MB; Chidwick K; Bharat C; Camacho X; Currow D; Gisev N; Degenhardt L; Pearson SA, 2024, 'Long-term prescribed opioid use after hospitalization or emergency department presentation among opioid naïve adults (2014–2020)—A population-based descriptive cohort study', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 90, pp. 2111 - 2123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.16093

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

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, 65, pp. 428 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajd.14294

Zoega H; Falster M; Gillies M; Litchfield M; Camacho X; Bruno C; Daniels B; Donnolley N; Havard A; Schaffer A; Chambers G; Degenhardt L; Dobbins T; Gisev N; Ivers R; Jorm L; Liu B; Vajdic C; Pearson SA, 2024, 'The Medicines Intelligence Data Platform: A Population-Based Data Resource From New South Wales, Australia', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5887

Gillies MB; Camacho X; Bharat C; Buizen L; Blyth F; Currow D; Wilson A; Degenhardt L; Gisev N; Pearson SA, 2024, 'Oxycodone initiation in Australia (2014–2018): Sociodemographic factors and preceding health service use', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 90, pp. 1656 - 1666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.16063

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

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

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', Lancet Psychiatry, 11, pp. 16 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00332-2

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

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

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

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

Kusuma K; Larsen M; Quiroz JC; Gillies M; Burnett A; Qian J; Torok M, 2022, 'The performance of machine learning models in predicting suicidal ideation, attempts, and deaths: A meta-analysis and systematic review', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 155, pp. 579 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.09.050

Vuong T; Gillies M; Larney S; Montebello M; Ritter A, 2022, 'The association between involuntary alcohol treatment and subsequent emergency department visits and hospitalizations: a Bayesian analysis of treated patients and matched controls', Addiction, 117, pp. 1589 - 1597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15755

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

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

Gillies MB; Bowen JR; Patterson JA; Roberts CL; Torvaldsen S, 2018, 'Educational outcomes for children with cerebral palsy: a linked data cohort study', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 60, pp. 397 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13651

Gunnell AS; Hung J; Knuiman MW; Nedkoff L; Gillies M; Geelhoed E; Hobbs MST; Katzenellenbogen JM; Rankin JM; Ortiz M; Briffa TG; Sanfilippo FM, 2016, 'Secondary preventive medication use in a prevalent population-based cohort of acute coronary syndrome survivors', Cardiovascular Therapeutics, 34, pp. 423 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-5922.12212

Gillies M; Ranakusuma A; Hoffmann T; Thorning S; McGuire T; Glasziou P; Del C, 2015, 'Common harms from amoxicillin: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials for any indication', CMAJ, 187, pp. E21 - E31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140848

Gunnell A; Nedkoff L; Hung J; Knuiman M; Gillies M; Ortiz M; Rankin J; Geelhoed E; Hobbs M; Katzenellenbogen J; Briffa T; Sanfilippo F, 2015, 'Cardioprotective drugs dispensed after admission for myocardial infarction (MI) in a whole population cohort: Western Australian Medication Adherence and Costs in Heart disease study (WAMACH)', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 24, pp. S377 - S378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2015.06.618

Gillies MB; Williamson M; Merrifield A; Morrell S; Huang N, 2014, 'Surveillance of New Drug Adoption in Australia Using Primary Care EHR Data', PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 23, pp. 133 - 133, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000342763600249&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Gunnell AS; Knuiman MW; Geelhoed E; Hobbs MST; Katzenellenbogen JM; Hung J; Rankin JM; Nedkoff L; Briffa TG; Ortiz M; Gillies M; Cordingley A; Messer M; Gardner C; Lopez D; Atkins E; Mai Q; Sanfilippo FM, 2014, 'Long-term use and cost-effectiveness of secondary prevention drugs for heart disease in Western Australian seniors (WAMACH): A study protocol', BMJ Open, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006258

Mulholland S; Gavranich JB; Gillies MB; Chang AB, 2012, 'Antibiotics for community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children.', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Online, 9, pp. CD004875

Gadzhanova S; Gillies M; Roughead E; Zuo Y, 2011, 'Fixed dose combination diabetes medicines: Usage in the Australian veteran population', Australian Family Physician, 40, pp. 811 - 815

Robertson JG; Moxey AJ; Newby D; Gillies MC; Williamson M; Pearson S, 2011, 'Electronic information and clinical decision support for prescribing: State of play in Australian general practice', Family Practice, 28, pp. 93 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmq031

Gillies MB, 2009, 'NICE: Alone in Europe but not the world', BMJ Online, 338, pp. 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b636

Alonso H; Gillies MB; Cummins PL; Bliznyuk AA; Gready JE, 2005, 'Multiple ligand-binding modes in bacterial R67 dihydrofolate reductase', Journal of Computer Aided Molecular Design, 19, pp. 165 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10822-005-3693-6

Gillies MB; Matyjaszewski K; Norrby PO; Pintauer T; Poli R; Richard P, 2003, 'A DFT study of R-X bond dissociation enthalpies of relevance to the initiation process of atom transfer radical polymerization', Macromolecules, 36, pp. 8551 - 8559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma0351672

Gillies MB; Tønder JE; Tanner D; Norrby PO, 2002, 'Quantum chemical calculations on the Peterson olefination with α-silyl ester enolates', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 67, pp. 7378 - 7388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo0262107

de Mol NJ; Gillies MB; Fischer MJE, 2002, 'Experimental and calculated shift in pKa upon binding of phosphotyrosine peptide to the SH2 domain of p56lck', Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 10, pp. 1477 - 1482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0968-0896(01)00407-2

Moret EE; Van Wijk MC; Kostense AS; Gillies MB, 1999, 'Scoring peptide(mimetic)-protein interactions', Medicinal Chemistry Research, 9, pp. 604 - 620

Conference Papers

Varney B; Gillies M; Tran D; Camacho X; Brett J; Hernandez-Diaz S; Huybrechts K; Dobbins T; Shand A; Pearson S; Zoega H; Havard A, 2025, 'Target trial emulation on the risks of opioid analgesic use during pregnancy', Hobart Tasmania, presented at The Australasian Epidemiological Association 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart Tasmania, 17 July 2025 - 18 July 2025

Araki M; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Falster M; Peiris D; Larsson H; Costa JDO, 2024, 'Cardiovascular Medicine Use in Adults with ADHD: A Nationwide Study in Australia', in PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, WILEY, pp. 130 - 131

Gillies MB; Bharat C; Camacho X; Daniels B; Hall K; Kelly T-L; Kelty E; Lin J; Litchfield M; Lopez D; Noghrehchi F; Raubenhimer J; Varney B; Pratt N, 2024, 'Medicine Utilisation Studies in Australian Individual-Level Dispensing data: A blinded, Multi-Centre Replication Experiment', in PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, WILEY, pp. 241 - 241

Yao H; Xie T; Gillies MB; Hartman C; Chang Z, 2024, 'The Relationships Between ADHD/ADHD Medication and the Persistence of Anti-Hypertensive Medication?', in PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, WILEY, pp. 515 - 515

Bharat C; Stehlik P; Camacho X; Chidwick K; Daniels B; Gillies MB; Hansford H; Ho JN; Lin J; Lopez D; Kelly T-L; Kelty E; Noghrehchi F; Varney B; Filion KB; Pratt N, 2024, 'The Use and Implementation of Instrumental Variables in Pharmacoepidemiology: A Scoping Review', in PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, WILEY, pp. 618 - 618

Bruno C; Cesta CE; Hjellvik V; Ulrichsen SP; Bjork M-HH; Esen BO; Gillies MB; Gissler M; Havard A; Karlsson P; Karlstad O; Leinonen MK; Norgaard M; Pearson S-A; Reutfors J; Stigum H; Furu K; Cohen J; Zoega H, 2023, 'Prenatal exposure to antipsychotic medication and neurocognitive impairment among children: A Nordic cohort study', in PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, WILEY, pp. 616 - 617

Huang N; Hains I; London J; Delaney C; Williamson M; Gillies MB; Marshall C, 2014, 'We've Got Your Clinical Data - What's in It for Clinicians?', in PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 479 - 479

Conference Posters

Chidwick K, 2024, 'Long-term prescribed opioid use after hospitalisation or emergency department presentation among opioid-naïve adults in New South Wales (NSW), Australia (2014–2020)—a population-based cohort study', Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024

Conference Presentations

Bharat C; Gisev N; Hopkins R; Pearson SA; Gillies M; Dobbins T; Larney S; Blythe F; Degenhardt L, 2024, 'Development of opioid use disorder following treatment with opioid analgesics for non-cancer pain relief: an Australian state-wide nested case-control study', presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwVO9ONBuE8&t=5295s

Gillies MB; Galgani F; Tsafnat G; Dunn AG; Huang N; Williamson M, 2013, 'Feasibility of Using Australian GP Prescribing Data for Pharmacovigilance', presented at 29th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management, Montreal, Canada, 25 August 2013 - 28 August 2013

Conference Abstracts

Bruno C; Havard A; Gillies M; Coghill D; Brett J; Guastella A; Pearson S-A; Zoega H, 2022, 'Patterns of ADHD medicine use: A population-based study among Australian children and adults (2013-2020)', in PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, WILEY, Vol. 31, pp. 71 - 71, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000859084400136&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Preprints

Varney B; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Bruno C; Havard A; Shand AW; Nassar N; Brett J, 2025, Prenatal prescription opioid analgesic exposure and academic performance in third grade children: An Australian population-based cohort study, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.175533129.98373096/v1

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