By Ms Bianca Varney

Journal articles

Tran DT; Varney B; Oie J; Doumany J; Havard A, 2026, 'Treatments for opioid use disorder during pregnancy', BMJ Clinical Research Ed, 393, pp. s593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.s593

Tran DT; Varney B; Jones N; Bharat C; Brett J; Oei JL; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L; Havard A, 2026, 'Trends in Opioid Agonist Treatment for Opioid Dependence During Pregnancy: A Population-Based Study in New South Wales 2005–2021', Drug and Alcohol Review, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.70139

Zhou J; Varney B; Jones N; Bharat C; Degenhardt L; Havard A; Tran DT, 2026, 'Postpartum retention in opioid agonist treatment for opioid dependence: A population-based cohort study', Archives of Women S Mental Health, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-025-01640-8

Varney B; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Bruno C; Havard A; Shand A; Nassar N; Brett J, 2026, 'Prenatal Prescription Opioid Analgesic Exposure and Academic Performance in Third Grade Children: A Population-Based Cohort Study', BJOG an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.70221

Varney B; Jones N; Bharat C; Brett J; Degenhardt L; Oei JL; Pearson SA; Havard A; Tran DT, 2026, 'Retention in opioid agonist treatment during pregnancy and variations according to treatment and maternal characteristics', Addiction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.70325

Brett J; Cesta CE; Gillies MB; Bateman BT; Chan AYL; Cheng MC-Y; 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 MK; Parkin L; Reutfors J; Shin J-Y; Su CTT; Varney B; Wong ICK; Man KKC; Zoega H, 2026, 'Global Trends in Analgesic Opioid Use in Pregnancy: A Retrospective Cohort Study', Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 46, pp. 7 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.aoa.0001178584.29247.1f

Tan S; Quintrell E; Morgan S; Rhaman A; Russell D; Kardol L; Wyrwoll C; Varney B; Robijn A; Brett J; Kelty E, 2025, 'Association Between First-Trimester Medication Exposure in Pregnancy and Congenital Anomalies: A Scoping Review of Cohorts, Exposure, Trimester and Congenital Anomaly Definitions', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.70293

Brett J; Bruno C; Varney B; Havard A; Shand A; Huybrechts KF; Zoega H, 2025, 'Analgesic opioids in pregnancy and placental malperfusion-related disorders: A population-based cohort study', International Journal of Epidemiology, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf137

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

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

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

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

Powell M; Pilkington R; Varney B; Havard A; Lynch J; Dobbins T; Oei JL; Ahmed T; Falster K, 2024, 'The burden of prenatal and early life maternal substance use among children at risk of maltreatment: A systematic review', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 823 - 847, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13835

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

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

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

Downes K; Zhao X; Gleadall NS; McKinney H; Kempster C; Batista J; Thomas PL; Cooper M; Michael JV; Kreuzhuber R; Wedderburn K; Waller K; Varney B; Verdier H; Kriek N; Ashford SE; Stirrups KE; Dunster JL; McKenzie SE; Ouwehand WH; Gibbins JM; Yang J; Astle WJ; Ma P, 2022, 'G protein–coupled receptor kinase 5 regulates thrombin signaling in platelets via PAR-1', Blood Advances, 6, pp. 2319 - 2330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021005453

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

Raftopulos NL; Washaya TC; Niederprum A; Egert A; Hakeem-Sanni MF; Varney B; Aishah A; Georgieva ML; Olsson E; Dos Santos DZ; Nassar ZD; Cochran BJ; Nagarajan SR; Kakani MS; Hastings JF; Croucher DR; Rye K-A; Butler LM; Grewal T; Hoy AJ, 2022, 'Prostate cancer cell proliferation is influenced by LDL-cholesterol availability and cholesteryl ester turnover', CANCER & METABOLISM, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40170-021-00278-1

Krycer JR; Quek LE; Francis D; Zadoorian A; Weiss FC; Cooke KC; Nelson ME; Diaz-Vegas A; Humphrey SJ; Scalzo R; Hirayama A; Ikeda S; Shoji F; Suzuki K; Huynh K; Giles C; Varney B; Nagarajan SR; Hoy AJ; Soga T; Meikle PJ; Cooney GJ; Fazakerley DJ; James DE, 2020, 'Insulin signaling requires glucose to promote lipid anabolism in adipocytes', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295, pp. 13250 - 13266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.ra120.014907

Balaban S; Nassar ZD; Zhang AY; Hosseini-Beheshti E; Centenera MM; Schreuder M; Lin HM; Aishah A; Varney B; Liu-Fu F; Lee LS; Nagarajan SR; Shearer RF; Hardie RA; Raftopulos NL; Kakani MS; Saunders DN; Holst J; Horvath LG; Butler LM; Hoy AJ, 2019, 'Extracellular fatty acids are the major contributor to lipid synthesis in prostate cancer', Molecular Cancer Research, 17, pp. 949 - 962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-18-0347

Balaban S; Lee LS; Varney B; Aishah A; Gao Q; Shearer RF; Saunders DN; Grewal T; Hoy AJ, 2018, 'Heterogeneity of fatty acid metabolism in breast cancer cells underlies differential sensitivity to palmitate-induced apoptosis', Molecular Oncology, 12, pp. 1623 - 1638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1878-0261.12368

Tan VX; Mazzocco C; Varney B; Bodet D; Guillemin TA; Bessede A; Guillemin GJ, 2018, 'Detection of the Cyanotoxins L-BMAA Uptake and Accumulation in Primary Neurons and Astrocytes', Neurotoxicity Research, 33, pp. 55 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12640-017-9787-9

Lovelace MD; Varney B; Sundaram G; Lennon MJ; Lim CK; Jacobs K; Guillemin GJ; Brew BJ, 2017, 'Recent evidence for an expanded role of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism in neurological diseases', Neuropharmacology, 112, pp. 373 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.03.024

Lovelace MD; Varney B; Sundaram G; Franco NF; Ng ML; Pai S; Lim CK; Guillemin GJ; Brew BJ, 2016, 'Current evidence for a role of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism in multiple sclerosis', Frontiers in Immunology, 7, pp. 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00246

Jones SP; Franco NF; Varney B; Sundaram G; Brown DA; De Bie J; Lim CK; Guillemin GJ; Brew BJ, 2015, 'Expression of the kynurenine pathway in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells: Implications for inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease', Plos One, 10, pp. e0131389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131389

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