By Professor Lisa Maher

Journal articles

Grebely J; Prins M; Hellard M; Cox AL; Osburn WO; Lauer G; Page K; Lloyd AR; Dore GJ; Maher L, 2012, 'Hepatitis C virus clearance, reinfection, and persistence, with insights from studies of injecting drug users: towards a vaccine', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 12, pp. 408 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70010-5

Maher L; Wand HC, 2012, 'Hepatitis C virus transmission in people who inject drugs: Swabs may not be the main culprit', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 205, pp. 1892 - 1892, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jis286

Walsh N; Maher L, 2012, 'HIV and viral hepatitis C coinfection in people who inject drugs: Implications of new direct acting antivirals for hepatitis C virus treatment.', Current opinion in HIV & AIDS, 7, pp. 339 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/COH.0b013e328354131e

Iversen J; Topp LJ; Wand HC; Maher L, 2012, 'Individual-level syringe coverage among Needle and Syringe Program attendees in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 122, pp. 195 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.09.030

Maher L; Walsh N, 2012, 'Injecting drug use and HIV', Current opinion in HIV & AIDS, 7, pp. 317 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/COH.0b013e3283541f3f

Park J; White BA; Bates A; Liao L; Maher L; Enriquez J, 2012, 'Motivators and barriers influencing willingness to participate in candidate HCV vaccine trials: Perspectives of people who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 123, pp. 35 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.10.009

Olsen A; Banwell C; Dance PR; Maher L, 2012, 'Positive health beliefs and behaviours in the midst of difficult lives: Women who inject drugs.', International Journal of Drug Policy, 23, pp. 312 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.01.003

Perez P; Dray A; Dietze P; Bammer G; Jenkinson R; Siokou C; Green RL; Hudson SL; Maher L, 2012, 'SimAmph: An agent-based simulation model for exploring the use of psychostimulants and related harm amongst young Australians', International Journal of Drug Policy, 23, pp. 62 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.05.017

Harris MI; Treloar C; Maher L, 2012, 'Staying safe from hepatitis C: Engaging with multiple priorities.', Qualitative Health Research, 22, pp. 31 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732311420579

Maher L, 2012, 'Tackling hepatitis C in Australia: the third national strategy.', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 12, pp. 172 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70355-3

Kab V; Evans J; Sansothy N; Stein ES; Claude-couture M; Maher L; Page K, 2012, 'Testing for amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) use to ascertain validity of self-reported ATS use among young female sex workers in Cambodia.', Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-7-11

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

Dung TC; HiEn N; Nga PT; Dinh PN; Seale H; MacIntyre CR; Maher L; Phuong N; Dwyer D, 2012, 'Use of cloth masks among healthcare workers in hospitals in Hanoi', Vietnamese Journal of Preventive Medicine, 22, pp. 104 - 110

Olsen A, 2012, 'Young Indigenous Australian’s sexually transmitted infection prevention practices: A Community-based Participatory Research project', Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 22, pp. 519 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.1134

Topp L; Day C; Wand H; Deacon R; Van Beek I; Haber P; Shanahan M; Rodgers C; Maher L, 2011, 'A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT TO INCREASE HEPATITIS B VACCINATION UPTAKE AND COMPLETION AMONG PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS IN AUSTRALIA', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 30, pp. 86 - 87, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297019700266&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Maher L; Phlong P; Mooney-Somers J; Keo S; Stein E; Couture MC; Page K, 2011, 'Amphetamine-type stimulant use and HIV/STI risk behaviour among young female sex workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 22, pp. 203 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.01.003

Jauncey ME; Van Beek IA; Salmon AM; Maher L, 2011, 'Bipartisan support for Australia’s supervised injecting facility: a decade in the making.', Medical Journal of Australia, 195, pp. 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja11.10815

Topp L; Day CA; Iversen J; Wand H; Maher L, 2011, 'Fifteen years of HIV surveillance among people who inject drugs: the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey 1995-2009', AIDS, 25, pp. 835 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834412cc

Ward J; Topp L; Iversen J; Wand H; Akre SP; Kaldor JM; Maher L, 2011, 'Higher HCV antibody prevalence among Indigenous clients of needle and syringe programs', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35, pp. 421 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00743.x

Deacon RM; Wand H; Stelzer-Braid S; Treloar C; Maher L, 2011, 'Improving surveillance for acute hepatitis C', Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 35, pp. 16 - 20, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=057496644726691;res=IELHEA

Mooney-Somers J; Olsen A; Erick W; Scott R; Akee A; Kaldor J; Maher L, 2011, 'Learning from the past: Young Indigenous people's accounts of bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections as resilience narratives', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 13, pp. 173 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2010.520742

Maher L; Mooney-Somers J; Phlong P; Couture MC; Stein E; Evans J; Cockroft M; Sansothy N; Nemoto T; Page K, 2011, 'Selling sex in unsafe spaces: sex work risk environments in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.', Harm Reduction Journal, 8, pp. 30, http://harmreductionjournal.com/content/8/1/30

Couture MC; Sansothy N; Sapphon V; Phal S; Sichan K; Stein E; Evans J; Maher L; Kaldor J; Vun MC; Page K, 2011, 'Young women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, have high incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections, and amphetamine-type stimulant use: New challenges to HIV prevention and risk', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 38, pp. 33 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182000e47

Wodak A; Maher L, 2010, 'The effectiveness of harm reduction in preventing HIV among injecting drug users', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 21, pp. 69 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb10007

Maher L; White B; Donald A; Bates A; Enriquez J; Pham S; Liao L, 2010, 'Using ethnographic fieldwork to inform hepatitis C vaccine preparedness studies with people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 21, pp. 194 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.04.004

Wodak A; Maher L, 2010, 'The effectiveness of harm reduction in preventing HIV among injecting drug users.', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 21, pp. 69 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb10007

Treloar C; Newland J; Harris M; Deacon R; Maher L, 2010, 'A diagnosis of hepatitis C: Insights from a study on patient’s experiences.', Australian Family Physician, 39, pp. 589 - 592, http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/201008/201008treloar.pdf

Mahajan TD; Hooker R; Maher L; Brown G; Reimold A, 2010, 'Abatacept Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Setting of Hepatitis C Infection', JCR Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 16, pp. 332 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/rhu.0b013e3181f4cd92

Maher L; White B; Hellard M; Madden A; Prins M; Kerr T; Page K, 2010, 'Candidate hepatitis C vaccine trials and people who inject drugs: Challenges and opportunities', Vaccine, 28, pp. 7273 - 7278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.08.085

Treloar C; Byron P; Mccann P; Maher L, 2010, 'Fitness for duty: social, organisational and structural influences on the design and conduct of candidate hepatitis C vaccine trials involving people who inject drugs', Vaccine, 28, pp. 5228 - 5236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.064

Iversen J; Wand H; Gonnermann A; Maher L, 2010, 'Gender differences in hepatitis C antibody prevalence and risk behaviours amongst people who inject drugs in Australia 1998-2008', International Journal of Drug Policy, 21, pp. 471 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2010.04.004

Day C; White B; Dore G; Van Beek I; Rodgers C; Cunningham P; Wodak A; Maher L, 2010, 'Hepatitis B virus among injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia: Prevalence, vaccination and knowledge of status', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 108, pp. 134 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.11.013

Bryant J; Topp L; Hopwood MN; Iversen J; Treloar C; Maher L, 2010, 'Is point of access to needles and syringes related to needle sharing? Comparing data collected from pharmacies and needle and syringe programs in south east Sydney', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 364 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00154.x

Topp L; Hudson S; Maher L, 2010, 'Mental health symptoms among street-based psychostimulant injectors in Sydney's Kings Cross', Substance Use and Misuse, 45, pp. 1180 - 1200, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826080903443586

Coupland HK; Maher L, 2010, 'Notions of injecting drug users' candidacy for hepatitis C treatment: Conflicting provider, patient and public health perspectives.', Contemporary Drug Problems, 37, pp. 549 - 573

Higgs P; Maher L, 2010, 'Older injectors: An emerging and under-recognised public health issue', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 233 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00199.x

Nathani J; Iversen J; Shying K; Byrne J; Maher L, 2010, 'Qualitative accounts of needle and syringe cleaning techniques among people who inject drugs in Sydney, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 413 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00165.x

Salmon A; Van Beek I; Amin J; Kaldor JM; Maher L, 2010, 'The impact of a supervised injecting facility on ambulance call-outs in Sydney, Australia', Addiction, 105, pp. 676 - 683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02837.x

Wand H; Spiegelman D; Law M; Jalaludin B; Kaldor J; Maher L, 2009, 'Estimating population attributable risk for hepatitis C seroconversion in injecting drug users in Australia: Implications for prevention policy and planning', Addiction, 104, pp. 2049 - 2056, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02704.x

Bryant J; Topp L; Hopwood M; Iversen J; Treloar C; Maher L, 2009, 'IS POINT OF ACCESS TO NEEDLES AND SYRINGES RELATED TO NEEDLE SHARING? COMPARING DATA COLLECTED FROM PHARMACIES AND NEEDLE AND SYRINGE PROGRAMS IN SOUTH EAST SYDNEY', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 28, pp. A7 - A7, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270916300022&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Doab A; Topp L; Day CA; Dore GJ; Maher L, 2009, 'Clinical trial literacy among injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia: A pilot study', Contemporary Clinical Trials, 30, pp. 431 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2009.04.002

Kwon JA; Iversen J; Maher L; Law MG; Wilson DP, 2009, 'The impact of needle and syringe programs on HIV and HCV transmissions in injecting drug users in Australia: A model-based analysis', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 51, pp. 462 - 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a2539a

Razali K; Amin J; Dore GJ; Law MG, 2009, 'Modelling and calibration of the hepatitis C epidemic in Australia', Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 18, pp. 253 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0962280208094689

Salmon AM; Dwyer R; Jauncey M; van Beek I; Topp L; Maher L, 2009, 'Injecting-related injury and disease among clients of a supervised injecting facility', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 101, pp. 132 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.12.002

Rosenthal SL; Holmes W; Maher L, 2009, 'Australian men's experiences during a microbicide male tolerance study', AIDS Care Psychological and Socio Medical Aspects of AIDS HIV, 21, pp. 125 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540120802084958

Mooney-Somers J; Erick W; Scott R; Akee A; Kaldor J; Maher L, 2009, 'Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people's resilience to blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections: Findings from a community-based participatory research project', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 20, pp. 195 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/he09195

Falster K; Kaldor JM; Maher L, 2009, 'Hepatitis C virus acquisition among injecting drug users: A cohort analysis of a national repeated cross-sectional survey of needle and syringe program attendees in Australia, 1995-2004', Journal of Urban Health, 86, pp. 106 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-008-9330-7

Coupland H; Day C; Levy MT; Maher L, 2009, 'Promoting equitable access to hepatitis C treatment for Indo-Chinese injecting drug users', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 20, pp. 234 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/he09234

Mooney-Somers J; Maher L, 2009, 'The Indigenous Resiliency Project: a worked example of community-based participatory research.', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 20, pp. 112 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb09007

Iversen J; Shying K; Maher L, 2009, 'Drug injection trends among participants in the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey, 2004-2008', Drug Trends Bulletin, July, pp. 1 - 4, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/NDARCWeb.nsf/resources/IDRS+Bulletin+April09.pdf/$file/IDRS+Bulletin+July09.pdf

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