By Professor Lisa Maher

Journal articles

Gleeson Z; Higgs P; Dietze P; Maher L; Curtis M; Ward B; Walker SJ, 2026, '“They don’t think much of you if you’re using”: Stigma among criminalised people who smoke methamphetamine in Victoria, Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105370

Chan J; Curtis M; Clark N; Hickman M; Higgs P; Jones J; Livingston M; Maher L; Quinn B; Stewart AC; Stone J; Trauer J; Stoové M; Dietze P, 2026, 'Ten-year longitudinal study of incarceration among a community-based cohort of people who inject drugs', Health & Justice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-026-00440-1

Tangey A; Smith K; Hengel B; Andrewartha K; Wand H; Saha A; Leonard J; Gunathilake M; Anderson L; Mak DB; Badman S; Persing D; Donovan B; Maher L; Matthews S; Fairley CK; Shephard M; Kaldor J; Huang R-L; Ward J; Guy R; Causer L, 2026, 'Impact of decentralised, community-led molecular STI point-of-care testing on testing practices in remote First Nations communities in Australia.', Sexually Transmitted Infections, pp. sextrans-2025-056845, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2025-056845

Dietze P; Rathnayake K; Curtis M; Scott N; Maher L; Peacock A; Quinn B; Jenkinson R; Stewart A; Colledge-Frisby S; Wilson J; Archer B; Stoove M; Hickman M, 2026, 'Dynamic shifts in crystal methamphetamine and heroin price and purity in metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria, Australia, 2009-2020', International Journal of Drug Policy, 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105236

Stewart AC; Rathnayake K; Artenie A; Hickman M; Stone J; O’Keefe D; Kerr T; Agius P; Roxburgh A; Higgs P; Maher L; Clark N; Bravo B; Stoove M; Dietze PM, 2026, 'Initiation, cessation and resumption of attendance at the Melbourne supervised injecting room among a cohort of people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105150

Peck LJD; White B; Moensted M; Doyle MF; McEntyre E; Pazeski A; Lawson S; Roberts J; Haber PS; Lintzeris N; Dunlop AJ; Maher L, 2026, 'Experiences of People Who Discontinue Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine Treatment Recently Released From Prison in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.70096

Watts CG; Causer LM; Matthews SJ; Smith K; Andrewartha K; Tangey A; Hui BB; Huang RL; Anderson D; Badman SG; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Gunathilake M; Hengel B; Kaldor J; Maher L; Mak DB; Persing D; Regan DG; Shephard MD; Speers D; Wand H; Ward J; Whiley D; White CS; Wiseman V; Guy RJ, 2026, 'Cost-effectiveness of a decentralised molecular point-of-care testing programme for sexually transmitted infections in remote primary care health services in Australia', Sexually Transmitted Infections, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2025-056863

Bui HTM; Goldberg RJ; Dao ATM; Nguyen HL; Maher L; Vu D; Nguyen H; Nguyen HT; Le GM, 2026, 'Homosexuality-related stigma and sustained viral suppression among men who have sex with men living with HIV in Vietnam', AIDS Care Psychological and Socio Medical Aspects of AIDS HIV, 38, pp. 1745 - 1758, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2025.2588382

Walker SJ; Dietze P; Gleeson Z; Higgs P; Ward B; Menzel K; Curtis M; Maher L, 2026, 'The Criminalisation of Methamphetamine: Everyday Social Harms in Rural Settings', Contemporary Drug Problems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914509261474076

Colledge-Frisby S; Walker S; Wilkinson AL; Petrovic B; Maher L; Gibbs D; Gilchrist G; Schroeder S; Roxburgh A; Burgess M; Higgs P; Crawford S; Gavin N; Agius P; Ward B; Doyle J; Clark N; Stoové M; Dietze P; Stewart AC, 2026, 'Violence Against Women Who Inject Drugs', JAMA Network Open, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.2096

Walker S; Rathnayake K; Dietze P; Higgs P; Ward B; Hellard M; Doyle J; Stoove M; Maher L, 2025, 'Disproportionate, differential and targeted treatment: people who use drugs’ experiences of policing during the COVID-19 pandemic', Health and Justice, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-024-00314-4

Freestone J; Storer D; Siefried KJ; Bourne A; Prestage G; Ezard N; Maher L; Stirling R; Xiao BJ; Murphy D; Degenhardt L; Hammoud M, 2025, 'Implementation and formative evaluation of a peer-led chemsex intervention targeting sexualised crystal methamphetamine and GHB use: the M3THOD study', Harm Reduction Journal, 22, pp. 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01329-2

Maher L; Wand H; Heard S; Starr M; Zolala F; Kemp R; Cunningham P; Drummer H; Hellard M; Kaldor J; Dore G, 2025, 'Utilising integrated bio-behavioural surveillance (IBBS) to investigate declining hepatitis C antibody prevalence among people who inject drugs in the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey', International Journal on Drug Policy, 144, pp. 104576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104576

Price O; Maher L; Peacock A; Zolala F; Degenhardt L; Dietze P; Larney S; Agramunt S; Colledge-Frisby S; Mathers B; Lewer D; Sutherland R, 2025, 'Changing age profile and incidence of injecting drug use initiation among people in Australia who inject drugs: evidence from two national repeated cross-sectional studies', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101548

Freestone J; Xiao BJ; Siefried KJ; Bourne A; Ezard N; Maher L; Stirling R; Degenhardt L; Varma R; Prestage G; Hammoud M; Varma R, 2025, 'Exploring experiences of talk therapies among gay and bisexual men seeking to reduce or abstain from using crystal methamphetamine in the context of chemsex', Drug and Alcohol Review, 44, pp. 711 - 722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13999

Speed KA; McNeil R; Hayashi K; Maher L; Boyd J, 2025, '‘It just doesn't stop’: Perspectives of women who use drugs on increased overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic', Drug and Alcohol Review, 44, pp. 602 - 612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13996

Curtis M; Quinn B; Stone J; Maher L; Agius P; Stoove M; Ward B; Jenkinson R; Hickman M; Higgs P; Dietze P, 2025, 'Imprisonment Among People who Use Methamphetamine in Victoria, Australia: A Prospective Cohort Study', DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111583

Stewart AC; Hickman M; Agius PA; Scott N; Stone J; Roxburgh A; O’Keefe D; Higgs P; Kerr T; Stoové MA; Thompson A; Crawford S; Norman J; Vella-Horne D; Lloyd Z; Clark N; Maher L; Dietze P, 2025, 'Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX): study protocol', BMJ Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/BMJOPEN-2024-091337

Price O; Lewer D; Peacock A; Maher L; Zolala F; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Agramunt S; Dietze P; Colledge-Frisby S; Scott N; Wilson J; Sutherland R, 2025, 'S171 Population Aging and Apparent Decline in Initiation of Injecting Drug Use in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 267, pp. 111591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111591

Monaghan R; Causer L; Ward J; Hengel B; Smith K; Andrewartha K; Fairley C; Maher L; Mak D; White C; Leonard J; Guy R; Lafferty L; Ttango Collaboration OBOT, 2025, 'Understanding the role of patient communication protocols in sexually transmissible infections point-of-care testing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in remote communities: a qualitative study', Sexual Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh24214

Abdelsalam S; Agius PA; Sacks-Davis R; Roxburgh A; Livingston M; Maher L; Hickman M; Dietze P, 2024, 'Characteristics of attrition within the SuperMIX cohort of people who inject drugs: a multiple event discrete-time survival analysis', BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02377-1

Underwood AP; Gupta M; Wu BR; Eltahla AA; Boo I; Wang JJ; Agapiou D; Abayasingam A; Reynaldi A; Keoshkerian E; Zhao Y; Brasher N; Walker MR; Bukh J; Maher L; Gordon T; Davenport MP; Luciani F; Drummer HE; Lloyd AR; Bull RA, 2024, 'B-cell characteristics define HCV reinfection outcome', Journal of Hepatology, 81, pp. 415 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2024.04.004

Maher L; Wand H; Heard S; Starr M; Zolala F; Kemp R; Cunningham P; Drummer H; Hellard M; Kaldor J; Dore G, 2024, 'Utilising Integrated Bio-behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) to investigate declining hepatitis C antibody prevalence among people who inject drugs in the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey', International Journal of Drug Policy, 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104545

Olsen A; Gough C; Madden A; Maher L; Hudson S; Ward G; Higgs P, 2024, 'Ageing disgracefully with Jude Byrne: A special section recognising her life and work', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1037 - 1039, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13891

Causer LM; Ward J; Smith K; Saha A; Andrewartha K; Wand H; Hengel B; Badman SG; Tangey A; Matthews S; Mak D; Gunathilake M; Moore E; Speers D; Persing D; Anderson D; Whiley D; Maher L; Regan D; Donovan B; Fairley C; Kaldor J; Shephard M; Guy R, 2024, 'Clinical effectiveness and analytical quality of a national point-of-care testing network for sexually transmitted infections integrated into rural and remote primary care clinics in Australia, 2016–2022: an observational program evaluation', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101110

Dertadian GC; Caruana T; Maher L, 2024, 'The gendered violence of injecting-related stigma among relatively affluent, suburban women who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1062 - 1070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13775

Carrico AW; Ewart LD; Davidovich U; Maher L; Jonas KJ; Horvath KJ; Hirshfield S; Guadamuz TE; Carney T; Grov C, 2024, 'Responding to the global epidemic of amphetamine-type stimulant use compromising biomedical HIV prevention among men who have sex with men', Lancet HIV, 11, pp. e350 - e352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00086-9

Price O; Dietze P; Maher L; Dore GJ; Sutherland R; Salom C; Bruno R; Crawford S; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Peacock A, 2024, 'High COVID-19 vaccine uptake following initial hesitancy among people in Australia who inject drugs', Vaccine, 42, pp. 2877 - 2885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.051

Chan J; Ward B; Maher L; Crawford S; Stoové M; Dietze P, 2024, 'Parents who inject drugs: Demographics, care arrangements and correlates for child placement in out-of-home care', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 775 - 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13798

Adhikari A; Abayasingam A; Brasher NA; Kim HN; Lord M; Agapiou D; Maher L; Rodrigo C; Lloyd AR; Bull RA; Tedla N, 2024, 'Characterization of antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis in patients infected with hepatitis C virus with different clinical outcomes', Journal of Medical Virology, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.29381

Walker S; Dietze P; Higgs P; Rathnayake K; Kerr T; Ward B; Maher L, 2024, 'Using Ethno-Epidemiology in a Prospective Observational Study to Increase the Rigour of Nested Qualitative Research', International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069231211252

Walker S; Dietze P; Higgs P; Ward B; Treloar C; Stoové M; Rathnayake K; Doyle J; Hellard M; Maher L, 2023, 'Socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for people who use drugs', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 58, pp. 907 - 925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.289

Curtis SJ; Colledge-Frisby S; Stewardson AJ; Doyle JS; Higgs P; Maher L; Hickman M; Stoové MA; Dietze PM, 2023, 'Prevalence and incidence of emergency department presentations and hospital separations with injecting-related infections in a longitudinal cohort of people who inject drugs', Epidemiology and Infection, 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823001784

Dertadian GC; Caruana T; Maher L, 2023, '‘Grew Up with a Silver Spoon in My Mouth, But it Ended Up the Nose’: The Stigma and Labelling of Injection Drug Use in an Affluent Beachside Community', Critical Criminology, 31, pp. 811 - 825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10612-023-09710-y

Colledge-Frisby S; Rathnayake K; Nielsen S; Stoove M; Maher L; Agius PA; Higgs P; Dietze P, 2023, 'Injection Drug Use Frequency before and after Take-Home Naloxone Training', JAMA Network Open, 6, pp. E2327319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.27319

Rathnayake K; Agius PA; Ward B; Hickman M; Maher L; Stoové M; Doyle JS; Hellard M; Wilkinson A; Quinn B; Crawford S; Sutton K; Dietze P, 2023, 'The impacts of COVID-19 measures on drug markets and drug use among a cohort of people who use methamphetamine in Victoria, Australia', Addiction, 118, pp. 1557 - 1568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16189

Price O; Maher L; Dietze PM; Bruno R; Crawford S; Sutherland R; Salom C; Dore GJ; Peacock A, 2023, 'COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and facilitators among people in Australia who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1066 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13621

Brookfield S; Selvey L; Fitzgerald L; Maher L, 2023, '“More human”: Using ethnographic insights to develop a posthuman framework of ‘extended recovery’ for harmful drug use', Ssm Qualitative Research in Health, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100245

van Santen DK; Lodi S; Dietze P; van den Boom W; Hayashi K; Dong H; Cui Z; Maher L; Hickman M; Boyd A; Prins M, 2023, 'Comprehensive needle and syringe program and opioid agonist therapy reduce HIV and hepatitis c virus acquisition among people who inject drugs in different settings: A pooled analysis of emulated trials', Addiction, 118, pp. 1116 - 1126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16147

Artenie A; Stone J; Fraser H; Stewart D; Arum C; Lim AG; McNaughton AL; Trickey A; Ward Z; Abramovitz D; Alary M; Astemborski J; Bruneau J; Clipman SJ; Coffin CS; Croxford S; DeBeck K; Emanuel E; Hayashi K; Hermez JG; Low-Beer D; Luhmann N; Macphail G; Maher L; Palmateer NE; Patel EU; Sacks-Davis R; Van Den Boom W; van Santen DK; Walker JG; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Aladashvili M; Azim T; Dietze P; Dumchev K; Havens JR; Hellard M; Hutchinson S; Iversen J; Judd A; Kåberg M; Kurth AE; Mehta SH; Mravčík V; Prins M; Solomon SS; Strathdee SA; Sypsa V; Todd CS; Valencia J; Wisse E, 2023, 'Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis', Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 8, pp. 533 - 552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00018-3

Storer D; Prestage G; McManus H; Maher L; Bavinton BR; Ellard J; Jin F; Philpot S; Holt M; Saxton P; Haire B; Murphy D; Hammoud MA, 2023, 'Relationship Between Sexual Behaviors with Non-committed Relationship Partners and COVID-19 Restrictions and Notification Rates: Results from a Longitudinal Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 20, pp. 825 - 836, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-022-00733-8

Iversen J; Wand H; McManus H; Dore GJ; Maher L, 2023, 'Incidence of primary hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs in Australia pre- and post-unrestricted availability of direct acting antiviral therapies', Addiction, 118, pp. 901 - 911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16113

Underwood AP; Gupta M; Wu B-R; Eltahla AA; Boo I; Wang JJ; Agapiou D; Abayasingam A; Reynaldi A; Keoshkerian E; Zhao Y; Brasher N; Walker MR; Bukh J; Maher L; Gordon T; Davenport M; Luciani F; Drummer HE; Lloyd AR; Bull RA, 2023, 'B Cell Signatures and Antibody Imprinting Define HCV Reinfection Outcome', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4418620

Dertadian GC; Caruana T; Maher L, 2023, 'Injection drug use in an affluent beachside community in Sydney: An exploratory qualitative study', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 544 - 554, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13592

Stone J; Lim AG; Dore GJ; Borquez A; Geddes L; Gray R; Grebely J; Hajarizadeh B; Iversen J; Maher L; Valerio H; Martin NK; Hickman M; Lloyd AR; Vickerman P, 2023, 'Prison-based interventions are key to achieving HCV elimination among people who inject drugs in New South Wales, Australia: A modelling study', Liver International, 43, pp. 569 - 579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.15469

Madden A; Olsen A; Higgs P; Ward G; Gough C; Hudson S; Maher L, 2023, 'Vale Jude Byrne', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 505 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13631

O'Keefe D; Jacka D; Maher L, 2023, 'Changes in needle and syringe presentations point to the successes of Australian harm reduction policy and practice', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2022.100016

Murphy D; Ellard J; Maher L; Saxton P; Holt M; Haire B; Grulich A; Bavinton B; Philpot S; Bourne A; Storer D; Jin F; Hammoud M; Prestage G, 2023, 'How to have sex in a pandemic: the development of strategies to prevent COVID-19 transmission in sexual encounters among gay and bisexual men in Australia', Culture Health and Sexuality, 25, pp. 271 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2037717

Brookfield S; Selvey L; Maher L; Fitzgerald L, 2023, 'There's No Sense to It': A Posthumanist Ethnography of Agency in Methamphetamine Recovery ( vol 49 , pg 278 , 2022)', CONTEMPORARY DRUG PROBLEMS, 50, pp. 294 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914509231161173

Hill PL; Stoové M; Agius PA; Maher L; Hickman M; Crawford S; Dietze P, 2022, 'Mortality in the SuperMIX cohort of people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia: a prospective observational study', Addiction, 117, pp. 3091 - 3098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15975

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