By Professor Matthew Hickman

Book Chapters

Hickman M; Taylor C, 2005, 'Indirect methods to estimate prevalence', in Epidemiology of Drug Abuse, pp. 113 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24416-6_8

Journal articles

Niveditha BS; Holla B; Subramanian S; Gagana N; Bhargavi KM; Sharma E; Mahadevan J; Purushottam M; Viswanath B; Benegal V; Arunachal G; Heron J; Hickman M; Basu D; Subodh BN; Singh L; Singh R; Kumaran K; Kuriyan R; Kurpad SS; Kartik K; Kalyanram K; Desrivieres S; Barker G; Papadopoulos Orfanos D; Toledano MB; Murthy P; Vaidya N; Krishnaveni G; Schumann G; Sharma KK; Bhaskarapillai B; Thennarasu K; Kashyap R; Bharath RD; Chakrabarti A; Chetan GK; Srinivas Bharath MM, 2026, 'Plasma Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) shows age-dependent associations with externalizing psychopathology and atypical brain connectivity', Translational Psychiatry, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-026-04114-2

Glancy M; Palmateer N; Curnow E; Hickman M; Macleod J; Yeung A; Bishop J; Priyadarshi S; Barnsdale L; Trayner KMA; Hutchinson S; McAuley A, 2026, 'Drug-related death rates associated with prescribed and illicit benzodiazepine exposure among people receiving opioid-agonist treatment in Scotland, 2015 to 2020', International Journal of Drug Policy, 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105387

Ward Z; Fraser H; Pherson SM; Ryder S; Gordon F; Vilar J; Mandal S; Foster GR; Gillyon-Powell M; Dillon JF; Hutchinson S; Martin N; Vickerman P; Hickman M, 2026, 'Can real-world scaling up HCV treatment in people who inject drugs be cost-saving: an economic modelling study in the UK', International Journal of Drug Policy, 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105347

Barnsdale L; Yeung A; Glancy M; Lang J; Markoulidakis A; Hickman M; Jones HE; Curnow E; Trayner KMA; Fraser R; Hunt G; de Wit F; McAuley A; Hutchinson S; Shivaji T, 2026, 'Cohort Profile: Scotland’s Substance Use and Health Intelligence Linked Dataset (SHIeLD)', International Journal of Epidemiology, 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyag140

Degenhardt L; Farrell M; Doyle M; Stone J; Bharat C; Hickman M; Martinello M; Weatherburn D; Dean K; Coyte J; Macdonald C; Harrod ME; Grant L; Larman G; Vickerman P; McGrath C; Thompson P; Churchill A; Dore G; Santo T, 2026, 'Health, Social and Recidivism Outcomes Among People Who Have Been Incarcerated in New South Wales, Australia: Study Protocol and Cohort Profile for the Prison Outcomes STudy (POST)', Drug and Alcohol Review, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.70161

Vojt G; Elliott L; Family H; Hutchinson S; Hickman M; Dillon J; Flowers P, 2026, 'Universal Barriers and Facilitators to Systemic Hepatitis C Care: A Systems-Informed Qualitative Process Evaluation', Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 43, pp. 1673 - 1690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.70063

Sharma E; Jacob P; V S B; Venkataramanan S; Benegal V; Thennarasu K; Mehta UM; Kumar K; Narayanan G; Girimaji SC; Jacob P; Jayarajan D; Murthy P; Holla B; Jain S; Varghese M; Tripathy S; Parashar N; Nayana KB; Seshadri AK; Kumar S; Baligar SK; Arumugam T; Safai A; Cyril AM; Rashmitha ; Roy AA; Dhanalakshmi D; Shivamma D; Bhavana BR; Bharath RD; Purushottam M; Iyengar U; Zhang Y; Desrivieres S; Vaidya N; Barker G; Schumann G; Fernandes G; Hickman M; Spiers A; Elliott P; Toledano M; Fall C; Rangaswamy M; Ghosh A; Basu D; Nanjayya SB; Ahuja CK; Khandelwal N; Amit ; Khullar M; Joshi N; Bhattacharya D; Haque B; Ghosh A; Nagraj A; Basu A; Pandit MM; Das S; Yadav A; Das S; Roy S; Maurya PK; Chakrabarti A; Singh RL; Singh RL; Chanu ND; Fujica MC; Ph V; Phurailatpam C; Gourisankar A; Rani G; Sujatha B; Kalyanram K; Kartik K; Kiran KN; Ramya MC; Urs C; Santhosh N; Somashekhara R; Divyashree K; Kalyanaraman K; Ghattu K; Rao A; Poornima R; Kuriyan R; Kurpad SS; Krishna M; Orfanos DP, 2026, 'The competency–control paradox in parenting adolescents: Evidence from an Indian mixed-methods study', Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2026.104965

Jones HE; Markoulidakis A; Hickman M, 2026, 'Commentary on Dowd et al.: Beyond single data sources—Consistency checking and evidence synthesis for prevalence estimation', Addiction, 121, pp. 955 - 956, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.70326

Shah S; Mafirakureva N; Trickey A; Hasnain A; Khan U; Khowaja S; Ashraf H; Baig-Ansari N; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Walker JG; Lim AG, 2026, 'Delivering Effective Hepatitis C Virus Treatment in an Embedded Primary Care Setting Within a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.70164

McCulloch P; Family H; Shaw A; Vojt G; Gilchrist G; Matheson C; Maxwell M; Neale J; Myring G; McLeod H; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Munro A; MacGillivray S, 2026, 'Optimal provision of opioid agonist therapy (OAT) and needle and syringe programmes (NSP): a realist evaluation', International Journal of Drug Policy, 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105174

Mandal S; Matthews PC; Desai M; Hickman M; Kennedy P; Gillyon-Powell M; Brown A; Hayward A; Edge C; Tahir M; Halford R; Vickerman P; Jarvis H; De Angelis D; Carter J; Hart S; Ijaz S; Irving W; Ankcorn M; Hebditch V; Sabin C; Klynman N; Shinde S; Gallagher L, 2026, 'Towards the endgame: achieving elimination of viral hepatitis in England', Lancet Microbe, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101332

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

Cunningham EB; Wheeler A; Hajarizadeh B; French CE; Roche R; Roth M; Willing AR; Sazzad HMS; Marshall AD; Fontaine G; Conway A; Valencia BM; Presseau J; Ward JW; Degenhardt L; Dore GJ; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Lafferty L; Lloyd A; Sheehan Y; Akiyama MJ; Kronfli N; Cabezas J; Grebely J, 2026, 'Interventions to improve testing, linkage to care, and treatment for hepatitis C infection in prison: a systematic review and meta-analysis', International Journal of Drug Policy, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105082

McDonald SA; Palmateer N; McAuley A; Gunson RN; Barclay ST; Dillon JF; Hickman M; Hutchinson SJ, 2026, 'Estimating incidence rates of primary infection and reinfection with hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs in Scotland: a model-based analysis of repeated cross-sectional survey data', Lancet Regional Health Europe, 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101505

Family HE; Vojt G; Poulter H; Bailey CP; Abdala Sheikh AP; Cavallo D; Karimi S; Booth N; Da Silva P; Aitken L; Stewart S; Hickman M; Henderson G; Scott J; Kesten JM, 2025, 'A qualitative study of benzodiazepine/z-drug and opioid co-use patterns and overdose risk', Harm Reduction Journal, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01153-8

Stocker F; Heron J; Hickman M; Wehrmeister FC; Gonçalves H; Menezes AMB; Murray J; Hammerton G, 2025, 'Childhood conduct problems, potential snares in adolescence, and problematic substance use in Brazil', Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jora.70099

Vojt G; Family HE; Poulter H; Bailey CP; Cavallo D; Abdala Sheikh AP; Karimi S; Booth N; Da Silva P; Aitken L; Stewart S; Hickman M; Henderson G; Scott J; Kesten JM, 2025, 'Motivations underlying co-use of benzodiazepines and opioids in the UK: a qualitative study', Harm Reduction Journal, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01312-x

Leber W; Farooq HZ; Panovska-Griffiths J; Larvin H; Baggaley RF; Divall P; Haigh D; Davies EA; Choudhry S; Hicks SR; Goodwin L; Foster GR; Orkin CM; Zenner D; Vickerman P; Hickman M; Reid L; Worrall S; Pareek M; Lais S; Anderson J; Robson J; Griffiths CJ, 2025, 'Risk prediction models for targeted testing of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C: a systematic review and meta-analysis', BMC Infectious Diseases, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11921-3

Price O; Bharat C; Jones NR; Peacock A; Read P; Hickman M; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'The impact of opioid agonist treatment on the incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infection notifications among people with a history of opioid dependence in New South Wales, Australia: A retrospective data linkage study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112929

Mitchell HD; Clancy I; De Angelis D; Egan C; Harris RJ; Hutchinson S; Samartsidis P; Vickerman P; Ward Z; Yeung A; Zaouche M; Hibbert M; Emmanouil B; McAuley A; Nugent C; Smith J; Artenie A; Desai M; Hickman M, 2025, 'Using modelling and public health surveillance data to evidence progress towards the WHO incidence target for hepatitis C elimination in people who inject drugs - a review of complementary approaches in the United Kingdom', International Journal of Drug Policy, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105059

Minett-Smith M; Mitchell HD; Clarke E; Vickerman P; Hickman M; Stone J; Walker J; Dawe J; Artenie A, 2025, 'Characterising benzodiazepine use and the association with non-fatal overdose among people who inject opioids in England, Wales and Northern Ireland', International Journal of Drug Policy, 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104927

Cheng HG; Heron J; Hickman M; Edwards AC, 2025, 'Delineating trajectories of alcohol consumption and alcohol problems from adolescence to young adulthood: An integrated assessment of genetic, familial, and psychosocial factors', Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, 49, pp. 2527 - 2536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.70166

Samartsidis P; Harris RJ; Dillon J; Desai M; Foster GR; Gunson R; Ijaz S; Mandal S; McAuley A; Palmateer N; Presanis AM; Simmons R; Smith S; Thorne B; Yeung A; Zaouche M; Hutchinson S; Hickman M; Angelis DD, 2025, 'Evaluating the effect of direct-acting antiviral agent treatment scale-up on Hepatitis C virus prevalence among people who inject drugs in UK', International Journal of Drug Policy, 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104429

Gliddon HD; Ward Z; Heinsbroek E; Croxford S; Edmundson C; Hope VD; Simmons R; Mitchell H; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Stone J, 2025, 'Has the HCV cascade of care changed among people who inject drugs in England since the introduction of direct-acting antivirals?', International Journal of Drug Policy, 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104324

Jones NR; Hickman M; Bharat C; Nielsen S; Larney S; Ghouse NF; Lappin J; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'Identifying key risk factors for intentional self-harm, including suicide, among a cohort of people prescribed opioid agonist treatment: A predictive modelling study', Addiction, 120, pp. 2044 - 2054, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.70095

Kassa GM; Lim AG; Tamiru MT; Alamneh TS; Vickerman P; Dagne E; Mulu A; Baissa O; Paltiel O; Dillon JF; Yesuf EA; Hickman M; Walker JG; French CE; Amogne W; Wolday D; Adane A; Abdella S; Abay Z; Hailu W; Awoke T; Weldemariam AG; Cabral C; Speakman E; Radley A; Malaguti A; Inglis S; Yohannes M; Taddele B; Abraha H; Erkie M, 2025, 'Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Among the General Population in Sub-Saharan Africa—An Analysis of Systematic Review Data', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.70065

Vojt G; Elliott L; Family H; Sharkey C; Stephens B; Hutchinson S; Hickman M; Dillon JF; Harris M; Flowers P, 2025, 'Post-treatment life-trajectories among people who inject drugs who completed hepatitis C treatment with direct acting antivirals: A thematic analysis', British Journal of Health Psychology, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.70005

Glancy M; McAuley A; Palmateer N; Trayner K; Yeung A; Barnsdale L; Priyadarshi S; Horsburgh K; Hickman M; Hutchinson S, 2025, 'Risk of drug-related mortality among people receiving opioid-agonist treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland', International Journal of Drug Policy, 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104912

Santo TJ; Chaillon A; Martin N; Hickman M; Jones N; Farrell M; Bharat C; Degenhardt L; Borquez A, 2025, 'Quantifying the impact of a large-scale opioid agonist treatment program on suicide prevention in New South Wales, Australia: A data-modeling study', Addiction, 120, pp. 1601 - 1609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.70018

Price O; Webb P; Grebely J; Peacock A; Medland N; Read P; Cooke E; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'Sexually transmitted infection prevalence and testing coverage among people who inject drugs: A systematic review', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112732

Garnett C; Oldham M; Loebenberg G; Dinu L; Beard E; Angus C; Burton R; Field M; Greaves F; Hickman M; Kaner E; Michie S; Munafò M; Pizzo E; Brown J, 2025, 'Evaluating the effectiveness of the Drink Less smartphone app for reducing alcohol consumption compared with usual digital care: a comprehensive synopsis from a 6-month follow-up RCT.', Public Health Research, 13, pp. 1 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/lnnb8060

Gourisankar A; Ravi P; Kalokhe A; Hall RW; Vaidya N; Sharma E; Holla B; Basu D; Bharath RD; Chakrabarti A; Desrivieres S; Hickman M; Kartik K; Ghattu K; Kalyanaraman K; Krishna M; Kuriyan R; Murthy P; Orfanos DP; Purushottam M; Kurpad SS; Singh RL; Singh RL; Subodh BN; Toledano MB; Benegal V; Schumann G; Kalyanram K; Varghese M; Kandavel T; Urvakhsh M; Girimaji S; Jacob P; Jayarajan D; Kumar K; Narayanan G; Khullar M; Khandelwal N; Ghosh A; Amit ; Joshi N; Chanu ND; Fujica MC; Ph V; Phurailatpam C; Bhattacharya D; Haque B; Nagraj A; Ghosh A; Basu A; Pandit M; Das S; Yadav A; Das S; Roy S; Maurya P; Rani GT; Sujatha B; Rangaswamy M; Fall C; Kiran K; Ramya M; Urs C; Santhosh N; Somashekhara R; Divyashree K; Rao A; Poornima R; Tripathy S; Parashar N; Nayana KB; Seshadri A; Kumar S; Baligar S; Arumugam T; Safai A; Cyril A; Rashmitha ; Roy A; Dhanalakshmi D; Shivamma D; Bhavana BR, 2025, 'Examining the impact of maternal experiences of domestic violence on the mental health of their adolescent children in India', Plos One, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304936

Simmons R; Harris R; Lim AG; Leeman D; Ramsay ME; Hickman M; Mandal S, 2025, 'Estimating Prevalence and Number of People With Chronic Hepatitis B: A Multiplier Method Based on Public Health Surveillance Data in UK (2015–2021)', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.14019

Artenie A; Trickey A; Looker KJ; Stone J; Lim AG; Fraser H; Degenhardt L; Dore GJ; Grebely J; Cunningham EB; Hazarizadeh B; Low-Beer D; Luhmann N; Webb P; Hickman M; Vickerman P, 2025, 'Global, regional, and national estimates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection incidence among people who inject drugs and number of new annual HCV infections attributable to injecting drug use: a multi-stage analysis', Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 10, pp. 315 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00442-4

Kassa GM; Weldemariam AG; Abrahim SA; French CE; Wolday D; Dagne E; Mulu A; Adane A; Inglis SK; Radley A; Tasew G; Vickerman P; Yesuf EA; Paltiel O; Hailu M; Amogne W; Dillon JF; Hickman M; Lim AG; Walker JG; Abdella S; Abay Z; Hailu W; Awoke T; Tamiru MT; Cabral C; Baissa O; Speakman E; Malaguti A; Yohannes M; Taddele B; Abraha H; Erkie M; Alamneh TS; Kassa GM, 2025, 'Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C in Ethiopia: First National Study Based on the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.14037

Ward Z; Simmons R; Fraser H; Trickey A; Kesten J; Gibson A; Reid L; Cox S; Gordon F; Mc Pherson S; Ryder S; Vilar J; Miners A; Williams J; Emmanouil B; Desai M; Coughlan L; Harris R; Foster GR; Hickman M; Mandal S; Vickerman P, 2025, 'Impact and cost-effectiveness of scaling up HCV testing and treatment strategies for achieving HCV elimination among people who inject drugs in England: a mathematical modelling study', Lancet Regional Health Europe, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101176

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

Angus C; Oldham M; Burton R; Dina LM; Field M; Hickman M; Kaner E; Loebenberg G; Munafò M; Pizzo E; Brown J; Garnett C, 2025, 'Modeling the Potential Health, Health Economic, and Health Inequality Impact of a Large-Scale Rollout of the Drink Less App in England', Value in Health, 28, pp. 215 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2024.11.007

Simmons R; Powell AA; Ijaz S; Mandal S; Shute J; Mohammadi Y; Lattimore M; McOwat K; Moore HL; O’Rourke A; Desai M; Macleod J; Asgharzadeh A; Ward Z; Vickerman P; Harris RJ; Foster GR; Roberts K; Hickman M, 2025, 'Pilot postal birth cohort hepatitis C virus screening in UK primary care: HepCAPP study', British Journal of General Practice, 75, pp. e122 - e128, http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0219

Santo T; Chaillon A; Martin N; Bharat C; Jones N; Farrell M; Hickman M; Borquez A; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'Quantifying the Impact of Opioid Agonist Treatment on Suicide Mortality in New South Wales, Australia: A Population-Level Analysis from 2001 to 2020', DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112133

Fraser R; Yeung A; Glancy M; Hickman M; Jones HE; Priyadarshi S; Horsburgh K; Hutchinson SJ; McAuley A, 2025, 'Suicide in people prescribed opioid-agonist therapy in Scotland, United Kingdom, 2011–2020: A national retrospective cohort study', Addiction, 120, pp. 276 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16680

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

Hawkins J; Hines LA; Bonell C; Hickman M; Adara L; Townson J; Cannings-John R; Moore L; White J, 2025, 'Association of volatile substance, nitrous oxide and alkyl nitrate use with mental health in UK adolescents', British Journal of Psychiatry, 226, pp. 10 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.128

McCulloch P; Shaw A; Gilchrist G; Matheson C; Maxwell M; Neale J; Myring G; McLeod H; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Munro A; Macgillivray S, 2025, 'Optimal provision of opiate substitution therapy and needle and syringe programmes: a multi-method realist evaluation', Health Technology Assessment, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/HGDS4449

Hickman M, 2025, 'Buildings for Plants and People by WORKac', ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, 213, pp. 77 - 78

Hickman M, 2025, 'Courtyard Homes', ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, 213, pp. 61 - 61

Hickman M, 2025, 'Gensler and Perkins&Will Again Lead Top 300 Firms List', ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, 213, pp. 15 - 15

Hickman M, 2025, 'Introducing the 2025 Women in Architecture Awardees', ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, 213, pp. 35 - 35

Hickman M, 2025, 'Join Architectural Record in Boston for AIA25', ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, 213, pp. 48 - 48

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