By Professor Matthew Hickman

Journal articles

Platt L; Minozzi S; Reed J; Vickerman P; Hagan H; French C; Jordan A; Degenhardt L; Hope V; Hutchinson S; Maher L; Palmateer N; Taylor A; Bruneau J; Hickman M, 2018, 'Needle and syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing HCV transmission among people who inject drugs: findings from a Cochrane Review and meta-analysis', Addiction, 113, pp. 545 - 563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14012

Savage JE; Salvatore JE; Aliev F; Edwards AC; Hickman M; Kendler KS; Macleod J; Latvala A; Loukola A; Kaprio J; Rose RJ; Chan G; Hesselbrock V; Webb BT; Adkins A; Bigdeli TB; Riley BP; Dick DM, 2018, 'Polygenic Risk Score Prediction of Alcohol Dependence Symptoms Across Population-Based and Clinically Ascertained Samples', Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 42, pp. 520 - 530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.13589

de Vocht F; Suderman M; Tilling K; Heron J; Howe LD; Campbell R; Hickman M; Relton C, 2018, 'DNA methylation from birth to late adolescence and development of multiple-risk behaviours', Journal of Affective Disorders, 227, pp. 588 - 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.11.055

Garnett C; Crane D; Brown J; Kaner E; Beyer F; Muirhead C; Hickman M; Redmore J; De Vocht F; Beard E; Michie S, 2018, 'Reported theory use by digital interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption, and association with effectiveness: Meta-regression', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8807

Marshall AD; Cunningham EB; Nielsen S; Aghemo A; Alho H; Backmund M; Bruggmann P; Dalgard O; Seguin-Devaux C; Flisiak R; Foster GR; Gheorghe L; Goldberg D; Goulis I; Hickman M; Hoffmann P; Jancorienė L; Jarcuska P; Kåberg M; Kostrikis LG; Makara M; Maimets M; Marinho RT; Matičič M; Norris S; Ólafsson S; Øvrehus A; Pawlotsky JM; Pocock J; Robaeys G; Roncero C; Simonova M; Sperl J; Tait M; Tolmane I; Tomaselli S; van der Valk M; Vince A; Dore GJ; Lazarus JV; Grebely J, 2018, 'Restrictions for reimbursement of interferon-free direct-acting antiviral drugs for HCV infection in Europe', Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 125 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30284-4

Pierce M; Bird SM; Hickman M; Marsden J; Dunn G; Seddon T; Millar T, 2018, 'Effect of initiating drug treatment on the risk of drug-related poisoning death and acquisitive crime among offending heroin users', International Journal of Drug Policy, 51, pp. 42 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.09.017

Fraser H; Zibbell J; Hoerger T; Hariri S; Vellozzi C; Martin NK; Kral AH; Hickman M; Ward JW; Vickerman P, 2018, 'Scaling-up HCV prevention and treatment interventions in rural United States—model projections for tackling an increasing epidemic', Addiction, 113, pp. 173 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13948

Trickey A; Fraser H; Lim AG; Walker J; Peacock A; Colledge S; Leung J; Grebely J; Larney S; Degenhardt L; Hickman M; May M; Vickerman P, 2018, 'Comparing the prevention gains of different treatment strategies at the global, regional, and country level: a modelling study', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. S179 - S180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(18)30571-3

Trickey A; Fraser H; Lim AG; Walker J; Peacock A; Colledge S; Leung J; Grebely J; Larney S; Degenhardt L; Hickman M; Vickerman P, 2018, 'The contribution of injecting drug use to Hepatitis C virus transmission globally, regionally, and at country level: a modelling study', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. S179 - S179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(18)30570-1

Mooney JD; Holmes J; Gavens L; De Vocht F; Hickman M; Lock K; Brennan A, 2017, 'Investigating local policy drivers for alcohol harm prevention: A comparative case study of two local authorities in England', BMC Public Health, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4841-3

Mcgovern R; Addison MT; Newham JJ; Hickman M; Kaner EF, 2017, 'Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for reducing parental substance misuse', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012823

MacGregor L; Martin NK; Mukandavire C; Hickson F; Weatherburn P; Hickman M; Vickerman P, 2017, 'Behavioural, not biological, factors drive the HCV epidemic among HIV-positive MSM: HCV and HIV modelling analysis including HCV treatment-as-prevention impact', International Journal of Epidemiology, 46, pp. 1582 - 1592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx075

Hammerton G; Mahedy L; Murray J; Maughan B; Edwards AC; Kendler KS; Hickman M; Heron J, 2017, 'Effects of Excessive Alcohol Use on Antisocial Behavior Across Adolescence and Early Adulthood', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 56, pp. 857 - 865, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2017.07.781

Pierce M; Hayhurst K; Bird SM; Hickman M; Seddon T; Dunn G; Millar T, 2017, 'Insights into the link between drug use and criminality: Lifetime offending of criminally-active opiate users', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 179, pp. 309 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.07.024

Larney S; Hickman M; Guy R; Grebely J; Dore GJ; Gray RT; Day CA; Kimber J; Degenhardt L, 2017, 'Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia', BMC Public Health, 17, pp. 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4785-7

Kaner EFS; Beyer FR; Garnett C; Crane D; Brown J; Muirhead C; Redmore J; O'Donnell A; Newham JJ; de Vocht F; Hickman M; Brown H; Maniatopoulos G; Michie S, 2017, 'Personalised digital interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in community-dwelling populations', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011479.pub2

Platt L; Minozzi S; Reed J; Vickerman P; Hagan H; French C; Jordan A; Degenhardt L; Hope V; Hutchinson S; Maher L; Palmateer N; Taylor A; Bruneau J; Hickman M, 2017, 'Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017, pp. cd012021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012021.pub2

Grebely J; Bruneau J; Bruggmann P; Harris M; Hickman M; Rhodes T; Treloar C, 2017, 'Elimination of hepatitis C virus infection among PWID: The beginning of a new era of interferon-free DAA therapy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 26 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.08.001

Grebely J; Bruneau J; Lazarus JV; Dalgard O; Bruggmann P; Treloar C; Hickman M; Hellard M; Roberts T; Crooks L; Midgard H; Larney S; Degenhardt L; Alho H; Byrne J; Dillon JF; Feld JJ; Foster G; Goldberg D; Lloyd AR; Reimer J; Robaeys G; Torrens M; Wright N; Maremmani I; Norton BL; Litwin AH; Dore GJ, 2017, 'Research priorities to achieve universal access to hepatitis C prevention, management and direct-acting antiviral treatment among people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 51 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.019

Lyndon A; Audrey S; Wells C; Burnell ES; Ingle S; Hill R; Hickman M; Henderson G, 2017, 'Risk to heroin users of polydrug use of pregabalin or gabapentin', Addiction, 112, pp. 1580 - 1589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13843

de Vocht F; Tilling K; Pliakas T; Angus C; Egan M; Brennan A; Campbell R; Hickman M, 2017, 'The intervention effect of local alcohol licensing policies on hospital admission and crime: A natural experiment using a novel Bayesian synthetic time-series method', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71, pp. 912 - 918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-208931

Nambiar D; Stoové M; Hickman M; DIetze P, 2017, 'A prospective cohort study of hospital separations among people who inject drugs in Australia: 2008-2013', BMJ Open, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014854

Marsden J; Stillwell G; Jones H; Cooper A; Eastwood B; Farrell M; Lowden T; Maddalena N; Metcalfe C; Shaw J; Hickman M, 2017, 'Does exposure to opioid substitution treatment in prison reduce the risk of death after release? A national prospective observational study in England', Addiction, 112, pp. 1408 - 1418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13779

Taylor M; Collin SM; Munafò MR; MacLeod J; Hickman M; Heron J, 2017, 'Patterns of cannabis use during adolescence and their association with harmful substance use behaviour: Findings from a UK birth cohort', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71, pp. 764 - 770, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2016-208503

Martin NK; Vickerman P; Hickman M, 2017, 'How to eliminate HCV infection by antiviral treatment', Journal of Hepatology, 67, pp. 5 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.03.008

Stone J; Martin NK; Hickman M; Hutchinson SJ; Aspinall E; Taylor A; Munro A; Dunleavy K; Peters E; Bramley P; Hayes PC; Goldberg DJ; Vickerman P, 2017, 'Modelling the impact of incarceration and prison-based hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment on HCV transmission among people who inject drugs in Scotland', Addiction, 112, pp. 1302 - 1314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13783

Hickman M; Grebely J; Bruneau J; Coffin P; Degenhardt L; Hutchinson S; Larney S; Martin N; Treloar C; Vickerman P, 2017, 'New developments and opportunities for preventing hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who use and inject drugs—announcing an Addiction series', Addiction, 112, pp. 1126 - 1127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13847

Derges J; Kidger J; Fox F; Campbell R; Kaner E; Hickman M, 2017, 'Alcohol screening and brief interventions for adults and young people in health and community-based settings: A qualitative systematic literature review', BMC Public Health, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4476-4

Mahedy L; Hammerton G; Teyhan A; Edwards AC; Kendler KS; Moore SC; Hickman M; MacLeod J; Heron J, 2017, 'Parental alcohol use and risk of behavioral and emotional problems in offspring', Plos One, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178862

Mukandavire C; Low A; Mburu G; Trickey A; May MT; Davies CF; French CE; Looker KJ; Rhodes T; Platt L; Guise A; Hickman M; Vickerman P, 2017, 'Impact of opioid substitution therapy on the HIV prevention benefit of antiretroviral therapy for people who inject drugs', AIDS, 31, pp. 1181 - 1190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001458

Kesten JM; Ayres R; Neale J; Clark J; Vickerman P; Hickman M; Redwood S, 2017, 'Rejoinder to: Implementation of low dead space syringes in response to an outbreak of HIV among people who inject drugs: A response to Kesten et al.', International Journal of Drug Policy, 43, pp. 142 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.01.017

Cheng HY; Elbers RG; Higgins JPT; Taylor A; MacArthur GJ; McGuinness L; Dawson S; López-López JA; Cowlishaw S; Hickman M; Kessler D, 2017, 'Therapeutic interventions for alcohol dependence in non-inpatient settings: A systematic review and network meta-analysis (protocol)', Systematic Reviews, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0462-2

Troy DM; Attwood AS; Maynard OM; Scott-Samuel NE; Hickman M; Marteau TM; Munafò MR, 2017, 'Effect of glass markings on drinking rate in social alcohol drinkers', European Journal of Public Health, 27, pp. 352 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw142

Taylor M; Sullivan J; Ring SM; Macleod J; Hickman M, 2017, 'Assessment of rates of recanting and hair testing as a biological measure of drug use in a general population sample of young people', Addiction, 112, pp. 477 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13645

Taylor M; Lees R; Henderson G; Lingford-Hughes A; Macleod J; Sullivan J; Hickman M, 2017, 'Comparison of cannabinoids in hair with self-reported cannabis consumption in heavy, light and non-cannabis users', Drug and Alcohol Review, 36, pp. 220 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12412

Larney S; Peacock A; Mathers BM; Hickman M; Degenhardt L; Peacock A, 2017, 'A systematic review of injecting-related injury and disease among people who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 171, pp. 39 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.11.029

Hickman M; Martin NK; Huxtable R, 2017, 'Hepatitis C virus prevention and treatment prioritization—ethical, economic and evidential dimensions of early rather than delayed treatment for people who inject drugs', Addiction, 112, pp. 201 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13521

De Vocht F; Heron J; Campbell R; Egan M; Mooney JD; Angus C; Brennan A; Hickman M, 2017, 'Testing the impact of local alcohol licencing policies on reported crime rates in England', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71, pp. 137 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2016-207753

Kesten JM; Ayres R; Neale J; Clark J; Vickerman P; Hickman M; Redwood S, 2017, 'Acceptability of low dead space syringes and implications for their introduction: A qualitative study in the West of England', International Journal of Drug Policy, 39, pp. 99 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.09.005

MacArthur GJ; Jacob N; Pound P; Hickman M; Campbell R, 2017, 'Among friends: a qualitative exploration of the role of peers in young people's alcohol use using Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, field and capital', Sociology of Health and Illness, 39, pp. 30 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12467

Fraser H; Mukandavire C; Martin NK; Hickman M; Cohen MS; Miller WC; Vickerman P, 2017, 'HIV treatment as prevention among people who inject drugs – A re-evaluation of the evidence', International Journal of Epidemiology, 46, pp. 466 - 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyw180

Trickey A; May MT; Davies C; Qureshi H; Hamid S; Mahmood H; Saeed Q; Hickman M; Glass N; Averhoff F; Vickerman P, 2017, 'Importance and contribution of community, social, and healthcare risk factors for hepatitis C infection in Pakistan', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97, pp. 1920 - 1928, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0019

Hayhurst KP; Pierce M; Hickman M; Seddon T; Dunn G; Keane J; Millar T, 2017, 'Pathways through opiate use and offending: A systematic review', International Journal of Drug Policy, 39, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.08.015

Li JJ; Savage JE; Kendler KS; Hickman M; Mahedy L; Macleod J; Kaprio J; Rose RJ; Dick DM, 2017, 'Polygenic risk, personality dimensions, and adolescent alcohol use problems: A longitudinal study', Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78, pp. 442 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2017.78.442

Edwards AC; Heron J; Vladimirov V; Wolen AR; Adkins DE; Aliev F; Hickman M; Kendler KS, 2017, 'The Rate of Change in Alcohol Misuse Across Adolescence is Heritable', Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 41, pp. 57 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.13262

White J; Hawkins J; Madden K; Grant A; Er V; Angel L; Pickles T; Kelson M; Fletcher A; Murphy S; Midgley L; Eccles G; Cox G; Hollingworth W; Campbell R; Hickman M; Bonell C; Moore L, 2017, 'Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to FRANK drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST + FRANK): intervention development, refinement and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial', Public Health Research, 5, pp. 1 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/phr05070

Platt L; Sweeney S; Ward Z; Guinness L; Hickman M; Hope V; Hutchinson S; Maher L; Iversen J; Craine N; Taylor A; Munro A; Parry J; Smith J; Vickerman P, 2017, 'Assessing the impact and cost-effectiveness of needle/syringe provision and opiate substitution therapy on hepatitis C transmission among people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom: analysis of pooled datasets and economic modelling', Public Health Research, 5, pp. 1 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/phr05050

Degenhardt L; Peacock A; Colledge S; Leung J; Grebely J; Vickerman P; Stone J; Cunningham EB; Trickey A; Dumchev K; Lynskey M; Griffiths P; Mattick RP; Hickman M; Larney S, 2017, 'Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review', LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH, 5, pp. E1192 - E1207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30375-3

Larney S; Peacock A; Leung J; Colledge S; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Grebely J; Dumchev KV; Griffiths P; Hines L; Cunningham EB; Mattick RP; Lynskey M; Marsden J; Strang J; Degenhardt L, 2017, 'Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review', LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH, 5, pp. E1208 - E1220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30373-X

Aspinall EJ; Mitchell W; Schofield J; Cairns A; Lamond S; Bramley P; Peters SE; Valerio H; Tomnay J; Goldberg DJ; Mills PR; Barclay ST; Fraser A; Dillon JF; Martin NK; Hickman M; Hutchinson SJ, 2016, 'A matched comparison study of hepatitis C treatment outcomes in the prison and community setting, and an analysis of the impact of prison release or transfer during therapy', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 23, pp. 1009 - 1016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12580

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