By Professor Nadine Ezard

Journal articles

Black E; Mammen K; Deacon RM; Ezard N; Mills L; Dunlop AJ; Montebello M; Reid D; Childs S; Bruno R; Shakeshaft A; Siefried KJ; Farrell M; Holmes J; Lintzeris N, 2023, 'Health and social characteristics of clients reporting amphetamine type substance use at entry to public alcohol and other drug services in New South Wales, Australia, 2016–2019', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 389 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13588

Siefried KJ; Freeman G; Roberts DM; Lindsey R; Rodgers C; Ezard N; Brett J, 2023, 'Inpatient GHB withdrawal management in an inner-city hospital in Sydney, Australia: a retrospective medical record review', Psychopharmacology, 240, pp. 127 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-022-06283-6

Freeman G; Siefried KJ; Roberts DM; Rodgers C; Nic Ionmhain U; Ramanathan J; Ezard N; Brett J, 2023, 'Phenobarbital to manage severe gamma-hydroxybutyrate withdrawal: A case series', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 27 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13556

Kane JC; Kamanga M; Skavenski S; Murray LK; Shawa M; Bwalya B; Metz K; Paul R; Mushabati N; Ventevogel P; Haddad S; Kilbane G; Sienkiewicz M; Chibemba V; Chiluba P; Mtongo N; Chibwe M; Figge CJ; Alto M; Mwanza D; Mupinde E; Kakumbi S; Tol WA; Vaughan K; Banda Z; Busse A; Ezard N; Zulu A; Loongo H; Greene MC, 2023, 'Testing a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Intervention Approach for Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Humanitarian Settings: Protocol of the Ukuundapwa Chapamo Randomised Controlled Trial', Intervention, 21, pp. 58 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/intv.intv_21_22

Conigrave JH; Wilson S; Conigrave KM; Chikritzhs T; Hayman N; Dawson A; Ali R; Perry J; Fitts MS; Degenhardt L; Doyle M; Egert S; Slade T; Ezard N; Dzidowska M; Lee KSK, 2022, '‘The Drug Survey App’: a protocol for developing and validating an interactive population survey tool for drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians', Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13722-022-00298-2

Acheson LS; Ezard N; Lintzeris N; Dunlop A; Brett J; Rodgers C; Gill A; Christmass M; McKetin R; Farrell M; Shoptaw S; Siefried KJ, 2022, 'Lisdexamfetamine for the treatment of acute methamphetamine withdrawal: A pilot feasibility and safety trial', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 241, pp. 109692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109692

Miller P; Vakidis T; Taylor N; Baker T; Stella J; Egerton-Warburton D; Hyder S; Staiger P; Bowe SJ; Shepherd J; Zordan R; Walby A; Jones ML; Caldicott D; Barker D; Hall M; Doran CM; Ezard N; Preisz P; Havard A; Shakeshaft A; Akhlaghi H; Kloot K; Lowry N; Bumpstead S, 2022, 'Most common principal diagnoses assigned to Australian emergency department presentations involving alcohol use: a multi-centre study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46, pp. 903 - 909, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13303

Acheson LS; Ezard N; Lintzeris N; Dunlop A; Brett J; Rodgers C; Gill A; Christmass M; McKetin R; Farrell M; Shoptaw S; Siefried KJ, 2022, 'Trial protocol of an open label pilot study of lisdexamfetamine for the treatment of acute methamphetamine withdrawal', Plos One, 17, pp. e0275371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275371

Freestone J; Prestage G; Bourne A; Ezard N; Race K; Nedanoski A; Murray J; Siefried KJ, 2022, 'Controlling for pleasure and risk: The experiences of sexuality and gender diverse people who use GHB', International Journal of Drug Policy, 105, pp. 103747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103747

Brener L; Caruana T; Broady T; Cama E; Ezard N; Madden A; Treloar C, 2022, 'Addressing injecting related risks among people who inject both opioids and stimulants: Findings from an Australian survey of people who inject drugs', Addictive Behaviors Reports, 15, pp. 100398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100398

Siefried KJ; Ezard N; Christmass M; Haber P; Ali R, 2022, 'A clinical research priority setting study for issues related to the use of methamphetamine and emerging drugs of concern in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 309 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13350

Smith JL; Soderstrom J; Dawson A; Alfred S; Greene S; Isoardi K; McCutcheon D; Oosthuizen F; Ezard N; Burcham J; Fatovich DM, 2022, 'The Emerging Drugs Network of Australia: A toxicosurveillance system of illicit and emerging drugs in the emergency department', EMA Emergency Medicine Australasia, 34, pp. 58 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13839

Acheson LS; Williams BH; Farrell M; McKetin R; Ezard N; Siefried KJ, 2022, 'Pharmacological treatment for methamphetamine withdrawal: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13511

Greene MC; Haddad S; Busse A; Ezard N; Ventevogel P; Demis L; Inoue S; Gumm JC; Campello G; Tol WA; Kane JC, 2021, 'Priorities for addressing substance use disorder in humanitarian settings', Conflict and Health, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13031-021-00407-z

Acheson LS; Siefried KJ; Clifford B; Murray E; Steele M; Clague L; Malone V; Roberts DM; Ferguson LJ; Matthews GV; Ezard N, 2021, 'One-third of people who inject drugs are at risk of incomplete treatment for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a retrospective medical record review', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 112, pp. 63 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.012

Peacock A; Gibbs D; Price O; Barratt MJ; Ezard N; Sutherland R; Hill PL; Grigg J; Lenton S; Page R; Salom C; Hughes C; Bruno R, 2021, 'Profile and correlates of colorimetric reagent kit use among people who use ecstasy/MDMA and other illegal stimulants in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103334

Ezard N; Clifford B; Dunlop A; Bruno R; Carr A; Liu Z; Siefried KJ; Lintzeris N, 2021, 'Safety and tolerability of oral lisdexamfetamine in adults with methamphetamine dependence: A phase-2 dose-escalation study', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e044696, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044696

Lewer D; Jones NR; Hickman M; Larney S; Ezard N; Nielsen S; Degenhardt L, 2020, 'Risk of discharge against medical advice among hospital inpatients with a history of opioid agonist therapy in New South Wales, Australia: A cohort study and nested crossover-cohort analysis', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108343

Reilly R; Wand H; McKetin R; Quinn B; Ezard N; Dunlop A; Conigrave K; Treloar C; Roe Y; Gray D; Stephens J; Ward J, 2020, 'Survey methods and characteristics of a sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous people who have recently used methamphetamine: the NIMAC survey', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 646 - 655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13085

Dunlop A; Lokuge B; Masters D; Sequeira M; Saul P; Dunlop G; Ryan J; Hall M; Ezard N; Haber P; Lintzeris N; Maher L, 2020, 'Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic', Harm Reduction Journal, 17, pp. 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-020-00370-7

Siefried KJ; Acheson LS; Lintzeris N; Ezard N, 2020, 'Pharmacological treatment of methamphetamine/amphetamine dependence: a systematic review', CNS Drugs, 34, pp. 337 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40263-020-00711-x

Bajis S; Grebely J; Hajarizadeh B; Applegate T; Marshall AD; Ellen Harrod M; Byrne J; Bath N; Read P; Edwards M; Gorton C; Hayllar J; Cock V; Peterson S; Thomson C; Weltman M; Jefferies M; Wood W; Haber P; Ezard N; Martinello M; Maher L; Dore GJ; Peolim L; How-Chow D; Telenta J; Harvey P; Jones S; Dunlop A; Treloar C; Samuel Y; Poeder F; Crawford S; Baxter A; Keats J; Mowat Y; Silk D; Micallef M; Tamaddoni M; Marks P; Lamoury F; Jayasinghe I; Reid H; Cunningham EB; Bartlett S; Jacka B; Erratt A; Jauncey M; Collie P; Lam T; Gilliver R; Hazelwood S; Houlihan N; Burns C; Lewis R; Morris D; Donohue K; Carthew A; Horasak N; Cherry R; Shin S; Peterson D; Sellwood T; McKeown W; Pritchard-Jones J; Smyth F; Adey S; Clark K; Grebely J; Applegate T; Hajarizadeh B; Edwards M, 2020, 'Hepatitis C virus testing, liver disease assessment and treatment uptake among people who inject drugs pre- and post-universal access to direct-acting antiviral treatment in Australia: The LiveRLife study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 27, pp. 281 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13233

Lintzeris N; Monds LA; Bravo M; Read P; Harrod ME; Gilliver R; Wood W; Nielsen S; Dietze PM; Lenton S; Shanahan M; Jauncey M; Jefferies M; Hazelwood S; Dunlop AJ; Greenaway M; Haber P; Ezard N; Malcom A, 2020, 'Designing, implementing and evaluating the overdose response with take-home naloxone model of care: An evaluation of client outcomes and perspectives', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 55 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13015

Ramachandran A; Makhashvili N; Javakhishvili J; Karachevskyy A; Kharchenko N; Shpiker M; Ezard N; Fuhr DC; Roberts B, 2019, 'Alcohol use among conflict-affected persons in Ukraine: Risk factors, coping and access to mental health services', European Journal of Public Health, 29, pp. 1141 - 1146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz117

Miller P; Droste N; Egerton-Warburton D; Caldicott D; Fulde G; Ezard N; Preisz P; Walby A; Lloyd-Jones M; Stella J; Sheridan M; Baker T; Hall M; Shakeshaft A; Havard A; Bowe S; Staiger PK; D'Este C; Doran C; Coomber K; Hyder S; Barker D; Shepherd J, 2019, 'Driving change: A partnership study protocol using shared emergency department data to reduce alcohol-related harm', EMA Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31, pp. 942 - 947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13266

Malone V; Ezard N; Clifford B; Middleton S; McInnes E; Bonevski B, 2019, 'A systems change intervention for nurse-led smoking cessation care in hospitals', Collegian, 26, pp. 235 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2018.07.007

Reilly R; McKetin R; Wand H; Butt J; Smout M; Ezard N; Conigrave K; Clark Y; Quinn B; Treloar C; Gray D; Dunlop A; Roe Y; Ward J, 2019, 'A web-based therapeutic program (We Can Do This) for reducing methamphetamine use and increasing help-seeking among aboriginal and torres strait islander people: Protocol for a randomized wait-list controlled trial', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/14084

Bajis S; Maher L; Treloar C; Hajarizadeh B; Lamoury FMJ; Mowat Y; Schulz M; Marshall AD; Cunningham EB; Cock V; Ezard N; Gorton C; Hayllar J; Smith J; Whelan M; Martinello M; Applegate TL; Dore GJ; Grebely J, 2018, 'Acceptability and preferences of point-of-care finger-stick whole-blood and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 61, pp. 23 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.011

Ezard N; Dunlop A; Hall M; Ali R; McKetin R; Bruno R; Phung N; Carr A; White J; Clifford B; Liu Z; Shanahan M; Dolan K; Baker AL; Lintzeris N, 2018, 'LiMA: A study protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trial of lisdexamfetamine for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence', BMJ Open, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020723

Lamoury FMJ; Bajis S; Hajarizadeh B; Marshall AD; Martinello M; Ivanova E; Catlett B; Mowat Y; Marks P; Amin J; Smith J; Ezard N; Cock V; Hayllar J; Persing DH; Kleman M; Cunningham P; Dore GJ; Applegate TL; Grebely J, 2018, 'Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load Finger-Stick Point-of-Care Assay', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217, pp. 1889 - 1896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy114

Atkinson JA; Knowles D; Wiggers J; Livingston M; Room R; Prodan A; Mcdonnell G; O’Donnell E; Jones S; Haber PS; Muscatello D; Ezard N; Phung N; Freebairn L; Indig D; Rychetnik L; Ananthapavan J; Wutzke S; Conigrave K; Rissel C; Coates P; Moore R; Gupta L; Renshaw F; Price K; Mitchell J; Whitlam G; Lewis N; Heffernan M; Lambert M; Redman S; Shiell A; Penza L; Wilson A, 2018, 'Harnessing advances in computer simulation to inform policy and planning to reduce alcohol-related harms', International Journal of Public Health, 63, pp. 537 - 546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-1041-y

Ezard N; Webb B; Clifford B; Cecilio ME; Jellie A; Lea T; Rodgers C; Ruth S; Bruno R, 2018, 'Substance Use and Sex Index (SUSI): First stage development of an assessment tool to measure behaviour change in sexualised drug use for substance use treatment studies', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 165 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.03.020

Ezard N; Cecilio ME; Clifford B; Baldry E; Burns L; Day CA; Shanahan M; Dolan K, 2018, 'A managed alcohol program in Sydney, Australia: Acceptability, cost-savings and non-beverage alcohol use', Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, pp. S184 - S194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12702

Brener L; Lea T; Rance J; Wilson H; Bryant J; Ezard N, 2018, 'Providing a model of health care service to stimulant users in Sydney', Drugs Education Prevention and Policy, 25, pp. 130 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2016.1221061

Barratt MJ; Bruno R; Ezard N; Ritter A, 2018, 'Pill testing or drug checking in Australia: Acceptability of service design features', Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, pp. 226 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12576

Alammehrjerdi Z; Ezard N; Dolan K, 2018, 'Methamphetamine dependence in methadone treatment services in Iran: the first literature review of a new health concern', Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 31, pp. 49 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2018.01.001

Lo J; Patel P; Shultz JM; Ezard N; Roberts B, 2017, 'A Systematic Review on Harmful Alcohol Use Among Civilian Populations Affected by Armed Conflict in Low- and Middle-Income Countries', Substance Use and Misuse, 52, pp. 1494 - 1510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2017.1289411

Grebely J; Lamoury FMJ; Hajarizadeh B; Mowat Y; Marshall AD; Bajis S; Marks P; Amin J; Smith J; Edwards M; Gorton C; Ezard N; Persing D; Kleman M; Cunningham P; Catlett B; Dore GJ; Applegate TL, 2017, 'Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load point-of-care assay from venepuncture-collected and finger-stick capillary whole-blood samples: a cohort study', Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2, pp. 514 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30075-4

Bonomo Y; Ezard N; Reynolds A, 2017, 'Role of physicians in the management of substance use disorders', Internal Medicine Journal, 47, pp. 158 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.13345

Alammehrjerdi Z; Ezard N; Clare P; Dolan K, 2017, 'Methamphetamine use disorder untreated among women in methadone treatment in Iran', Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijpbs.7861

Bajis S; Lamoury F; Applegate TL; Maher L; Treloar C; Mowat Y; Schulz M; Hajarizadeh B; Marshall A; Cunningham E; Cock V; Ezard N; Gorton C; Hayllar J; Smith J; Dore GJ; Grebely J, 2017, 'P4 Acceptability of point of care finger-stick and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs and homeless people', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 13 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30745-7

Malone V; Ezard N; Hodge S; Ferguson L; Schembri A; Bonevski B, 2016, 'Nurse provision of support to help inpatients quit smoking.', Health Promot J Austr, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/HE16082

Ezard N; Dunlop A; Clifford B; Bruno R; Carr A; Bissaker A; Lintzeris N, 2016, 'Study protocol: A dose-escalating, phase-2 study of oral lisdexamfetamine in adults with methamphetamine dependence', BMC Psychiatry, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-1141-x

Alammehrjerdi Z; Ezard N; Clare P; Dolan K, 2016, 'Methamphetamine Use Disorder Untreated among Women in Methadone Treatment in Iran', Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, In Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/ijpbs-7861

Deacon RM; Nielsen S; Leung S; Rivas G; Cubitt T; Monds LA; Ezard N; Larance B; Lintzeris N, 2016, 'Alprazolam use and related harm among opioid substitution treatment clients – 12 months follow up after regulatory rescheduling', International Journal of Drug Policy, 36, pp. 104 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.06.006

Ezard N; Dunlop AJ; Clifford B; Bruno R; Carr A; Bissaker A; Lintzeris N, 2016, 'LISDEX I: DOSE-ESCALATING, PHASE-2 STUDY OF ORAL LISDEXAMFETAMINE IN ADULTS WITH METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 35, pp. 36 - 36, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000398381500098&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Butterfield RJ; Barratt MJ; Ezard N; Day RO, 2016, 'Drug checking to improve monitoring of new psychoactive substances in Australia Drug checking may need to play a part in future public health interventions', MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 204, pp. 144 - +, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.01058

Alammehrjerdi Z; Ezard N; Clare P; Dolan K, 2016, 'Brief Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Methamphetamine Use among Methadone-Maintained Women: A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial', Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy, 7, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-6105.1000294

Ezard N; Hodge S; Dolan K, 2015, 'The development and evaluation of stimulant treatment programmes', Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 28, pp. 280 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000173

Iversen J; Dolan K; Ezard N; Maher L, 2015, 'HIV and hepatitis C virus infection and risk behaviors among heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women who inject drugs in Australia', Lgbt Health, 2, pp. 127 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2014.0116

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