By Professor Sallie Pearson

Journal articles

Campbell G; Tran DT; Bharat CI; Degenhardt L; Draper B; Pearson SA; Gisev N; Havard A, 2025, 'Risk of self-harm and suicide associated with the use of opioid analgesics', British Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10436

Cashin AG; Hansford HJ; Hernán MA; Swanson SA; Lee H; Jones MD; Dahabreh IJ; Dickerman BA; Egger M; Garcia-Albeniz X; Golub RM; Islam N; Lodi S; Moreno-Betancur M; Pearson SA; Schneeweiss S; Sharp MK; Sterne JAC; Stuart EA; McAuley JH, 2025, 'Transparent reporting of observational studies emulating a target trial: the TARGET Statement', BMJ, 390, pp. e087179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-087179

Chidwick K; Bharat C; Gisev N; Havard A; Camacho X; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'Trends in prescription opioid analgesic use in Australia from 2015 to 2022', International Journal of Drug Policy, 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104666

Milder TY; Lin J; Pearson SA; Greenfield JR; Day RO; Stocker SL; Neuen BL; Falster MO; de Oliveira Costa J, 2025, 'Use of, time to, and type of first add-on anti-hyperglycaemic therapy to metformin in Australia, 2018–2022', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 91, pp. 117 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.16231

Wang T; Nguyen L; Tan I; Atkins E; Gnanenthiran S; Falster M; Pearson S; Picone D; Rodgers A; Schutte A, 2025, 'Evaluating the Uptake and Potential Cost Savings of a New 60-Day Dispensing Policy for Antihypertensive Medicines in Australia', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 34, pp. S100 - S101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2025.06.028

Varney B; Brett J; Zoega H; Gillies M; Powell M; Bateman B; Shand A; Pearson S-A; Havard A, 2025, 'Opioid Analgesic Exposure During the First Trimester of Pregnancy and the Risk of Major Congenital Malformations in Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 45, pp. 155 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.aoa.0001125520.48872.fa

Ha J; Buizen L; Wallace H; Ketema D; Sasaki T; Arnott C; Badve S; Costa J; Falster M; Gallagher M; Milder T; Pearson S; Kotwal S; Ronksley P; Woodward M; Neuen B; Jun M, 2025, 'Prevalence, Overlap, and Treatment of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Conditions in Australian Primary Care: Estimates From a National General Practice Dataset', Heart Lung and Circulation, 34, pp. s529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2025.06.676

Falster M; Gillies M; Rodgers A; Schutte A; Picone D; Gianacas C; Leslie F; Pearson S, 2025, 'Who Would Benefit From 60-Day Dispensing of Antihypertensive Medicines?', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 34, pp. S601 - S602, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2025.06.798

Yang O; Zhang Y; To YH; IJzerman MMJ; Liu J; Gibbs P; Trapani K; Pearson SA; Franchini F, 2024, 'Effects of clinical and socioeconomic factors on Medicare and patient costs for colorectal cancer in Australia: a retrospective multivariate regression analysis', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081483

Schaffer AL; Buckley NA; Schumann J; Lim JS; Cairns R; Raubenheimer J; Pearson SA; Chitty K, 2024, 'Patterns of medicine use in the year prior to death by suicide: an Australian population-based case series study', Eclinicalmedicine, 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102858

Tillakeratne S; Pearson SA; Alavi M; Hajarizadeh B; Martinello M; Law M; George J; Amin J; Matthews G; Grebely J; Dore GJ; Valerio H, 2024, 'Trends in viral hepatitis liver-related morbidity and mortality in New South Wales, Australia', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101185

Gillies MB; Chidwick K; Bharat C; Camacho X; Currow D; Gisev N; Degenhardt L; Pearson SA, 2024, 'Long-term prescribed opioid use after hospitalization or emergency department presentation among opioid naïve adults (2014–2020)—A population-based descriptive cohort study', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 90, pp. 2111 - 2123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.16093

Varney B; Brett J; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Powell M; Bateman BT; Shand AW; Pearson SA; Havard A, 2024, 'Opioid analgesic exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy and the risk of major congenital malformations in infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis†', Anaesthesia, 79, pp. 967 - 977, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/anae.16307

Daniels B; Luckett T; Liauw W; Falster MO; Gisev N; Blyth FM; Pearson SA, 2024, 'Trajectories of Opioid Use Before and After Cancer Diagnosis: A Population-Based Cohort Study', Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 68, pp. 282 - 291.e11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.06.006

Gerhardy L; Nassar N; Litchfield M; Kennedy D; Smith A; Gillies MB; Pearson SA; Zoega H; Shand A, 2024, 'Prescription retinoid and contraception use in women in Australia: A population-based study', Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 65, pp. 428 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajd.14294

Zoega H; Falster M; Gillies M; Litchfield M; Camacho X; Bruno C; Daniels B; Donnolley N; Havard A; Schaffer A; Chambers G; Degenhardt L; Dobbins T; Gisev N; Ivers R; Jorm L; Liu B; Vajdic C; Pearson SA, 2024, 'The Medicines Intelligence Data Platform: A Population-Based Data Resource From New South Wales, Australia', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5887

Tuesley KM; Spilsbury K; Webb PM; Pearson SA; Donovan P; Coory MD; Steer CB; Stewart LM; Pandeya N; Protani MM; Dixon-Suen S; Marquart-Wilson L; Jordan SJ, 2024, 'Use of an emulated trial to investigate the association between use of nitrogen-based bisphosphonates and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer', International Journal of Epidemiology, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae108

de Oliveira Costa J; Lin J; Milder TY; Greenfield JR; Day RO; Stocker SL; Neuen BL; Havard A; Pearson SA; Falster MO, 2024, 'Geographic variation in sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use in people with type 2 diabetes in New South Wales, Australia', Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, 26, pp. 2787 - 2795, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.15597

Lin J; De Oliveira Costa J; Pearson SA; Buckley NA; Brieger D; Schutte AE; Schaffer AL; Falster MO, 2024, 'Impact of coordinated care on adherence to antihypertensive medicines among adults experiencing polypharmacy in Australia', Journal of Hypertension, 42, pp. 1248 - 1255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003721

Gillies MB; Camacho X; Bharat C; Buizen L; Blyth F; Currow D; Wilson A; Degenhardt L; Gisev N; Pearson SA, 2024, 'Oxycodone initiation in Australia (2014–2018): Sociodemographic factors and preceding health service use', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 90, pp. 1656 - 1666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.16063

Robijn AL; Tran DT; Cohen JM; Donald S; Cesta CE; Furu K; Parkin L; Pearson SA; Reutfors J; Zoega H; Zwar N; Havard A, 2024, 'Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Use in Pregnancy', JAMA Network Open, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19245

Koch FC; Tang M; Walpola R; Aslam M; Pearson SA; Daniels B, 2024, 'Changes in systemic cancer therapy in Australia during the Delta and Omicron waves of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021–2022): a controlled interrupted time series analysis', Public Health Research and Practice, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp34012402

Ali S; Coory M; Donovan P; Na R; Pandeya N; Pearson SA; Spilsbury K; Tuesley K; Jordan SJ; Neale RE, 2024, 'Predicting the risk of pancreatic cancer in women with new-onset diabetes mellitus', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Australia, 39, pp. 1057 - 1064, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.16503

Camacho X; Schaffer AL; Brett J; Pratt N; Buckley NA; Henry D; Pearson SA, 2024, 'Quality use of publicly subsidised tapentadol in Australia: a population-based analysis', Internal Medicine Journal, 54, pp. 941 - 950, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.16335

Varney B; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Gisev N; Weston Shand A; Pearson SA; Havard A, 2024, 'Prevalence and Persistence of Prescription Opioid Use Following Hospital Discharge after Childbirth: An Australian Population-Based Cohort Study', Anesthesia and Analgesia, 138, pp. 970 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000006582

Yu J; Arnott C; Li Q; Di Tanna GL; Tian M; Huang L; Yin X; Zhang X; Pearson SA; Labarthe DR; Elliott P; Yan LL; Zhou B; Wu Y; Neal B, 2024, 'Secondary Analysis of the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS): Effects of Potassium-Enriched Salt on Cardiac Outcomes', Hypertension, 81, pp. 1031 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.22410

Tran DT; Falster MO; Pearse J; Mazevska D; McElduff P; Pearson S; van Gool KC; Hall J; Jorm L, 2024, 'The Australian Health Care Homes trial: quality of care and patient outcomes. A propensity score-matched cohort study', Medical Journal of Australia, 220, pp. 372 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52266

Hopkins RE; Bharat C; Buizen L; Close J; Ivers R; Draper B; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L; Gisev N, 2024, 'Age-Related Risk of Serious Fall Events and Opioid Analgesic Use', JAMA Internal Medicine, 184, pp. 394 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8154

Bruno C; Cesta CE; Hjellvik V; Ulrichsen SP; Bjørk MH; Esen BÖ; Gillies MB; Gissler M; Havard A; Karlstad Ø; Leinonen MK; Nørgaard M; Pearson SA; Reutfors J; Furu K; Cohen JM; Zoega H, 2024, 'Antipsychotic use during pregnancy and risk of specific neurodevelopmental disorders and learning difficulties in children: a multinational cohort study', Eclinicalmedicine, 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102531

Tran DT; Robijn AL; Varney B; Zoega H; Brew BK; Chambers GM; Falster K; Lingam R; Pearson SA; Havard A, 2024, 'Data Resource Profile: The Early Life Course data platform for research on perinatal and early childhood exposures and outcomes in Australia', International Journal of Epidemiology, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae045

Koch FC; Olivier J; Brett J; Buckley NA; Gisev N; Pearson S; Daniels B, 2024, 'The impact of tightened prescribing restrictions for PBS-subsidised opioid medicines and the introduction of half-pack sizes, Australia, 2020–21: an interrupted time series analysis', Medical Journal of Australia, 220, pp. 315 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52257

Stehlik P; Dowsett C; Camacho X; Falster MO; Lim R; Nasreen S; Pratt NL; Pearson SA; Henry D, 2024, 'Evolution of the data and methods in real-world COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies on mortality: a scoping review protocol', BMJ Open, 14, pp. e079071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079071

Jones AR; Currie D; Peng C; Ebeling PR; Center JR; Duque G; Lybrand S; Lyubomirsky G; Mitchell RJ; Pearson S; Seibel MJ; Occhipinti JA, 2024, 'Expanding access to fracture liaison services in Australia for people with minimal trauma fractures: a system dynamics modelling study', Medical Journal of Australia, 220, pp. 243 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52241

Ho C; Ha NT; Youens D; Abhayaratna WP; Bulsara MK; Hughes JD; Mishra G; Pearson SA; Preen DB; Reid CM; Ruiter R; Saunders CM; Stricker BH; van Rooij FJA; Wright C; Moorin R, 2024, 'Association between long-term use of calcium channel blockers (CCB) and the risk of breast cancer: a retrospective longitudinal observational study protocol', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080982

Peiris D; Feyer AM; Barnard J; Billot L; Bouckley T; Campain A; Cordery D; de Souza A; Downey L; Elshaug AG; Ford B; Hanfy H; Hales L; Khalaj BH; Huckel Schneider C; Inglis J; Jan S; Jorm L; Landon B; Lujic S; Mulley J; Pearson SA; Schierhout G; Sivaprakash P; Stanton C; Stephens A; Willcox D, 2024, 'Overcoming silos in health care systems through meso-level organisations – a case study of health reforms in New South Wales, Australia', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101013

Lord SJ; Daniels B; O'Connell DL; Kiely BE; Beith J; Smith AL; Pearson SA; Chiew KL; Bulsara MK; Houssami N, 2024, 'Decline in the Incidence of Distant Recurrence of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Health Record Linkage Study, Australia 2001-2016', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 33, pp. 314 - 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-23-0942

Neuen BL; Heerspink HJL; Vart P; Claggett BL; Fletcher RA; Arnott C; de Oliveira Costa J; Falster MO; Pearson SA; Mahaffey KW; Neal B; Agarwal R; Bakris G; Perkovic V; Solomon SD; Vaduganathan M, 2024, 'Estimated Lifetime Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Mortality Benefits of Combination Treatment With SGLT2 Inhibitors, GLP-1 Receptor Agonists, and Nonsteroidal MRA Compared With Conventional Care in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Albuminuria', Circulation, 149, pp. 450 - 462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067584

Ali S; Coory M; Donovan P; Na R; Pandeya N; Pearson SA; Spilsbury K; Stewart LM; Thompson B; Tuesley K; Waterhouse M; Webb PM; Jordan SJ; Neale RE, 2024, 'Association between unstable diabetes mellitus and risk of pancreatic cancer', Pancreatology, 24, pp. 66 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pan.2023.11.009

Brikell I; Yao H; Li L; Astrup A; Gao L; Gillies MB; Xie T; Zhang-James Y; Dalsgaard S; Engeland A; Faraone SV; Haavik J; Hartman C; Ip P; Jakobsdóttir Smári U; Larsson H; Man KK; de Oliveira Costa J; Pearson SA; Hostrup Nielsen NP; Snieder H; Wimberley T; Wong IC; Zhang L; Zoega H; Klungsøyr K; Chang Z, 2024, 'ADHD medication discontinuation and persistence across the lifespan: a retrospective observational study using population-based databases', Lancet Psychiatry, 11, pp. 16 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00332-2

Lord SJ; Kiely BE; O'Connell DL; Daniels B; Beith J; Smith AL; Pearson SA; Chiew KL; Bulsara MK; Houssami N, 2024, 'Characteristics and post-metastasis survival of recurrent metastatic breast cancer over time – An Australian population-based record linkage study, 2001–2016', European Journal of Cancer, 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113468

Reppermund S; Srasuebkul P; Vajdic CM; Pearson SA; Moorin RE; Trollor JN, 2024, 'Cohort profile: understanding health service system needs for people with intellectual disability using linked data in New South Wales, Australia', Epidemiology and Health, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2024054

, 2024, 'Correction to “A data‐informed approach using individualised dispensing patterns to estimate medicine exposure periods and dose from pharmaceutical claims data”', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 33, pp. e5714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5714

Varney B; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Gisev N; Shand AW; Pearson S-A; Havard A, 2024, 'Prevalence and Persistence of Prescription Opioid Use Following Hospital Discharge After Childbirth: An Australian Population-Based Cohort Study', Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 44, pp. 236 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.aoa.0001080308.34895.4e

Wallace H; Wick J; Ketema DB; Neuen BL; Jardine M; Lin J; Nelson CL; Pearson S; Peiris D; Woodward M; Ronksley PE; Gallagher MP; Kotwal SS; Jun M, 2024, 'Use of SGLT2 Inhibitors and Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonists in Australian Primary Care Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) Stratified by CKD Status', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35, pp. 10.1681/asn.2024f7q40fk1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.2024f7q40fk1

de Oliveira Costa J; Pearson SA; Brieger D; Lujic S; Shawon MSR; Jorm LR; van Gool K; Falster MO, 2023, 'In-hospital outcomes by insurance type among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions for acute myocardial infarction in New South Wales public hospitals', International Journal for Equity in Health, 22, pp. 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02030-1

Liu B; Stepien S; Dobbins T; Gidding H; Henry D; Korda R; Mills L; Pearson SA; Pratt N; Vajdic CM; Welsh J; Macartney K, 2023, 'Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination against COVID-19 specific and all-cause mortality in older Australians: a population based study', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100928

Brett J; Gillies MB; Buckley NA; Pearson SA; Zoega H, 2023, 'Patterns of suboptimal antipsychotic use and misuse in Australia: What can routinely collected data tell us?', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 89, pp. 3411 - 3420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15821

Tuesley KM; Spilsbury K; Webb PM; Protani MM; Dixon-Suen S; Pearson SA; Donovan P; Coory MD; Steer CB; Stewart LM; Pandeya N; Jordan SJ, 2023, 'Association between antihypertensive medicine use and risk of ovarian cancer in women aged 50 years and older', Cancer Epidemiology, 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2023.102444

Daniels B; Aslam M; van Leeuwen MT; Brown M; Hunt L; Gurney H; Tang M; Pearson SA; Vajdic CM, 2023, 'Prevalence of Australians exposed to potentially cardiotoxic cancer medicines: a population-based cohort study', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 39, pp. 100872, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100872

Hansford HJ; Cashin AG; Jones MD; Swanson SA; Islam N; Douglas SRG; Rizzo RRN; Devonshire JJ; Williams SA; Dahabreh IJ; Dickerman BA; Egger M; Garcia-Albeniz X; Golub RM; Lodi S; Moreno-Betancur M; Pearson SA; Schneeweiss S; Sterne JAC; Sharp MK; Stuart EA; Hernán MA; Lee H; McAuley JH, 2023, 'Reporting of Observational Studies Explicitly Aiming to Emulate Randomized Trials: A Systematic Review', JAMA Network Open, 6, pp. E2336023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.36023

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