Publications

2024

• Hepatitis B clinical care provision in pregnancy: A whole‐of‐population linkage study in Victoria, Australia
  2024 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/jgh.16711

• A pilot project harnessing surveillance systems to support clinicians providing clinical care for people diagnosed with hepatitis C in Victoria, Australia, September 2021 to 31 March 2022
  2024 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.29.2400028; EID: 2-s2.0-85199126817
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85199126817&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Australian vaccine preventable disease epidemiological review series: Hepatitis B, 2000-2019
  2024 | journal-article
  EID: 2-s2.0-85197121455; DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2024.48.44
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85197121455&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Evaluating a novel model of hepatitis B care, Hep B PAST, in the Northern Territory of Australia: results from a prospective, population-based study
  2024 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101116; EID: 2-s2.0-85195557871
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85195557871&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Hepatitis C treatment prescribing in Australia by provider, 2020–2022: the underestimated role of nurse practitioners
  2024 | journal-article
  URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16371

• The cascade of care for hepatitis C in Victoria, Australia: a data linkage cohort study
  2024 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/imj.16361

• Vaccination coverage among people who inject drugs: A systematic review.
  2024 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104382; PMID: 38503233
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/38503233

• The associations between invasive group A streptococcal disease and infection with influenza, varicella, or hepatitis C viruses: A data linkage study, Victoria, Australia
  2024 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.02.012

• Australia falling behind on hepatitis B elimination targets
  2024 | aticle
  URL: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/7/australia-falling-behind-on-hepatitis-b-elimination-targets/ 

• Evaluating a peer-to-peer health education program in Australian public housing communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
  2024 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-10627-7

2023

• Effectiveness of Community-Based Oral Antiviral Treatments Against Severe COVID-19 Outcomes in Victoria, Australia, 2022: An Observational Study
  2023 | other
  DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4495142;

• Global prevalence, cascade of care, and prophylaxis coverage of hepatitis B in 2022: a modelling study
  2023 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/s2468-1253(23)00197-8

• Access to oral COVID ‐19 antivirals in the community: are eligibility criteria and systems ensuring equity?
  2023 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51949

• Progress towards triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: a systematic review
  2023 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100740

• Excess mortality among people with communicable diseases over a 30-year period, Victoria, Australia: a whole of population cohort study
  2023 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100815

• An Intersectional Approach to Hepatitis B
  2023 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20064879
  URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/6/4879 

• Universal testing for hepatitis B must be accompanied by better linkage with care
  2023 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51848

• Missed opportunities for diagnosis of hepatitis B and C in individuals diagnosed with decompensated cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma.
  2023 | journal-article
  PMID: 36866537; DOI: 10.1111/jgh.16162
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36866537

• Mapping the delivery of interventions for vaccine-preventable infections in pregnancy in Victoria, Australia.
  2023 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1071/py22158; PMID: 36740448
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36740448

• Uptake of perinatal immunoprophylaxis for infants born to women with a record of hepatitis B in Victoria (2009–2017)
  2023 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.045

• Associations between COVID ‐19 and hospitalisation with respiratory and non‐respiratory conditions: a record linkage study
  2023 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51778

• Modelling jurisdictional disparities in the cascade of care for chronic hepatitis B in Australia: impact of treatment uptake on mortality.
  2023 | journal-article
  PMID: 36638581; DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2022.100011
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36638581

2022

• Management of COVID‐19 in the community and the role of primary care: how the pandemic has shone light on a fragmented health system
  2022 | journal-article
  URL: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2022/217/9/management-covid-19-community-and-role-primary-care-how-pandemic-has-shone-light 

• Post–COVID-19 syndrome/condition or long COVID: Persistent illness after acute SARS CoV-2 infection
  2022 | journal-article
  URL: https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2022/december/post-covid-19-syndrome-condition-or-long-covid

• Associations between COVID ‐19 and hospitalisation with respiratory and non‐respiratory conditions: a record linkage study
  2022 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51778

• Exploring the Public Health and Social Implications of Future Curative Hepatitis B Interventions.
  2022 | journal-article
  PMID: 36423153; DOI: 10.3390/v14112542
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36423153

• Women with hepatitis B: how mothers with chronic hepatitis B understand and experience the prevention of mother-to-child transmission interventions in Victoria, Australia
  2022 | journal-article
  URL: https://www.publish.csiro.au/PY/PY22014

• Global, regional, and national burden of hepatitis B, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
  2022 | journal-article
  PMC: PMC9349325; DOI: 10.1016/s2468-1253(22)00124-8; PMID: 35738290
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35738290

• Having a Say in Research Directions: The Role of Community Researchers in Participatory Research with Communities of Refugee and Migrant Background
  2022 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084844

• Australian consensus recommendations for the management of hepatitis B
  2022 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51430

• The COVID Positive Pathway: a collaboration between public health agencies, primary care, and metropolitan hospitals in Melbourne
  2022 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51449

• COVID-19 pandemic 2020 - A tertiary Melbourne hospital's experience.
  2022 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/imj.15699; PMID: 35066963
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/35066963

2021

• Performance of hospital-based contact tracing for COVID-19 during Australia's second wave
  2021 | journal-article
  PMC: PMC8457622

• Time for universal hepatitis B screening for Australian adults
  2021 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51114

• Maternal Vaccination and Infant Influenza and Pertussis.
  2021 | journal-article
  PMID: 34446538; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-051076
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34446538

• The price tag of a potential cure for chronic hepatitis B infection: A cost threshold analysis for USA, China and Australia.
  2021 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/liv.15027; PMID: 34328697
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34328697

• A hospital‐wide response to multiple outbreaks of COVID ‐19 in health care workers: lessons learned from the field
  2021 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50850

2020

• Early Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Icelandic Population.
  2020 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2027653; PMID: 33147383
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33147383

• Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
  2020 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(20)30925-9; PMID: 33069326
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33069326

• Impact of general social distancing measures on incidence of influenza in Australia.
  2020 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00507-2020; PMC: PMC7682697; PMID: 33263046
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33263046

• Hepatitis B in the Northern Territory: insights into the changing epidemiology of an ancient condition.
  2020 | journal-article
  PMID: 32975893; DOI: 10.1111/imj.15069
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32975893

• Clinical presentation and management of COVID ‐19
  2020 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50698

• Navigating shifting waters: rapid response to change in the era of COVID-19.
  2020 | journal-article
  PMC: PMC7405183; DOI: 10.1111/imj.14921; PMID: 32656969
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32656969

• Adherence in chronic hepatitis B: associations between medication possession ratio and adverse viral outcomes.
  2020 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1186/s12876-020-01219-w; PMID: 32381025; PMC: PMC7203797
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32381025

• Global Hepatitis B Virus Elimination by 2030: China Is Pivotal and Instructive.
  2020 | journal-article
  PMID: 32255492; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa138
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32255492

• Breadth of concomitant immune responses prior to patient recovery: a case report of non-severe COVID-19
  2020 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-0819-2

• Breadth of concomitant immune responses underpinning viral clearance and patient recovery in a non-severe case of COVID-19
  2020 | other
  DOI: 10.1101/2020.02.20.20025841;

• 'Think Hep B' in primary care: A before-and-after evaluation of a self-guided learning package.
  2020 | journal-article
  PMID: 32008273; DOI: 10.31128/ajgp-10-18-4739
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32008273

• The global, regional, and national burden of cirrhosis by cause in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
  2020 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/s2468-1253(19)30349-8; PMID: 31981519
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31981519

2019

• Towards Genotype-Specific Care for Chronic Hepatitis B: The First 6 Years Follow Up From the CHARM Cohort Study.
  2019 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz469; PMC: PMC7445891; PMID: 32864387
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32864387

• Epidemiology of chronic hepatitis B and C in Victoria, Australia: insights and impacts from enhanced surveillance.
  2019 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12934; PMID: 31535439
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31535439

• Modelling progress towards elimination of hepatitis B in Australia.
  2019 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1002/hep.30899; PMID: 31419332
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31419332

• Chronic hepatitis B prevalence in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people before and after implementing a universal vaccination program: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  2019 | journal-article
  PMID: 31141676; DOI: 10.1071/sh18150
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31141676

• Influenza and pertussis vaccination of women during pregnancy in Victoria, 2015-2017.
  2019 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50125; PMID: 31006130
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31006130

• Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission.
  2019 | journal-article
  PMID: 30647010; DOI: 10.1016/s2468-1253(18)30270-x
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30647010

• Bridging the access gap: Medicare ineligibility in people living with chronic hepatitis B.
  2019 | journal-article
  PMID: 30680906; DOI: 10.1111/imj.14175
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30680906

2018

• Use of data linkage to improve communicable disease surveillance and control in Australia: existing practices, barriers and enablers.
  2018 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12846; PMID: 30516306
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30516306

• Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
  2018 | journal-article
  PMID: 30496103; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32203-7; PMC: PMC6227606
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30496103

• Cultural and linguistic diversity of people living with chronic hepatitis B in 2011-2016: changing migration, shifting epidemiology.
  2018 | journal-article
  PMID: 30198602; DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12826
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30198602

• The hepatitis B epidemic and the urgent need for cure preparedness.
  2018 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1038/s41575-018-0041-6; PMID: 30050162
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30050162

• Aiming for the elimination of viral hepatitis in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Territories: where are we now and barriers to meeting WHO targets by 2030.
  2018 | journal-article
  PMID: 30151932; DOI: 10.1111/jgh.14457
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30151932

• Epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis D virus infection in Australia.
  2018 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/imj.13967; PMID: 29761607
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29761607

• Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016: a modelling study.
  2018 | journal-article
  PMID: 29599078; DOI: 10.1016/s2468-1253(18)30056-6
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29599078

• Hepatocellular carcinoma over three decades in Victoria, Australia: epidemiology, diagnosis, and trends, 1984-2013
  2018 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/imj.13823; PMID: 29604152
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29604152

• Incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and risk factors of cancer in Australia and comparison with OECD countries, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.
  2018 | journal-article
  PMID: 29216565; DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2017.11.007
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29216565

• Knowing and telling: how African-Australians living with chronic hepatitis B understand hepatocellular carcinoma risk and surveillance.
  2018 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1071/py17099; PMID: 29481766
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29481766

2017

• The challenge of liver cancer surveillance in general practice: Do recall and reminder systems hold the answer?
  2017 | journal-article
  PMID: 29101924
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29101924

• The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies From 1990 to 2015 at the Global, Regional, and National Level: Results From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.
  2017 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.3055; PMID: 28983565
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28983565

• Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.
  2017 | journal-article
  PMID: 28919116; PMC: PMC5605883; DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32152-9
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28919116

• Addressing the increasing global burden of viral hepatitis.
  2017 | journal-article
  PMID: 28848753; DOI: 10.21037/hbsn.2017.05.02; PMC: PMC5554760
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28848753

• Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.
  2017 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.5688; PMID: 27918777
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27918777

• Influenza testing trends in sentinel surveillance general practices in Victoria 2007 to 2014.
  2017 | journal-article
  PMID: 28385133
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28385133

• Deaths from liver cancer continue to rise in Australia: is elimination by 2030 possible?
  2017 | journal-article
  EID: 2-s2.0-85019173011; DOI: 10.1111/imj.13393
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019173011&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Establishing contemporary trends in hepatitis B sero-epidemiology in an Indigenous population
  2017 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184082; EID: 2-s2.0-85029326386
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029326386&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Influenza testing trends in sentinel surveillance general practices in Victoria 2007 to 2014
  2017 | journal-article
  EID: 2-s2.0-85021389351
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021389351&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Knowledge and practices of chronic hepatitis B virus testing by general practitioners in Victoria, Australia, 2014-15
  2017 | journal-article
  EID: 2-s2.0-85028612976
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028612976&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Mapping progress in chronic hepatitis B: Geographic variation in prevalence, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment, 2013-15
  2017 | journal-article
  EID: 2-s2.0-85023744220; DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12693
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85023744220&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Uptake and trends in ordering of funded hepatitis B immunisation for priority populations in Victoria, Australia, 2013-2014
  2017 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1071/SH16002; EID: 2-s2.0-85017180796
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017180796&partnerID=MN8TOARS

2016

• Estimating the burden of disease attributable to injecting drug use as a risk factor for HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.
  2016 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(16)30325-5; PMID: 27665254
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27665254

• Factors associated with poor adherence to antiviral treatment for hepatitis B.
  2016 | journal-article
  PMID: 27502689; DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12582
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27502689

• Limited provision of diagnostic services to Victorians living with hepatitis C antibodies, 2001-2012: a multi-level modelling analysis.
  2016 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12560; PMID: 27523715
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27523715

• A survey of Sydney general practitioners’ management of patients with chronic hepatitis B
  2016 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.5694/mja15.00524; EID: 2-s2.0-84956605050
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84956605050&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Estimating the burden of disease attributable to injecting drug use as a risk factor for HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
  2016 | journal-article
  EID: 2-s2.0-84994518946; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30325-5
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994518946&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
  2016 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31012-1; EID: 2-s2.0-84994158650
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994158650&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Hepatitis B immunization for indigenous adults, Australia
  2016 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.169524; EID: 2-s2.0-84994652592
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994652592&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Improving the identification of priority populations to increase hepatitis B testing rates, 2012.
  2016 | journal-article
  PMC: PMC4735953; PMID: 26832144; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2716-7
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26832144

• Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
  2016 | journal-article
  EID: 2-s2.0-84994140703; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31467-2
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994140703&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• The global burden of viral hepatitis from 1990 to 2013: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
  2016 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30579-7; EID: 2-s2.0-84983671799
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84983671799&partnerID=MN8TOARS

2015

• Estimating the global prevalence of hepatitis B
  2015 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)61116-3

• Estimating the global prevalence of hepatitis B.
  2015 | journal-article
  PMID: 26231458; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61116-3
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26231458

• Managing HBV in pregnancy. Prevention, prophylaxis, treatment and follow-up: position paper produced by Australian, UK and New Zealand key opinion leaders.
  2015 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-310317; PMID: 26475631
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26475631

• Using data linkage to improve the completeness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in communicable disease notifications in Victoria.
  2015 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12434; PMID: 26337430
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26337430

• The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
  2015 | journal-article
  PMC: PMC4500822; PMID: 26181261; DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26181261

• Hepatitis B virus epidemiology.
  2015 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a021410; PMID: 25934461
  URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25934461

• The cascade of care for Australians living with chronic hepatitis B: measuring access to diagnosis, management and treatment
  2015 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12345

• Disparities in hepatitis B vaccine funding in Australian jurisdictions: Limiting access for priority populations
  2015 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12316; EID: 2-s2.0-84921795837
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921795837&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
  2015 | journal-article
  DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61682-2; EID: 2-s2.0-84920703518
  URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920703518&partnerID=MN8TOARS