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Overview

Lisa Maher is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and specializes primarily in Medicine, with a strong focus on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research covers diverse topics related to drug use, infectious diseases, and social determinants of health. The main areas of focus include:

  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Sex Work and Related Issues
  • Hepatitis C Virus Research
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Among their recent publications are several papers that examine critical issues at the intersection of public health and drug use:

  • "Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), published in Harm Reduction Journal
  • "Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2021), published in The Lancet Public Health
  • "Physical Distancing Due to COVID-19 Disrupts Sexual Behaviors Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia: Implications for Trends in HIV and Other Sexually Transmissible Infections" (2020), published in JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • "COVID-19, HIV and key populations: cross-cutting issues and the need for population-specific responses" (2020), published in Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • "Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis" (2023), published in The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology

In terms of coauthorship, Lisa Maher has frequently collaborated with the following researchers:

  • Paul Dietze (25 publications)
  • Garrett Prestage (18 publications)
  • Mohamed Hammoud (17 publications)
  • Martin Holt (15 publications)
  • Bridget Haire (14 publications)

Their work has appeared in a range of publication venues, reflecting a consistent engagement with journals concerning addiction, harm reduction, and drug policy. The most frequent venues include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Review (12 publications)
  • Harm Reduction Journal (9 publications)
  • International Journal of Drug Policy (8 publications)
  • Addiction (8 publications)
  • AIDS and Behavior (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Sexed Work: Gender, Race, and Resistance in a Brooklyn Drug Market

    Lisa Maher

  • Global burden of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis in prisoners and detainees.

    Kate Dolan;Andrea L Wirtz;Babak Moazen;Martial Ndeffo-mbah

  • The effects of female sex, viral genotype, and IL28B genotype on spontaneous clearance of acute hepatitis C virus infection

    Jason Grebely;Kimberly A Page;Rachel Sacks-Davis;Martin Schim van der Loeff

  • POLICING AND PUBLIC HEALTH Law Enforcement and Harm Minimization in a Street-level Drug Market

    Lisa Maher;David Dixon

  • 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.

    Lucy Platt;Silvia Minozzi;Jennifer Reed;Peter Vickerman

  • Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs.

    Lucy Platt;Silvia Minozzi;Jennifer Reed;Peter Vickerman

  • Sequential bottlenecks drive viral evolution in early acute Hepatitis C virus infection

    Rowena A. Bull;Fabio Luciani;Kerensa McElroy;Silvana Gaudieri

  • Incidence and risk factors for hepatitis C seroconversion in injecting drug users in Australia

    Lisa Maher;Bin Jalaludin;Kerry G. Chant;Rohan Jayasuriya

  • Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Adrian Dunlop;Buddhima Lokuge;Debbie Masters;Marcia Sequeira

  • WOMEN IN THE STREET-LEVEL DRUG ECONOMY: CONTINUITY OR CHANGE?*

    Lisa Maher;Kathleen Daly

  • Interventions to enhance testing, linkage to care and treatment uptake for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: A systematic review

    Sahar Bajis;Gregory J. Dore;Behzad Hajarizadeh;Evan B. Cunningham

  • Incarceration history and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jack Stone;Hannah Fraser;Aaron G. Lim;Josephine G. Walker

  • Women on the edge of crime: Crack cocaine and the changing contexts of street-level sex work in New York City

    L. Maher;R. Curtis

  • Injection Drug Use and Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Young Adult Injectors: Using Evidence to Inform Comprehensive Prevention

    Kimberly Page;Meghan D. Morris;Judith A. Hahn;Lisa Maher

  • HIV, HCV and health-related harms among women who inject drugs: Implications for prevention and treatment

    Jenny Iversen;Kimberly Page;Annie Madden;Lisa Maher

  • Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Chiedozie Arum;Hannah Fraser;Andreea Adelina Artenie;Sandra Bivegete

  • Uptake of hepatitis C treatment among people who inject drugs attending Needle and Syringe Programs in Australia, 1999–2011

    J. Iversen;J. Grebely;L. Topp;H. Wand

  • Modelling the hepatitis C virus epidemic in Australia.

    Karina Razali;Hla Hla Thein;Jane Bell;Mark Cooper-Stanbury

  • Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites: a rapid ethnographic study during an overdose epidemic in Vancouver, Canada

    Jade Boyd;Alexandra B. Collins;Samara Mayer;Lisa Maher

  • High hepatitis C incidence in new injecting drug users: a policy failure?

    Lisa Maher;Jiong Li;Bin Jalaludin;Kerry G. Chant

  • Young women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, have high incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections, and amphetamine-type stimulant use: new challenges to HIV prevention and risk.

    Marie-Claude Couture;Neth Sansothy;Vonthanak Sapphon;Serey Phal

  • Opioid substitution therapy protects against hepatitis C virus acquisition in people who inject drugs: the HITS‐c study

    Bethany White;Bethany White;Gregory J Dore;Andrew R Lloyd;William D Rawlinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory J. Dore
Gregory J. Dore University of New South Wales
Jason Grebely
Jason Grebely University of New South Wales
Garrett Prestage
Garrett Prestage University of New South Wales
Adam Bourne
Adam Bourne La Trobe University
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Janke Schinkel
Janke Schinkel University of Amsterdam
Adam W. Carrico
Adam W. Carrico University of Miami
Will Small
Will Small Simon Fraser University
Martin Holt
Martin Holt University of New South Wales
Janaki Amin
Janaki Amin Macquarie University

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