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2023

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Medicine

D-Index
144
Citations
115528
World Ranking
1405
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Wayne Hall is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has conducted extensive research in the field of medicine. Their work focuses significantly on pharmacology, epidemiology, physiology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The central themes of Wayne Hall's research involve cannabis and cannabinoid studies, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, smoking behavior and cessation, prenatal substance exposure effects, homelessness and social issues, opioid use disorder treatment, and psychedelics and drug studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Addiction, Drug and Alcohol Review, International Journal of Drug Policy, Addictive Behaviors, and Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Wayne Hall has collaborated extensively with various co-authors in their field, including Janni Leung, Gary Chan, Daniel Stjepanović, Coral Gartner, and Jason P. Connor.

Recent papers by Wayne Hall include:

  • Assessing the public health impacts of legalizing recreational cannabis use: the US experience (2020, World Psychiatry)
  • The paper "Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder" (2021, Nature Reviews Disease Primers) authored by Jason P. Connor is also frequently cited within their area of study
  • What is the prevalence and risk of cannabis use disorders among people who use cannabis? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, Addictive Behaviors) by Janni Leung
  • Tobacco and nicotine use (2022, Nature Reviews Disease Primers) by Bernard Le Foll
  • Mitigating and learning from the impact of COVID-19 infection on addictive disorders (2020, Addiction) by John Marsden

The research contributions from Wayne Hall span a broad range of topics related to substance use and public health impacts. Their involvement in studies about cannabis prevalence, risk factors, and broader public health evaluations reflects a multidisciplinary approach within medicine and pharmacology.

Best Publications

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Grand challenges in global mental health

    Pamela Y. Collins;Vikram Patel;Vikram Patel;Sarah S. Joestl;Dana March;Dana March

  • The Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS): psychometric properties of the SDS in English and Australian samples of heroin, cocaine and amphetamine users.

    Michael Gossop;Shane Darke;Paul Griffiths;Julie Hando

  • Adverse health effects of non-medical cannabis use

    Wayne Hall;Louisa Degenhardt

  • Extent of illicit drug use and dependence, and their contribution to the global burden of disease.

    Louisa Degenhardt;Wayne Hall

  • The global burden of disease attributable to alcohol and drug use in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Louisa Degenhardt;Fiona Charlson;Alize Ferrari;Damian Santomauro

  • Prevalence, comorbidity, disability and service utilisation. Overview of the Australian National Mental Health Survey.

    Gavin Andrews;Scott Henderson;Wayne Hall

  • Cannabis use and mental health in young people: cohort study

    George C Patton;Carolyn Coffey;John B Carlin;Louisa Degenhardt

  • Adverse effects of cannabis

    Wayne Hall;Nadia Solowij

  • Cigarette Century: the Rise, Fall and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America

    Wayne Hall

  • Global statistics on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use: 2017 status report

    Amy Peacock;Amy Peacock;Janni Leung;Sarah Larney;Sarah Larney;Samantha Colledge

  • Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Illicit Drug Use and Dependence: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Louisa Degenhardt;Louisa Degenhardt;Harvey A Whiteford;Harvey A Whiteford;Alize J Ferrari;Alize J Ferrari;Amanda J Baxter;Amanda J Baxter

  • Exploring the association between cannabis use and depression

    Louisa Degenhardt;Wayne Hall;Michael Lynskey

  • The AUDIT questionnaire: choosing a cut-off score

    Katherine M. Conigrave;Wayne D. Hall;Wayne D. Hall;John B. Saunders

  • What has research over the past two decades revealed about the adverse health effects of recreational cannabis use

    Wayne Hall

  • Role of maintenance treatment in opioid dependence

    Jeffrey Ward;Wayne Hall;Richard P Mattick

  • Development and validation of a multidimensional instrument for assessing outcome of treatment among opiate users: the Opiate Treatment Index

    Shane Darke;Wayne Hall;Alex Wodak;Nick Heather

  • Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse. Commentary

    Wayne Hall;David Nutt;Leslie A. King;William Saulsbury

Frequent Co-Authors

Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Raimondo Bruno
Raimondo Bruno University of Tasmania
Jayne Lucke
Jayne Lucke La Trobe University
Shane Darke
Shane Darke University of New South Wales
Michael T. Lynskey
Michael T. Lynskey King's College London
Michael Farrell
Michael Farrell University of New South Wales
Phong K. Thai
Phong K. Thai University of Queensland
Jochen F. Mueller
Jochen F. Mueller University of Queensland
Harvey Whiteford
Harvey Whiteford University of Queensland
Jason P. Connor
Jason P. Connor University of Queensland

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