Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
I am the co-director with Isabel Oliver (Public Health England) and Richard Amlot (Public Health England) of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluations, and a member and co-investigator of NIHR School of Public Health Research and DeCIPHER (UKCRC Public Health Centre of Excellence for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement).
My research programme focuses on infectious disease control and the epidemiology and public health consequences of drug use – with active research grants on prevention of Hepatitis C Virus, drug related mortality, and alcohol related harms.
Research Groups and Themes
- NIHR SPHR
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Research output
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A qualitative study of Benzodiazepine/Z-drug and Opioid co-use patterns and overdose risk
Family, H. E., Vojt, G., Poulter, H. L., Bailey, C. P., Abdala Sheikh, A. P., Cavallo, D., Karimi, S., Booth, N., Da Silva, P., Aitken, L., Stewart, S., Hickman, M., Henderson, G., Scott, J. & Kesten, J., 27 Feb 2025, In: Harm Reduction Journal. 22, 1, 25 p., 24.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Association of volatile substance, nitrous oxide and alkyl nitrate use with mental health in UK adolescents
Hawkins, J., Hines, L. A., Bonell, C., Hickman, M., Adara, L., Townson, J., Cannings-John, R., Moore, L. & White, J., 1 Jan 2025, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 226, 1, p. 10-15 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the Drink Less smartphone app for reducing alcohol consumption compared with usual digital care: a comprehensive synopsis from a 6 month follow-up RCT
Garnett, C., Oldham, M., Loebenberg, G., Dinu, L., Beard, E., Angus, C., Burton, R., Field, M., Greaves, F., Hickman, M., Kaner, E., Michie, S., Munafò, M., Pizzo, E. & Brown, J., 1 Jun 2025, In: Public Health Research. 13, 5, 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open Access
Projects
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Evaluating supervised opioid antagonist treatment consumption
Redaniel, M. T. (Principal Investigator), Hickman, M. (Principal Investigator), Wilson, R. (Co-Investigator) & Scott, J. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Opioid overdose deaths: Understanding the lethal interactions between benzodiazepines and opioids to develop new harm reduction strategies
Hickman, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/07/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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RC Co-production of an educational package for the universal HPV vaccination programme tailored for schools with low uptake: A participatory study - EDUCATE
Hickman, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/21 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Datasets
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The FRANK friends study: Data
White, J. (Creator), Hawkins, J. (Creator), Murphy, S. (Creator), Towson, J. (Creator), Cannings-John, R. (Creator), Madden, K. (Creator), Rona, C. (Creator), Hickman, M. (Creator), Moore, L. (Creator), Bonell, C. (Creator), Parrott, S. (Creator), Zammit, S. (Creator) & Hines, L. (Creator), Cardiff University, 2023
DOI: 10.17035/d.2023.0244798057, https://research.cardiff.ac.uk/converis/portal/detail/Dataset/244798057?auxfun=&lang=en_GB
Dataset
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Nucleation increases the visual appeal of lager but does not alter overall likeability or drinking rate (study 2)
Troy, D. (Creator), Maynard, O. M. (Creator), Hickman, M. (Creator), Munafo, M. R. (Creator), Attwood, A. S. (Creator) & Munafo, M. (Data Manager), University of Bristol, 7 Apr 2022
DOI: 10.5523/bris.lxp8eavh7wnn2p57q98rcn2go, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/lxp8eavh7wnn2p57q98rcn2go
Dataset
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Nucleation increases the visual appeal of lager but does not alter overall likeability or drinking rate (study 1)
Troy, D. (Creator), Maynard, O. M. (Creator), Hickman, M. (Creator), Munafo, M. R. (Creator), Attwood, A. S. (Creator) & Munafo, M. (Data Manager), University of Bristol, 7 Apr 2022
DOI: 10.5523/bris.11gvdrsp5sxo72l6s0suq89e4a, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/11gvdrsp5sxo72l6s0suq89e4a
Dataset