Matt Hickman

EmailMatthew.Hickmanbristol.acuk

BS8 2PS

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.

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NIHR SPHR
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Commentary on Dowd et al: Beyond single data sources—Consistency checking and evidence synthesis for prevalence estimation
Jones, H. E., Markoulidakis, A. & Hickman, M., 21 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate (Academic Journal)

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Delivering effective hepatitis C virus treatment in an embedded primary care setting within a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan
Shah, S., Mafirakureva, N., Trickey, A. J. W., Hasnain, A., Khan, U., Khowaja, S., Ashraf, H., Baig-Ansari, N., Hickman, M., Vickerman, P. T., Walker, J. G. & Lim, A. G., 22 Feb 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Viral Hepatitis.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
FROM EVIDENCE TO IMPACT: IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE LIVER HEALTH IN EUROPE: Second report of the EASL-Lancet Commission on Liver Health in Europe
Karlsen, T. H., Hutchinson, S., Zelber-Sagi, S., Carrieri, P., Negro, F., Lim, A. G., Cecchini, M., Dirac, M. A., Murray, F., Engebretsen, E., Duffell, E., Schomerus, G., Voigt, K., Brandtzaeg, P. B., Lerouge, A., Kanavos, P., Pani, L., Razavi-Shearer, D., Tesfaye Eshete, M. & Vuik, S. & 28 others, Leonhard, A., McNaughton, A., Yumuk, V., Ivancovsky-Wajcman, D., Letourneau, I. D., Hickman, M., Han, H., Kautz, A., Fabrellas, N., Spann, A. L., Berg, T., Ratziu, V., Gheorghe, L. S., Mathurin, P., Vickerman, P. T., Shawcross, D., Paradis, C., Razavi, H., Naveira, M. C., Buti, M., Gines, P., Newsome, P. N., Berzigotti, A., Guha, N., Rutter, H., Krag, A., Burra, P. & Manns, M. P., 20 Jan 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: The Lancet.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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ALSPAC Renewal 2024 to 2029
Timpson, N. J. (Principal Investigator), Molloy, L. C. (Co-Principal Investigator), Northstone, K. (Co-Principal Investigator), Ring, S. M. (Co-Principal Investigator), Fraser, A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Lawlor, D. A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Davey Smith, G. (Co-Principal Investigator), Hickman, M. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Frayling, T. (Co-Principal Investigator)
1/08/24 → 31/07/29
Project: Research, Parent
Religious belief, health and disease: a family perspective. II. The follow up and analyses.
Golding, J. (Principal Investigator), Northstone, K. (Co-Principal Investigator), Iles-Caven , Y. L. (Co-Principal Investigator), Joinson, C. J. (Co-Principal Investigator), Fraser, A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Suderman, M. J. (Co-Principal Investigator), Ben-Shlomo, Y. (Co-Investigator), Dodd, J. (Co-Investigator), Granell, R. (Co-Investigator), Gunnell, D. J. (Co-Investigator), Heron, J. E. (Co-Investigator), Hickman, M. (Co-Investigator), Mars, B. (Co-Investigator), Gregory, S. (Co-Investigator) & Timpson, N. J. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/21 → …
Project: Research
DIALS: DIALS – DIAgnosis of Liver diseaSe in primary care
Abeysekera, K. W. M. (Co-Investigator), Hickman, M. (Co-Investigator), Fraser, H. (Principal Investigator), Vickerman, P. T. (Principal Investigator) & Watson, J. C. (Principal Investigator)
2/11/26 → 1/12/31
Project: Research

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
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
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
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Professor Matt Hickman

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Commentary on Dowd et al: Beyond single data sources—Consistency checking and evidence synthesis for prevalence estimation

Delivering effective hepatitis C virus treatment in an embedded primary care setting within a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

FROM EVIDENCE TO IMPACT: IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE LIVER HEALTH IN EUROPE: Second report of the EASL-Lancet Commission on Liver Health in Europe

ALSPAC Renewal 2024 to 2029

Religious belief, health and disease: a family perspective. II. The follow up and analyses.

DIALS: DIALS – DIAgnosis of Liver diseaSe in primary care

The FRANK friends study: Data

Nucleation increases the visual appeal of lager but does not alter overall likeability or drinking rate (study 1)

Nucleation increases the visual appeal of lager but does not alter overall likeability or drinking rate (study 2)

Professor Matt Hickman

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