Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall
Emeritus Professor

Wayne Hall

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Background

Wayne Hall is Emeritus Professor at the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR) at the University of Queensland (January 2021-). He was a Visiting Professor at the National Addiction Centre, Kings College London (2009-2019), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2010-2021); and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW (since 2001).

Wayne was formerly Professorial Fellow (2017-2020) in and Director of the National Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (2014-2016), an NHMRC Australia Fellow in addiction neuroethics at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research and the Queensland Brain Institute, UQ (2009-2015); Professor of Public Health Policy in the School of Population Health (2005-2010); Director of the Office of Public Policy and Ethics at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (2001-2005) at the University of Queensland; and Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW (1994-2001).

In 2016 Wayne was made a Fellow of the Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Wayne has advised the World Health Organization on: the health effects of cannabis use; the effectiveness of drug substitution treatment; the scientific quality of the Swiss heroin trials; the contribution of illicit drug use to the global burden of disease; and the ethical implications of genetic and neuroscience research on addiction.

Availability

Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Clinical sciences Health Sciences Psychology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of New South Wales
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales
  • Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Search Professor Wayne Hall’s works on UQ eSpace

1434 works between 1975 and 2025
All (1434) Journal Article (1110) Book Chapter (130) Conference Publication (109) Book (52) Other Outputs (30) Edited Outputs (3)

301 - 320 of 1434 works

2018

Journal Article

What does the ecological and epidemiological evidence indicate about the potential for cannabinoids to reduce opioid use and harms? A comprehensive review

Campbell, Gabrielle, Hall, Wayne and Nielsen, Suzanne (2018). What does the ecological and epidemiological evidence indicate about the potential for cannabinoids to reduce opioid use and harms? A comprehensive review. International Review of Psychiatry, 30 (5), 91-106. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2018.1509842

What does the ecological and epidemiological evidence indicate about the potential for cannabinoids to reduce opioid use and harms? A comprehensive review

2018

Journal Article

The challenges in providing safe, effective, affordable cannabis-based medicines for unapproved indications

Hall, Wayne D. and Farrell, Michael (2018). The challenges in providing safe, effective, affordable cannabis-based medicines for unapproved indications. Medical Journal of Australia, 209 (5), 209-210. doi: 10.5694/mja18.00445

The challenges in providing safe, effective, affordable cannabis-based medicines for unapproved indications

2018

Journal Article

Familial alcohol supply, adolescent drinking and early alcohol onset in 45 low and middle income countries

Chan, Gary C. K., Leung, Janni, Kelly, Adrian B., Connor, Jason, Edward, Stephanie, Hall, Wayne, Degenhardt, Louisa, Chiu, Vivian and Patton, George (2018). Familial alcohol supply, adolescent drinking and early alcohol onset in 45 low and middle income countries. Addictive Behaviors, 84, 178-185. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.04.014

Familial alcohol supply, adolescent drinking and early alcohol onset in 45 low and middle income countries

2018

Journal Article

Amphetamine use in the fourth decade of life: social profiles from a population-based Australian cohort

Butterworth, Peter, Becker, Denise, Degenhardt, Louisa, Hall, Wayne D. and Patton, George C. (2018). Amphetamine use in the fourth decade of life: social profiles from a population-based Australian cohort. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (6), 743-751. doi: 10.1111/dar.12840

Amphetamine use in the fourth decade of life: social profiles from a population-based Australian cohort

2018

Journal Article

Reducing the opioid overdose death toll in North America

Hall, Wayne D. and Farrell, Michael (2018). Reducing the opioid overdose death toll in North America. PLOS Medicine, 15 (7) e1002626, e1002626. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002626

Reducing the opioid overdose death toll in North America

2018

Journal Article

Implications of treatment providers' varying conceptions of the disease model of addiction: a response

Barnett, Anthony, Hall, Wayne, Fry, Craig L., Dilkes-Frayne, Ella and Carter, Adrian (2018). Implications of treatment providers' varying conceptions of the disease model of addiction: a response. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (6), 729-730. doi: 10.1111/dar.12844

Implications of treatment providers' varying conceptions of the disease model of addiction: a response

2018

Journal Article

Imperfect international treaties interpreted flexibly are likely to be better than no treaties

Hall, Wayne (2018). Imperfect international treaties interpreted flexibly are likely to be better than no treaties. Addiction, 113 (7), 1230-1230. doi: 10.1111/add.14218

Imperfect international treaties interpreted flexibly are likely to be better than no treaties

2018

Journal Article

Effect of cannabis use in people with chronic non-cancer pain prescribed opioids: findings from a 4-year prospective cohort study

Campbell, Gabrielle, Hall, Wayne D., Peacock, Amy, Lintzeris, Nicholas, Bruno, Raimondo, Larance, Briony, Nielsen, Suzanne, Cohen, Milton, Chan, Gary, Mattick, Richard P., Blyth, Fiona, Shanahan, Marian, Dobbins, Timothy, Farrell, Michael and Degenhardt, Louisa (2018). Effect of cannabis use in people with chronic non-cancer pain prescribed opioids: findings from a 4-year prospective cohort study. The Lancet Public Health, 3 (7), e341-e350. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30110-5

Effect of cannabis use in people with chronic non-cancer pain prescribed opioids: findings from a 4-year prospective cohort study

2018

Journal Article

Reasons for ambivalence about accepting addiction as a reason for performing euthanasia

Hall, Wayne and Parker, Malcolm (2018). Reasons for ambivalence about accepting addiction as a reason for performing euthanasia. Addiction, 113 (7), 1186-1187. doi: 10.1111/add.14246

Reasons for ambivalence about accepting addiction as a reason for performing euthanasia

2018

Journal Article

The future of the international drug control system and national drug prohibitions

Hall, Wayne (2018). The future of the international drug control system and national drug prohibitions. Addiction, 113 (7), 1210-1223. doi: 10.1111/add.13941

The future of the international drug control system and national drug prohibitions

2018

Journal Article

The need for more consistent evidential standards in cannabis policy evaluations

Hall, Wayne, West, Robert, Marsden, John, Humphreys, Keith, Neale, Jo and Petry, Nancy (2018). The need for more consistent evidential standards in cannabis policy evaluations. Addiction, 113 (8), 1553-1554. doi: 10.1111/add.14262

The need for more consistent evidential standards in cannabis policy evaluations

2018

Journal Article

It is premature to expand access to medicinal cannabis in hopes of solving the US opioid crisis

Hall, Wayne, West, Robert, Marsden, John, Humphreys, Keith, Neale, Jo and Petry, Nancy (2018). It is premature to expand access to medicinal cannabis in hopes of solving the US opioid crisis. Addiction , 113 (6), 987-988. doi: 10.1111/add.14139

It is premature to expand access to medicinal cannabis in hopes of solving the US opioid crisis

2018

Journal Article

Accurate identification of opioid overdose deaths using coronial data

Roxburgh, Amanda, Pilgrim, Jennifer L., Hall, Wayne D., Burns, Lucinda and Degenhardt, Louisa (2018). Accurate identification of opioid overdose deaths using coronial data. Forensic Science International, 287, 40-46. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.03.032

Accurate identification of opioid overdose deaths using coronial data

2018

Journal Article

Measuring spatial and temporal trends of nicotine and alcohol consumption in Australia using wastewater-based epidemiology

Lai, Foon Yin, Gartner, Coral, Hall, Wayne, Carter, Steve, O'Brien, Jake, Tscharke, Benjamin J., Been, Frederic, Gerber, Cobus, White, Jason, Thai, Phong, Bruno, Raimondo, Prichard, Jeremy, Kirkbride, K. Paul and Mueller, Jochen F. (2018). Measuring spatial and temporal trends of nicotine and alcohol consumption in Australia using wastewater-based epidemiology. Addiction, 113 (6), 1127-1136. doi: 10.1111/add.14157

Measuring spatial and temporal trends of nicotine and alcohol consumption in Australia using wastewater-based epidemiology

2018

Journal Article

Regulating e-cigarettes in Australia: implications for tobacco use by young people

Hall, Wayne D. (2018). Regulating e-cigarettes in Australia: implications for tobacco use by young people. Medical Journal of Australia, 208 (9), 415-415.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja18.00046

Regulating e-cigarettes in Australia: implications for tobacco use by young people

2018

Journal Article

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

Peacock, Amy, Leung, Janni, Larney, Sarah, Colledge, Samantha, Hickman, Matthew, Rehm, Jürgen, Giovino, Gary A., West, Robert, Hall, Wayne, Griffiths, Paul, Ali, Robert, Gowing, Linda, Marsden, John, Ferrari, Alize J., Grebely, Jason, Farrell, Michael and Degenhardt, Louisa (2018). Global statistics on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use: 2017 status report. Addiction, 113 (10), 1905-1926. doi: 10.1111/add.14234

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

2018

Journal Article

Adverse adult consequences of different alcohol use patterns in adolescence: an integrative analysis of data to age 30 years from four Australasian cohorts

Silins, Edmund, John Horwood, L., Najman, Jake M., Patton, George C., Toumbourou, John W., Olsson, Craig A, Hutchinson, Delyse M, Degenhardt, Louisa, Fergusson, David, Becker, Denise, Boden, Joseph M, Borschmann, Rohan, Plotnikova, Maria, Youssef, George J, Tait, Robert J, Clare, Philip, Hall, Wayne D, Mattick, Richard P and Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium (2018). Adverse adult consequences of different alcohol use patterns in adolescence: an integrative analysis of data to age 30 years from four Australasian cohorts. Addiction, 113 (10), 1811-1825. doi: 10.1111/add.14263

Adverse adult consequences of different alcohol use patterns in adolescence: an integrative analysis of data to age 30 years from four Australasian cohorts

2018

Journal Article

Prisoners and risk of injury after release

Hall, Wayne and Farrell, Michael (2018). Prisoners and risk of injury after release. The Lancet Public Health, 3 (5), e209-e210. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30073-2

Prisoners and risk of injury after release

2018

Journal Article

Association between purity of drug seizures and illicit drug loads measured in wastewater in a South East Queensland catchment over a six year period

Bruno, Raimondo, Edirisinghe, Methsiri, Hall, Wayne, Mueller, Jochen F., Lai, Foon Yin, O'Brien, Jake W. and Thai, Phong K. (2018). Association between purity of drug seizures and illicit drug loads measured in wastewater in a South East Queensland catchment over a six year period. Science of the Total Environment, 635, 779-783. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.192

Association between purity of drug seizures and illicit drug loads measured in wastewater in a South East Queensland catchment over a six year period

2018

Journal Article

Capacity, control and responsibility in Parkinson's disease patients with impulse control disorders: views of neurological and psychiatric experts

Dawson, Andrew, Michael, Jordie, Dilkes-Frayne, Ella, Hall, Wayne, Dissanayaka, Nadeeka N. and Carter, Adrian (2018). Capacity, control and responsibility in Parkinson's disease patients with impulse control disorders: views of neurological and psychiatric experts. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 65 101343, 101343. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.04.003

Capacity, control and responsibility in Parkinson's disease patients with impulse control disorders: views of neurological and psychiatric experts

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2026
    Independent Research and Evaluation of the Police Drug Diversion Program (PDDP)
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Using multiple data sources to understand the opioid crisis in Australia
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023
    Review of alcohol and other drugs program
    Queensland Department of Education
    Open grant
  • 2023
    How can we minimise the adolescent uptake of vaping and related social and health harm?
    Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Common mental and substance use disorders in a 28-year follow-up of a community cohort: identification of preventive strategies from adolescence to early midlife (NHMRC Project Grant led by MCRI)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    E Cigarettes: history, evidence and policy
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Estimating per capita use and release of chemicals by wastewater analysis
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    Understanding the impacts of Vaporised Nicotine Products on smoking in Australia (NHMRC Project Grant administered by Cancer Council Victoria)
    Cancer Council Victoria
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Microflow ultra high pressure liquid chromatography - high resolution mass spectrometry for chemical exposure monitoring
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Developing an approach to identifying and qualifying novel psychoactive substance (NPS) consumed in Australia
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - Seed Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Non-medical use of prescription stimulants by Australian university students: Attitudes, prevalence of, and motivations for use
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2018
    Centre for Research Excellence in Evidence-based Mental Health Planning: Translating Evidence into Policy and Services
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    'A disease of the brain': How do neurobiological explanations of addiction influence the attitudes and behaviour of smokers?
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Randomised controlled trial of a financial counselling intervention and smoking cessation assistance to reduce smoking in socioeconomically disadvantaged groups (NHMRC Project Grant lead by UNSW)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography ion trap mass spectrometer to develop new capabilities in environmental and human toxicology
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    FASD within the Criminal Justice Sector in Queensland
    Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation Ltd.
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2014
    Addiction Genetics, Neurosciences and Public Health: Maximising the Benefits, Minimising the Pitfalls
    NHMRC Australia Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    What characterises influential population-oriented public health policy research in Australia? (NHMRC Project Grant administered by the University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Building capacity in health economic evaluation (NHMRC Capacity Building Grant administered by the University of Newcastle)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Neuroscience of addiction: A systematic review of neuroscience research in relation to addiction
    New South Wales Department of Health
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2011
    Developing new methods for building health policy capacity in Australia (ARC Linkage Project administered by La Trobe University)
    La Trobe University
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Building capacity in health economic evaluation
    Capacity Building Grants in Population Health Research
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Understanding and Improving Prescribing Practice
    National Prescribing Service Limited
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Knowledge And Attitudes About Life Extension Technology: Public And Stakeholder Perspectives
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2009
    The future of tobacco control: Exploring the feasibility, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of new policy directions
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2007
    Identifying cost-effective interventions to reduce the burden of harm associated with alcohol misuse
    Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation Ltd.
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Mapping Community Engagement with Human Genetic Technologies in Australia: A Longitudinal Evaluation
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Public Perceptions of Genetic and Molecular Technologies: Implications For Cancer Prevention and Treatment
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2004
    2004 Travel Scheme Cat 2_Stanford Univ; 01/03/04 to 28/03/04
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Public Research Institutions, Policy Frameworks and Biotechnology Innovation
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Genetics and criminal behaviour: Ethical and public policy implications
    Criminology Research Council
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2004
    Genetic Science, Molecular Biotechnology, and the public's perceptions of future prospects for the prevention and cure of cancer - an exploratory study.
    Queensland Cancer Fund
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 1998
    Analysis of the needs of the providers and recipients of service relating to alcohol in indigenous communities
    Department Health & Family Services - General
    Open grant

Availability

Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall directly for media enquiries about:

  • Addiction
  • Alcoholism
  • Cost of health
  • Disease burden
  • Drug addiction intervention
  • Drugs - cost burden
  • Ethics in public health
  • Marijuana and public health
  • Neuroethics
  • Policy - public health
  • Population health
  • Public health
  • Smoking and public health

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