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

1424 works between 1975 and 2025
All (1424) Journal Article (1102) Book Chapter (129) Conference Publication (109) Book (52) Other Outputs (29) Edited Outputs (3)

641 - 660 of 1424 works

2011

Journal Article

What data are available on the extent of illicit drug use and dependence globally? Results of four systematic reviews

Degenhardt, Louisa, Bucello, Chiara, Calabria, Bianca, Nelson, Paul, Roberts, Anna, Hall, Wayne, Lynskey, Michael, Wiessing, Lucas and GBD Illicit Drug Use Writing Grp (2011). What data are available on the extent of illicit drug use and dependence globally? Results of four systematic reviews. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 117 (2-3), 85-101. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.11.032

What data are available on the extent of illicit drug use and dependence globally? Results of four systematic reviews

2011

Journal Article

Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Canada (LRCUG): A narrative review of evidence and recommendations

Fischer, Benedikt, Jeffries, Victoria, Hall, Wayne, Room, Robin, Goldner, Elliot and Rehm, Jürgen (2011). Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Canada (LRCUG): A narrative review of evidence and recommendations. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 102 (5), 324-327. doi: 10.1007/bf03404169

Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Canada (LRCUG): A narrative review of evidence and recommendations

2011

Journal Article

Minimising the misuse of oxycodone and other pharmaceutical opioids in Australia: Simple strategies can reduce harms from misuse of pharmaceutical opioids

Hall, Wayne D. and Farrell, Michael P. (2011). Minimising the misuse of oxycodone and other pharmaceutical opioids in Australia: Simple strategies can reduce harms from misuse of pharmaceutical opioids. Medical Journal of Australia, 195 (5), 248-249. doi: 10.5694/mja11.10832

Minimising the misuse of oxycodone and other pharmaceutical opioids in Australia: Simple strategies can reduce harms from misuse of pharmaceutical opioids

2011

Journal Article

Beware of allowing the ideal to be the enemy of the good

Gartner, Coral and Hall, Wayne (2011). Beware of allowing the ideal to be the enemy of the good. Addiction, 106 (9), 1555-1556. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03478.x

Beware of allowing the ideal to be the enemy of the good

2011

Journal Article

Psychiatric drug prescribing in elderly Australians: Time for action

Hollingworth, Samantha A., Lie, David C., Siskind, Dan J., Byrne, Gerard J., Hall, Wayne D. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2011). Psychiatric drug prescribing in elderly Australians: Time for action. Australian And New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45 (9), 705-708. doi: 10.3109/00048674.2011.594947

Psychiatric drug prescribing in elderly Australians: Time for action

2011

Journal Article

Depression and psychological distress in tobacco smokers and people with cannabis dependence in the National Survey of Mental Health and wellbeing

Mathews, Rebecca R. S., Hall, Wayne D. and Gartner, Coral E. (2011). Depression and psychological distress in tobacco smokers and people with cannabis dependence in the National Survey of Mental Health and wellbeing. Medical Journal of Australia, 195 (3 Suppl. 1), S12-S15. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03259.x

Depression and psychological distress in tobacco smokers and people with cannabis dependence in the National Survey of Mental Health and wellbeing

2011

Journal Article

Drug trafficking: Time to abolish the death penalty

Edwards, Griffith, Babor, Tom, Darke, Shane, Hall, Wayne, Marsden, John, Miller, Peter and West, Robert (2011). Drug trafficking: Time to abolish the death penalty. Journal of Substance Use, 16 (4), 259-262. doi: 10.3109/14659891.2010.514518

Drug trafficking: Time to abolish the death penalty

2011

Journal Article

Democratising assessment of researchers' track records: A simple proposal

Chapman, Simon, Derrick, Gemma E., Haynes, Abby S. and Hall, Wayne D. (2011). Democratising assessment of researchers' track records: A simple proposal. Medical Journal of Australia, 195 (3), 147-148. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03243.x

Democratising assessment of researchers' track records: A simple proposal

2011

Journal Article

Science, safety and costs make deep brain stimulation for addiction a low priority : A reply to vorspan etal. (2011) and kuhn etal. (2011)

Hall, Wayne and Carter, Adrian (2011). Science, safety and costs make deep brain stimulation for addiction a low priority : A reply to vorspan etal. (2011) and kuhn etal. (2011). Addiction, 106 (8), 1537-1538. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03471.x

Science, safety and costs make deep brain stimulation for addiction a low priority : A reply to vorspan etal. (2011) and kuhn etal. (2011)

2011

Journal Article

The limitations of genetic prediction of tobacco cessation

Gartner, Coral and Hall, Wayne (2011). The limitations of genetic prediction of tobacco cessation. Annals of Family Medicine, 9 (4), 366-371.

The limitations of genetic prediction of tobacco cessation

2011

Journal Article

Grand challenges in global mental health

Collins, Pamela Y., Patel, Vikram, Joestl, Sarah S., March, Dana, Insel, Thomas R., Daar, Abdallah S., Bordin, Isabel A., Costello, E. Jane, Durkin, Maureen, Fairburn, Christopher, Glass, Roger I., Hall, Wayne, Huang, Yueqin, Hyman, Steven E., Jamison, Kay, Kaaya, Sylvia, Kapur, Shitij, Kleinman, Arthur, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Otero-Ojeda, Angel, Poo, Mu-Ming, Ravindranath, Vijayalakshmi, Sahakian, Barbara J., Saxena, Shekhar, Singer, Peter A., Stein, Dan J., Anderson, Warwick, Dhansay, Muhammad A., Ewart, Wendy ... Walport, Mark (2011). Grand challenges in global mental health. Nature, 475 (7354), 27-30. doi: 10.1038/475027a

Grand challenges in global mental health

2011

Journal Article

Is the "alcopops" tax working? Probably yes but there is a bigger picture

Skov, S. J., Chikritzhs, T. N., Kypri, K., Miller, P. G., Hall, W. D., Daube, M. M. and Moodie, A. R. (2011). Is the "alcopops" tax working? Probably yes but there is a bigger picture. Medical Journal of Australia, 195 (2), 84-86. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03215.x

Is the "alcopops" tax working? Probably yes but there is a bigger picture

2011

Journal Article

Indirect evidence of the contribution of prenatal sex selection practices to the high sex ratio at birth in Vietnam

Pham, Bang Nguyen, Hall, Wayne and Hill, Peter Stewart (2011). Indirect evidence of the contribution of prenatal sex selection practices to the high sex ratio at birth in Vietnam. Journal of Population Research, 28 (4), 293-299. doi: 10.1007/s12546-011-9068-z

Indirect evidence of the contribution of prenatal sex selection practices to the high sex ratio at birth in Vietnam

2011

Journal Article

Untested assumptions about putative neuroenhancement

Hall, Wayne D. and Lucke, Jayne C. (2011). Untested assumptions about putative neuroenhancement. Addiction, 106 (6), 1190-1191. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03398.x

Untested assumptions about putative neuroenhancement

2011

Journal Article

Making space for cannabis policy experiments

Hall, Wayne, Fischer, Benedikt, Lenton, Simon, Reuter, Peter and Room, Robin (2011). Making space for cannabis policy experiments. Addiction, 106 (6), 1192-1193. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03405.x

Making space for cannabis policy experiments

2011

Journal Article

Increasing cancer mortality among opioid-dependent persons in Australia: a new public health challenge for a disadvantaged population

Randall, Deborah, Degenhardt, Louisa, Vajdic, Claire M., Burns, Lucy, Hall, Wayne D., Law, Matthew and Butler, Tony (2011). Increasing cancer mortality among opioid-dependent persons in Australia: a new public health challenge for a disadvantaged population. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35 (3), 220-225. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00682.x

Increasing cancer mortality among opioid-dependent persons in Australia: a new public health challenge for a disadvantaged population

2011

Journal Article

Ethical and policy issues in using vaccines to treat and prevent cocaine and nicotine dependence

Hall, Wayne and Gartner, Coral (2011). Ethical and policy issues in using vaccines to treat and prevent cocaine and nicotine dependence. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 24 (3), 191-196. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328345922b

Ethical and policy issues in using vaccines to treat and prevent cocaine and nicotine dependence

2011

Journal Article

The Australian alcopops tax revisited

Hall, Wayne and Chikritzhs, Tanya (2011). The Australian alcopops tax revisited. The Lancet, 377 (9772), 1136-1137. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61420-1

The Australian alcopops tax revisited

2011

Journal Article

The association between four citation metrics and peer rankings of research influence of Australian researchers in six fields of public health

Derrick, Gemma Elizabeth, Haynes, Abby, Chapman, Simon and Hall, Wayne D. (2011). The association between four citation metrics and peer rankings of research influence of Australian researchers in six fields of public health. PLoS ONE, 6 (4) e18521, Article number e18521. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018521

The association between four citation metrics and peer rankings of research influence of Australian researchers in six fields of public health

2011

Journal Article

From "our world" to the "real world": Exploring the views and behaviour of policy-influential Australian public health researchers

Haynes, Abby S., Derrick, Gjemma E., Chapman, Simon, Redman, Sally, Hall, Wayne D., Gillespie, James and Sturk, Heidi (2011). From "our world" to the "real world": Exploring the views and behaviour of policy-influential Australian public health researchers. Social Science & Medicine, 72 (7), 1047-1055. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.004

From "our world" to the "real world": Exploring the views and behaviour of policy-influential Australian public health researchers

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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