Professor Coral Gartner
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Coral Gartner

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Background

Professor Coral Gartner is an international expert in tobacco control policy and the world's leading expert on electronic nicotine delivery systems (or e-cigarettes). She is the Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (Tobacco Endgame CRE), an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, and the Chair of the Interdisciplinary Tobacco Endgame Research Network, the country lead Investigator for Australia with the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project), and a Co-Investigator with the SewAUs Wastewater Epidemiology Project. She is currently the Director of Research at the University of Queensland's School of Public Health, the Regional Editor for Australasia for the BMJ journal, Tobacco Control, after serving as a senior editor from 2012-2018. She is the immediate Past President of the Oceania Chapter of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT-O).

She leads a multidisciplinary research team of international experts (located in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, England, and the Netherlands) to develop the evidence base for tobacco endgame strategies and to identify the most promising policies that could end the cigarette epidemic in Australia, and beyond. Her research program includes consideration of how these policies could be implemented, while mitigating potential unintended impacts and increasing equity. Her research methods span cohort studies, clinical trials, policy analyses, simulation modelling and mixed methods research.

Professor Gartner joined the University of Queensland in 2006. With undergraduate qualifications in environmental health and a PhD in environmental epidemiology, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship on tobacco control policy and held a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (2014-2018). In 2019, she led the development of UQ’s flagship cross-faculty postgraduate programs in Environmental Health Sciences.

Professor Gartner has published over 300 academic works, including journal articles, book chapters, and submissions to government inquiries, and has served as an expert witness to a number of government inquiries and consultations. She has also authored articles on tobacco control topics for The Conversation.

Availability

Professor Coral Gartner is:
Available for supervision
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Fields of research

Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Clinical sciences Epidemiology Health Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Applied Science, Queensland University of Technology
  • Bachelor (Honours), Queensland University of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology

Search Professor Coral Gartner’s works on UQ eSpace

427 works between 1996 and 2025
All (427) Journal Article (295) Book Chapter (16) Conference Publication (113) Other Outputs (3)

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2011

Conference Publication

Monitoring Illicit Drug Use Through Wastewater Analysis in South East Queensland, Australia

Lai, F, Prichard, J, Bruno, R, Ort, C, Gartner, C, Carter, S, Kirkbride, P, Hall, W, Eaglesham, G, Thai, P, Salinas, A and Mueller, JF (2011). Monitoring Illicit Drug Use Through Wastewater Analysis in South East Queensland, Australia. Unknown, unknown, unknown. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Monitoring Illicit Drug Use Through Wastewater Analysis in South East Queensland, Australia

2011

Conference Publication

Measuring illicit substance use in the general population of Queensland through wastewater analysis

Lai, F.Y., Prichard, J., Bruno, R., Ort, C., Gartner, C., Carter, S., Kirkbride, P., Hall, W., Eaglesham, G., Thai, P., Salinas, A. and Mueller, J. (2011). Measuring illicit substance use in the general population of Queensland through wastewater analysis. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Geelong, Australia, 28-30 Sept 2011.

Measuring illicit substance use in the general population of Queensland through wastewater analysis

2011

Book Chapter

Challenges in reducing the disease burden of tobacco smoking

Gartner, Coral and Hall, Wayne (2011). Challenges in reducing the disease burden of tobacco smoking. Substance abuse disorders: Evidence and experience. (pp. 275-281) edited by Hamid Ghodse, Helen Herrman, Mario Maj and Norman Sartorius. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9780470975084.ch22

Challenges in reducing the disease burden of tobacco smoking

2011

Conference Publication

Would vaccination against nicotine be a cost effective way to prevent smoking uptake in adolescents?

Gartner, C. E., Barendregt, J. J., Wallace, A. and Hall, W. D. (2011). Would vaccination against nicotine be a cost effective way to prevent smoking uptake in adolescents?. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference (2011), Brisbane, Australia, 18-20 October 2011.

Would vaccination against nicotine be a cost effective way to prevent smoking uptake in adolescents?

2011

Conference Publication

Forensic epidemiology: Monitoring illicit drug use through wastewater analysis in South-East Queensland, Australia

Lai, F. Y., Prichard, J., Bruno, R., Ort, C., Gartner, C., Carter, S., Kirkbride, P., Hall, W., Eaglesham, G., Thai, P. K., Salina, A. and Mueller, J. F. (2011). Forensic epidemiology: Monitoring illicit drug use through wastewater analysis in South-East Queensland, Australia. 23rd Conference of Residue Chemists, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 25-28 October 2011.

Forensic epidemiology: Monitoring illicit drug use through wastewater analysis in South-East Queensland, Australia

2010

Journal Article

Is there evidence of ‘hardening’ among Australian smokers between 1997 and 2007? Analyses of the Australian National Surveys of Mental Health and Well-Being

Mathews, Rebecca, Hall, Wayne D. and Gartner, Coral E. (2010). Is there evidence of ‘hardening’ among Australian smokers between 1997 and 2007? Analyses of the Australian National Surveys of Mental Health and Well-Being. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44 (12), 1132-1136. doi: 10.3109/00048674.2010.520116

Is there evidence of ‘hardening’ among Australian smokers between 1997 and 2007? Analyses of the Australian National Surveys of Mental Health and Well-Being

2010

Journal Article

Are Australian smokers interested in using low-nitrosamine smokeless tobacco for harm reduction?

Gartner, C. E., Jimenez-Soto, E. V., Borland, R., O'Connor, R. J. and Hall, W. D. (2010). Are Australian smokers interested in using low-nitrosamine smokeless tobacco for harm reduction?. Tobacco Control, 19 (6), 451-456. doi: 10.1136/tc.2009.033670

Are Australian smokers interested in using low-nitrosamine smokeless tobacco for harm reduction?

2010

Journal Article

Forecasting future tobacco control policy: Where to next?

Freeman, Becky, Gartner, Coral, Hall, Wayne and Chapman, Simon (2010). Forecasting future tobacco control policy: Where to next?. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34 (5), 447-450. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00588.x

Forecasting future tobacco control policy: Where to next?

2010

Journal Article

Harm reduction policies for tobacco users

Gartner, C and Hall, W (2010). Harm reduction policies for tobacco users. International Journal of Drug Policy, 21 (2), 129-130. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.10.008

Harm reduction policies for tobacco users

2010

Journal Article

Smokeless tobacco products: Unrecognised regulatory and policy opportunities

Gartner, Coral E. and Hall, Wayne D. (2010). Smokeless tobacco products: Unrecognised regulatory and policy opportunities. Drug and Alcohol Review, 29 (2), 119-120. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00170.x

Smokeless tobacco products: Unrecognised regulatory and policy opportunities

2010

Journal Article

Options for global tobacco control beyond the Framework Convention in Tobacco Control

Gartner, Coral and McNeill, Ann (2010). Options for global tobacco control beyond the Framework Convention in Tobacco Control. Addiction, 105 (1), 1-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02720.x

Options for global tobacco control beyond the Framework Convention in Tobacco Control

2010

Journal Article

Developing a method for site-specific wastewater analysis: Implications for prisons and other agencies with an interest in illicit drug use

Prichard, Jeremy, Ort , Christopher, Bruno, Raimondo, Gartner, Coral, Kirkbride, Paul, Hall, Wayne, Lai, Foon Yin, Carter, Steve, Thai, Phong, Mueller, Jochen and Salinas, Anna (2010). Developing a method for site-specific wastewater analysis: Implications for prisons and other agencies with an interest in illicit drug use. Journal of Law, Information and Science, 20 (2), 15-27.

Developing a method for site-specific wastewater analysis: Implications for prisons and other agencies with an interest in illicit drug use

2010

Book Chapter

Harm reduction policies for tobacco

Gartner Coral, Hall, Wayne and McNeill, Ann (2010). Harm reduction policies for tobacco. Harm reduction: evidence, impacts and challenges. (pp. 279-300) edited by Tim Rhodes and Dagmar Hedrich. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.

Harm reduction policies for tobacco

2010

Journal Article

Why we need tobacco sales data for good tobacco control

Gartner, Coral E., Chapman, Simon F., Hall, Wayne D. and Wakefield, Melanie A. (2010). Why we need tobacco sales data for good tobacco control. Medical Journal of Australia, 192 (1), 3-4. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03389.x

Why we need tobacco sales data for good tobacco control

2010

Conference Publication

Ending tobacco smoking: What can we learn from experiences with restricting access to other drugs?

Hall, W.D. and Gartner, C.E. (2010). Ending tobacco smoking: What can we learn from experiences with restricting access to other drugs?. APACT, Sydney, 2010.

Ending tobacco smoking: What can we learn from experiences with restricting access to other drugs?

2010

Conference Publication

How long does it take to reduce inequalities in lung cancer incidence through smoking policies?

Soerjomataram, I., Barendregt, J.J., Gartner, C., Kunst, A., Møller, H. and Avendano, M. (2010). How long does it take to reduce inequalities in lung cancer incidence through smoking policies?. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Anaheim, CA. U.S.A., June 23-26 2010. Cary, NC, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwq151

How long does it take to reduce inequalities in lung cancer incidence through smoking policies?

2010

Conference Publication

Tobacco Harm Reduction

Gartner, C. E. and Hall, W. D. (2010). Tobacco Harm Reduction. ANEX Australian Drugs Conference: Public Health and Harm Reduction, Melbourne, Australia, 2010.

Tobacco Harm Reduction

2009

Journal Article

The potential role of snus in tobacco harm reduction

Gartner Coral and Hall, Wayne (2009). The potential role of snus in tobacco harm reduction. Addiction, 104 (9), 1586-1587. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02706.x

The potential role of snus in tobacco harm reduction

2009

Journal Article

Predicting the future prevalence of cigarette smoking in Australia: How low can we go and by when?

Gartner, CE, Barendregt, JJ and Hall, WD (2009). Predicting the future prevalence of cigarette smoking in Australia: How low can we go and by when?. TOBACCO CONTROL, 18 (3), 183-189. doi: 10.1136/tc.2008.027615

Predicting the future prevalence of cigarette smoking in Australia: How low can we go and by when?

2009

Journal Article

Direct-to-consumer genome-wide scans: Astrologicogenomics or simple scams?

Hall, Wayne and Gartner, Coral (2009). Direct-to-consumer genome-wide scans: Astrologicogenomics or simple scams?. The American Journal of Bioethics, 9 (6-7), 54-56. doi: 10.1080/15265160902894021

Direct-to-consumer genome-wide scans: Astrologicogenomics or simple scams?

Current funding

  • 2025
    Through the smoke: Exploring drivers and deterrents of illicit tobacco use to inform public policy
    Australian Institute of Criminology
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    Effectiveness of a Healthy Lifestyle and Resilience Program in New-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
    NHMRC MRFF Clinician Researchers Applied Research in Health
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    The Interdisciplinary Tobacco Endgame Research Network (INTER-Net)
    NHMRC Synergy Grants
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Transforming tobacco policy to deliver societal benefits
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Understanding Australia by analysing wastewater during the Census 2021
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2026
    The Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (CREATE)
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024
    Illicit tobacco and vape supply - A review of international media and marketing campaigns that aim to deter purchasing of illicit tobacco and/or vaping products
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Developing the Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks for Tobacco Reduction Reforms and Skin Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Project in Queensland
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Wellbeing and Healthy Lifestyle Program for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis (Arthritis Australia Project Grant led by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    The impacts of a changing nicotine marketplace on health professionals
    UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Estimating use of tobacco and nicotine products through wastewater analysis
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    A trial of vaporised nicotine products for smoking cessation following discharge from drug and alcohol residential withdrawal services (NHMRC Project Grant administered by Flinders University)
    Open grant
  • 2019
    The effect of E-cigarette use on clinical parameters and inflammatory biomarkers of non-periodontitis patients in response to routine scaling and cleaning
    Australian Dental Research Fund Inc
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2022
    10,000 Lives Project
    Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    E Cigarettes: history, evidence and policy
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2022
    A Pragmatic Randomised Clinical Trial of Nicotine Vaporisers added to Smoking Cessation Treatment for Priority Populations Living with Comorbidities
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Adding an electronic-cigarette to standard behavioural treatment for low-socioeconomic status smokers: A randomised trial (NHMRC Project Grant led by UNSW)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Estimating per capita use and release of chemicals by wastewater analysis
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    A non-inferiority trial of cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation (NHMRC Project Grant administered by the University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    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
  • 2015 - 2016
    Development and evaluation of a tailored video resource to help people from high risk populations to quit smoking
    Quit Victoria
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Vaporising smoking-related harms in people with severe and persistent mental illness: A study of the acceptability of vaporised nicotine products for smoking cessation or long-term substitution
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    A harm reduction trial using novel nicotine replacement products among smokers who are living with HIV in Australia
    HIVFQ HIV Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Quit Smoking Video Project (funding from VicHealth)
    Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Tobacco and alcohol metabolites in water to estimate gaps in excise revenue products
    Australian Taxation Office
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Assessing the effectiveness of High Intensity Interval Training for smoking cessation in women
    National Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Enhancing pharmacological and behavioural support to reduce smoking relapse: A factorial RCT (NHMRC/NIHR Collaborative Research Grant administered by Cancer Council Victoria)
    Cancer Council Victoria
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Economics of tobacco harm reduction
    Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    NHMRC CDF (Population Health; Level 1): Public health policies and interventions to reduce tobacco-related harms among socially disadvantaged populations and 'low probability quitters'
    NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Test of a new motivational intervention for smoking cessation, incorporating mobile phone reminders
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    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 - 2017
    An open-label randomised pragmatic policy trial of nicotine products for short-term cessation assistance or long-term substitution in smokers
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Estimating illicit drug usage through analysis of drugs in wastewater
    Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Occurrence and fate of illicit drugs in Australian sewage treatment work
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    ResTeach 2009 0.2 FTE SChool of Population Health
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2009
    UQ Travel Awards Category 2, Dr Coral Gartner
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2013
    NHMRC Training Fellowship (Aust. Based Public Health): Evaluating the effectiveness of future tobacco control strategies
    NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowship
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Coral Gartner is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring Civil and Criminal Litigation and Policy Frameworks of Australia's Tobacco Industry

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Smoking Cessation in People with a Serious Mental Illness

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Dan Siskind, Professor Steve Kisely

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The availability and use of illicit tobacco and nicotine vaping products in Australia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cheneal Puljevic

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Support for Commercial Tobacco Endgame Policies among People Who Experience Tobacco-Related Stigma

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Henry Marshall, Associate Professor Bernadette Richards, Dr Kylie Morphett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Illicit Tobacco Market in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cheneal Puljevic

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Digital Deterrence: Exploring innovative social media interventions to curtail youth vaping

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Jason Connor, Dr Carmen Lim

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Determinants of alcohol drinking, and tobacco smoking, and e-cigarette vaping in Vietnamese young people and young Vietnamese migrant in Australia : implications for public health interventions and substance-use control policies

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Jason Connor, Associate Professor Phong Thai, Associate Professor Gary Chung Kai Chan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Regulating the design and construction of nicotine and tobacco products

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kylie Morphett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding drivers and deterrents of Australia's illicit tobacco market

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cheneal Puljevic

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Expansion of smoking bans into contentious spaces and the tobacco endgame

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kylie Morphett

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Coral Gartner directly for media enquiries about:

  • electronic cigarettes
  • Public health - smoking reduction
  • Smoking - health
  • Smoking - public health policy
  • Smoking - quitting
  • Snus (smokeless tobacco)
  • Tobacco - health
  • Tobacco - snus
  • vaping

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