Professor Jason Connor
Professor

Jason Connor

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Background

Jason Connor is a Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology in the Discipline of Psychiatry and Founding Director of the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (2008 - 2014, 2017+) at The University of Queensland.

Professor Connor is a clinical psychologist by training and a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (APS). He has specialist membership in the APS Health and Clinical Colleges. Jason commenced his academic career after being awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) doctoral scholarship (PhD, 2002) for research into substance use disorders.

Since moving from full-time clinical practice to academia, he has successfully combined teaching responsibilities with research.

Professor Connor has won an Australian award for excellence in university teaching.

He has published over 290 peer reviewed journal papers, books and book chapters. Professor Connor has received $23 million in research funding as Chief Investigator and currently leads $2.3 million in Catergor 1 external research grants.

Professor Connor's main research focus is substance use disorders. Research areas include substance use assessment and treatment, genetic markers of alcohol and nicotine dependence, measurement of alcohol craving, novel psychological models of problem drinking and the prevention of youth substance abuse. He is a consultant for the World Health Organisation (substance use) and member of the Federal Government’s Alcohol & Drug Centres of Excellence Strategic Reference Group, which is tasked with guiding the evidenced based policy for substance use in Australia.

Professor Connor has received awards for his research (NH&MRC Career Development Fellow; Australian Psychological Society Early Career Research Award) and service to the profession of psychology (Australian Psychological Society Health College Award of Distinction).

In addition to his academic roles, he has an appointment with Queensland Health and continues to offer clinical services.

Examples of recent publications:

Connor, J.P., Stjepanović, D., Le Foll, B., Hoch, E., Budney A., Hall, W.D. (2021) Cannabis use and cannabis use disorders. NATURE REVIEWS: DISEASE PRIMERS, 25;7(1) 16.

Ahmed, F., Boogaerts, T., Bowes, D.A., van Nuijs, A.L.N., Covaci, A., Hall, W., Connor, J.P., Thomas, K.V. (2024). Enhanced estimation of the prevalence of treated mental health disorders by wastewater-based epidemiology, NATURE MENTAL HEALTH 2, 345–347.

Connor, J.P., Stjepanović, D., Budney A., Le Foll, B., Hall, W.D. (2022) Clinical Management of Cannabis Withdrawal. ADDICTION,117(7):2075-2095.

Symons, M., Feeney, G.F.X., Gallagher, M.R., Young, R.M., Connor, J.P. (2020). Predicting alcohol dependence treatment outcomes: a prospective comparative study of clinical psychologists versus 'trained' machine learning models. ADDICTION, 115(11) 2164-2175

Connor, J.P., Hall, W.D. (2018). Thresholds for safer alcohol use might need lowering. LANCET, 391(10129), 1460-1461.

Connor, J.P., Haber, P.S., Hall, W.D. (2016). Alcohol Use Disorders. LANCET, 387(10022), 988-98.

Connor, J. P. Hall, W.D. (2015). Alcohol burden in low-income and middle-income countries. LANCET, 386(10007), 1922-4.

Availability

Professor Jason Connor is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Clinical sciences Health Sciences Psychology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, Central Queensland University
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Social Science (Psychology), Charles Sturt University
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Psychology, The University of Queensland

Search Professor Jason Connor’s works on UQ eSpace

329 works between 1998 and 2024
All (329) Journal Article (223) Book Chapter (11) Conference Publication (88) Book (4) Other Outputs (3)

41 - 60 of 329 works

2023

Journal Article

Cannabis use in Sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Belete, Habte, Mekonen, Tesfa, Espinosa, Dorothy C., Ambaw, Fentie, Connor, Jason, Chan, Gary, Hides, Leanne, Hall, Wayne and Leung, Janni (2023). Cannabis use in Sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Addiction, 118 (7), 1201-1215. doi: 10.1111/add.16170

Cannabis use in Sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

2023

Journal Article

What is the hype on # MedicinalCannabis in the United States? A content analysis of medicinal cannabis tweets

Lim, Carmen C. W., Sun, Tianze, Gartner, Coral, Connor, Jason, Fahmi, Marco, Hall, Wayne, Hames, Sam, Stjepanović, Daniel, Chan, Gary and Leung, Janni (2023). What is the hype on # MedicinalCannabis in the United States? A content analysis of medicinal cannabis tweets. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43 (1), 28-35. doi: 10.1111/dar.13618

What is the hype on # MedicinalCannabis in the United States? A content analysis of medicinal cannabis tweets

2022

Journal Article

Improving assessment and progress monitoring in alcohol use disorder: An implementation evaluation of the instant assessment and personalised feedback system (iAx)

Kidd, Chloe, Connor, Jason P., Feeney, Gerald F. X. and Gullo, Matthew J. (2022). Improving assessment and progress monitoring in alcohol use disorder: An implementation evaluation of the instant assessment and personalised feedback system (iAx). Addictive Behaviors, 135 107438, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107438

Improving assessment and progress monitoring in alcohol use disorder: An implementation evaluation of the instant assessment and personalised feedback system (iAx)

2022

Journal Article

Non-medical use of pharmaceutical opioids with and without other illicit substance use: Trends from two repeated nationally representative Australian surveys

Leung, Janni, Stjepanovic, Daniel, Vu, Giang, Lim, Carmen, Anandan, Aathavan Shanmuga, Hall, Wayne, Connor, Jason and Chan, Gary (2022). Non-medical use of pharmaceutical opioids with and without other illicit substance use: Trends from two repeated nationally representative Australian surveys. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 5 100118, 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100118

Non-medical use of pharmaceutical opioids with and without other illicit substance use: Trends from two repeated nationally representative Australian surveys

2022

Journal Article

Trends and socio-demographic differences of cannabis vaping in the USA and Canada

Lim, Carmen C. W., Chan, Gary C. K., Wadsworth, Elle, Stjepanović, Daniel, Chiu, Vivian, Chung, Jack Y. C., Sun, Tianze, Connor, Jason, Leung, Janni, Gartner, Coral, Hall, Wayne and Hammond, David (2022). Trends and socio-demographic differences of cannabis vaping in the USA and Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (21) 14394, 14394. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192114394

Trends and socio-demographic differences of cannabis vaping in the USA and Canada

2022

Journal Article

Development of the Motivational Thought Frequency Scale for alcohol abstinence (MTF‐A)

Cheng, Brandon, Coates, Jason M., Gullo, Matthew J., Chan, Gary, Kavanagh, David J., Feeney, Gerald F. X., Young, Ross Mc D., Clark, Paul J. and Connor, Jason P. (2022). Development of the Motivational Thought Frequency Scale for alcohol abstinence (MTF‐A). Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 46 (11), 2077-2088. doi: 10.1111/acer.14938

Development of the Motivational Thought Frequency Scale for alcohol abstinence (MTF‐A)

2022

Book

iAx manual: instant assessment and personalised feedback for stimulant use disorder (iAx-S)

Gullo, Matthew J., Wanigasooriya, Angela, Kidd, Chloe, Thomsen, Nanna, Feeney, Gerald F.X., Connor, Jason P. and Clark, Paul J. (2022). iAx manual: instant assessment and personalised feedback for stimulant use disorder (iAx-S). Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21313920

iAx manual: instant assessment and personalised feedback for stimulant use disorder (iAx-S)

2022

Conference Publication

A systematic review of the relationship between alcohol-related media on social networking sites and alcohol use

Cheng, Brandon, Lim, Carmen C. W., Rutherford, Brienna N., Huang, Sandy, Ashley, Daniel P., Chung, Jack, Chan, Gary C. K., Coates, Jason M., Gullo, Matthew J. and Connor, Jason P. (2022). A systematic review of the relationship between alcohol-related media on social networking sites and alcohol use. APSAD 2022 Conference, Darwin, NT Australia, 9–12 October 2022. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.

A systematic review of the relationship between alcohol-related media on social networking sites and alcohol use

2022

Journal Article

Validation of the Facebook Addiction Questionnaire

Elphinston, Rachel A., Gullo, Matthew J. and Connor, Jason P. (2022). Validation of the Facebook Addiction Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 195 111619, 111619. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111619

Validation of the Facebook Addiction Questionnaire

2022

Journal Article

Mood and anxiety symptoms in persons taking prescription opioids: a systematic review with meta-analyses of longitudinal studies

Leung, Janni, Santo, Thomas, Colledge, Samantha, Mekonen, Tesfa, Thomson, Kate, Degenhardt, Louisa, Connor, Jason P., Hall, Wayne and Stjepanović, Daniel (2022). Mood and anxiety symptoms in persons taking prescription opioids: a systematic review with meta-analyses of longitudinal studies. Pain Medicine, 23 (8), 1442-1456. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnac029

Mood and anxiety symptoms in persons taking prescription opioids: a systematic review with meta-analyses of longitudinal studies

2022

Other Outputs

The first step in co-design of a digital brief intervention to reduce prescription opioid related harm, informed by patient lived experiences: a qualitative analysis

Elphinston, Rachel A., Pager, Sue, Brown, Kelly, Sterling, Michele, Fatehi, Farhad, Gray, Paul, Hipper, Linda, Cahill, Linda and Connor, Jason P. (2022). The first step in co-design of a digital brief intervention to reduce prescription opioid related harm, informed by patient lived experiences: a qualitative analysis.

The first step in co-design of a digital brief intervention to reduce prescription opioid related harm, informed by patient lived experiences: a qualitative analysis

2022

Journal Article

Getting high for likes: exploring cannabis‐related content on TikTok

Rutherford, Brienna N., Sun, Tianze, Johnson, Benjamin, Co, Steven, Lim, Tong Liang, Lim, Carmen C. W., Chiu, Vivian, Leung, Janni, Stjepanovic, Daniel, Connor, Jason P. and Chan, Gary C. K. (2022). Getting high for likes: exploring cannabis‐related content on TikTok. Drug and Alcohol Review, 41 (5), 1119-1125. doi: 10.1111/dar.13433

Getting high for likes: exploring cannabis‐related content on TikTok

2022

Other Outputs

Applying patient and health professional preferences as part of co-designing a new digital brief intervention to reduce prescription opioid harm

Elphinston, Rachel A., Pager, Sue, Fatehi, Farhad, Sterling, Michele, Brown, Kelly, Gray, Paul, Hipper, Linda, Cahill, Lauren , Ziadni, Maisa, Worthy, Peter and Connor, Jason P. (2022). Applying patient and health professional preferences as part of co-designing a new digital brief intervention to reduce prescription opioid harm.

Applying patient and health professional preferences as part of co-designing a new digital brief intervention to reduce prescription opioid harm

2022

Conference Publication

Patterns of tobacco and cannabis use in Australia: a latent class analysis and health-related correlates

Lim, Carmen C. W., Leung, Janni, Gravely, Shannon, Gartner, Coral, Chiu, Vivian, Sun, Tianze, Chung, Jack, Stjepanovic, Daniel, Connor, Jason, Scheurer, Roman, Hall, Wayne and Chan, Gary (2022). Patterns of tobacco and cannabis use in Australia: a latent class analysis and health-related correlates. The College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Minneapolis, MN USA, 11-15 June 2022.

Patterns of tobacco and cannabis use in Australia: a latent class analysis and health-related correlates

2022

Journal Article

Changes in patterns of youth multiple tobacco and/or e-cigarette product use in the US between 2014 and 2020: a multiple-group latent class analysis

Sun, Tianze, Lim, Carmen C W, Rutherford, Brienna N., Johnson, Benjamin, Connor, Jason, Gartner, Coral E, Hall, Wayne D, Leung, Janni and Chan, Gary (2022). Changes in patterns of youth multiple tobacco and/or e-cigarette product use in the US between 2014 and 2020: a multiple-group latent class analysis. Tobacco Control, 33 (1) tobaccocontrol-2022-057266, tobaccocontrol-2022. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2022-057266

Changes in patterns of youth multiple tobacco and/or e-cigarette product use in the US between 2014 and 2020: a multiple-group latent class analysis

2022

Journal Article

Causal inference with observational data in addiction research

Chan, Gary C. K., Lim, Carmen, Sun, Tianze, Stjepanovic, Daniel, Connor, Jason, Hall, Wayne and Leung, Janni (2022). Causal inference with observational data in addiction research. Addiction, 117 (10), 2736-2744. doi: 10.1111/add.15972

Causal inference with observational data in addiction research

2022

Journal Article

Association between the implementation of tobacco control policies and adolescent vaping in 44 lower‐middle, upper‐middle, and high‐income countries

Chan, Gary C. K., Gartner, Coral, Lim, Carmen, Sun, Tianze, Hall, Wayne, Connor, Jason, Stjepanović, Daniel and Leung, Janni (2022). Association between the implementation of tobacco control policies and adolescent vaping in 44 lower‐middle, upper‐middle, and high‐income countries. Addiction, 117 (8), 1-10. doi: 10.1111/add.15892

Association between the implementation of tobacco control policies and adolescent vaping in 44 lower‐middle, upper‐middle, and high‐income countries

2022

Journal Article

Is smoking reduction and cessation associated with increased e-cigarette use? Findings from a nationally representative sample of adult smokers in Australia

Sun, Tianze, Lim, Carmen C.W., Rutherford, Brienna N., Johnson, Benjamin, Leung, Janni, Gartner, Coral, Hall, Wayne D., Connor, Jason P. and Chan, C. K. Gary (2022). Is smoking reduction and cessation associated with increased e-cigarette use? Findings from a nationally representative sample of adult smokers in Australia. Addictive Behaviors, 127 107217, 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107217

Is smoking reduction and cessation associated with increased e-cigarette use? Findings from a nationally representative sample of adult smokers in Australia

2022

Journal Article

Pain medication beliefs mediate the relationship between pain catastrophizing and opioid prescription use in patients with chronic non-cancer pain

Elphinston, Rachel A., Sullivan, Michael J. L., Sterling, Michele, Connor, Jason. P., Baranoff, John A., Tan, Dylan and Day, Melissa A. (2022). Pain medication beliefs mediate the relationship between pain catastrophizing and opioid prescription use in patients with chronic non-cancer pain. Journal of Pain, 23 (3), 379-389. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.08.009

Pain medication beliefs mediate the relationship between pain catastrophizing and opioid prescription use in patients with chronic non-cancer pain

2022

Journal Article

Changes in viewer engagement and accessibility of popular vaping videos on TikTok: a 12-month prospective study

Rutherford, Brienna N., Sun, Tianze, Lim, Carmen C. W., Chung, Jack, Cheng, Brandon, Davidson, Lily, Tisdale, Calvert, Leung, Janni, Stjepanović, Daniel, Connor, Jason P. and Chan, Gary C. K. (2022). Changes in viewer engagement and accessibility of popular vaping videos on TikTok: a 12-month prospective study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (3) 1141, 1141. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031141

Changes in viewer engagement and accessibility of popular vaping videos on TikTok: a 12-month prospective study

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2026
    Independent Research and Evaluation of the Police Drug Diversion Program (PDDP)
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    Monitoring Framework and Evaluation of drug checking services
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    Unclouding the future: Igniting change with an AI-powered social media campaign against youth vaping
    NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Using multiple data sources to understand the opioid crisis in Australia
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    Understanding, preventing and treating youth substance use (2023-2025)
    Drug and Alcohol Program
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    Centre of Research Excellence in Alcohol and Other Drug sector capacity building for outcome focused, evidence based and cost effective care (CRE in AOD -CB)
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    A randomised controlled trial of N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of alcohol use disorder - External Led by University of Sydney
    University of Sydney
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023
    Review of alcohol and other drugs program
    Queensland Department of Education
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    Co-design, development, and feasibility of a psychological brief intervention to reduce prescription opioid-related harm in people with chronic pain
    Metro South Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Understanding, preventing and treating youth substance abuse (2019-2022)
    Drug and Alcohol Program
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Understanding, preventing and treating youth substance abuse
    Drug and Alcohol Program
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Brief telephone interventions for reducing future alcohol use and related harm in young people accessing emergency departments
    NHMRC Mental Health Targeted Call for Research
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Active and interactive analysis of prescription data for harm minimisation
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    A new, low-cost e-health treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder using mental imagery (NHMRC Project Grants administered by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Changing Australian Drinking : A comprehensive social marketing program (ARC Linkage Project administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2015
    UQ Travel Award 2015 - Prof John May
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Advancing Prevention Science: Application of Social Marketing to Change the Drinking Culture of Young Australians (ARC Linkage Project administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    The Development of Automated Advanced Data Analysis Techniques for the Detection of Aberrant Patterns of Prescribing Controlled Drugs
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2022
    Gift from The University of Queensland Endowment Fund to the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (from Graeme Wood and Andrew Brice)
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    Very young adolescents and substance use: Community and family vulnerabilities and healthy developmental transitions.
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    Brief telephone interventions for reducing future alcohol use and related harm in young people accessing emergency departments (NHMRC Mental Health Targeted Call for Research administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2017
    NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (Level 2): Revolutionising alcohol dependence treatment: Targeting individual genetic and psychological risk through Clinical Decision Support Systems
    NHMRC Career Development Award
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    The Queensland Drink Safe Precincts Initiative: proposed impact analysis and evaluation
    Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Mindfulness Meditation in Schools - Pilot Study
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    ResTeach Funding 2012 0.1 FTE School of Nursing and Midwifery
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    BYS Drug Survey
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2011
    ResTeach 2011 0.1 FTE School of Nursing and Midwifery
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Preparing Queensland for the next generation of prevention science research: A community-based process for reducing delinquency and alcohol/other drug use in regional areas
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Understanding Patient Flow Bottlenecks and Patterns from Hospital Information Systems Data
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Evaluation of Internet-Based Treatments for Comorbidity of Alcohol Disorders and Depressive Mood (NHMRC Project Grant administered by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Evaluation of Strategies to Promote the Dissemination of Programs for People with Serious Mental Disorders and Comorbid Substance Use Disorders
    Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    Clinical communication skills for UQ medical students
    UQ Teaching & Learning Strategic Grants
    Open grant
  • 2007
    Detection of relapse risk and improvement of health risk behaviours in people with depression: Randomised controlled trial of correspondence-based intervention
    Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
    Open grant
  • 2007
    Randomised Controlled Trial of a New Intervention for Alcohol Craving
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Machine Learning as an adjunct to clinical decision making
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Detection of relapse risk and improvement of health risk behaviours in people with depression: Randomised controlled trial of correspondence-based assistance to general practitioners
    Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Treatment for Alcohol-related Craving: A Preliminary Efficacy Trial
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2004
    Aetiology of Alcohol Dependence
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Functional MRI Of Brain Regions Association With Craving In Smokers: Associated With D2 Dopamine Receptor (DRD2) Gene Status
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003
    The Relationship Between Genetic and Psychological Factors in the Development of Alcohol Dependence
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant

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