Dr Amy Gibson

Senior Research Officer

Foundations of University Learning and Teaching (FULT), UNSW Australia (2018)
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia (2009)
Masters of Public Health, University of Sydney (2004)
Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science major), Honours in Pharmacology, UNSW Australia (2000)
Bachelor of Arts (Sociology major), UNSW Australia (2000)

Medicine & Health

National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre

I am an epidemiologist with extensive experience in academic research, research support, and postgraduate teaching in the university setting. My undergraduate degrees include a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts. I completed my MPH (University of Sydney) in 2004 and my PhD (UNSW Sydney) in 2009. I have over 20 years of experience in clinical and linked data public health research with multidisciplinary teams. I have worked at the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, School of Population Health, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.

I have expertise in contracted linked data research, bespoke data linkage with multiple health districts, co-designing a linked data asset with government and research stakeholders, working with IT developers to create and manage cloud-based research infrastructure, managing data access agreements and ethics approvals, and coordinating a major training contract with the Australian Government Department of Health.

I also have five years of postgraduate teaching experience at UNSW Sydney. I have developed, convened and taught Context of Health Data Science and Dissertations for the MSc (Health Data Science), developed online training courses, and have been a casual teaching academic on the Foundations of Epidemiology course for the Masters of Public Health.

Phone

02 9348 1671

E-mail

amy.gibson@unsw.edu.au

Location

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Building R3

Books | 2009

Randall D; Roxburgh AD; Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ, 2009, Mortality among people who use illicit drugs: a toolkit for classifying major causes of death, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/mortality-among-people-who-use-illicit-drugs-toolkit-classifying-major-causes-death

Books | 2007

Gibson AE; Larance BK; Roxburgh AD; Degenhardt LJ; Black E, 2007, The extent of diversion of fentanyl for non-medical puposes in Australia: What do we know?, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Randwick, NSW

Books | 2005

Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ, 2005, Mortality Related to Naltrexone in the treatment of Opioid Dependence: A comparative Analysis, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Randwick, NSW
Book Chapters | 2009

Degenhardt LJ; Mattick RP; Gibson AE, 2009, 'Opioid dependence and management', in Mattick RP; Ali R; Lintzeris N (ed.), Pharmacotherapies for Opioid Dependence Treatment, Informa Healthcare, London, UK, pp. 1 - 14

Book Chapters | 2009

Gibson AE; Ritter A, 2009, 'Naltrexone maintenance treatment', in Mattick RP; Ali R; Lintzeris N (ed.), Pharmacotherapies for Opioid Dependence Treatment, Informa Healthcare, London, UK, pp. 252 - 281

Book Chapters | 2009

Mattick RP; Breen CL; Gibson AE, 2009, 'The place of buprenorphine in the management of opioid dependence.', in Mattick RP; Ali R; Lintzeris N (ed.), Pharmacotherapies for Opioid Dependence Treatment, Informa Healthcare, London, UK, pp. 196 - 226
Journal articles | 2019

Jayasinghe S; Liu B; Gidding H; Gibson A; Chiu C; McIntyre P, 2019, 'Long-term Vaccine Impact on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children with Significant Comorbidities in a Large Australian Birth Cohort', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 38, pp. 967 - 973, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002407

Journal articles | 2018

Gibson A; Randall D; Tran DT; Byrne M; Lawler A; Havard A; Robinson M; Jorm LR, 2018, 'Emergency Department Attendance after Telephone Triage: A Population-Based Data Linkage Study', Health Services Research, 53, pp. 1137 - 1162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.12692

Journal articles | 2017

Tran DT; Gibson A; Randall D; Havard A; Byrne M; Robinson M; Lawler A; Jorm LR, 2017, 'Compliance with telephone triage advice among adults aged 45 years and older: An Australian data linkage study', BMC Health Services Research, 17, pp. 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2458-y

Journal articles | 2015

Burns L; Gisev N; Larney S; Dobbins T; Gibson A; Kimber J; Larance B; Mattick RP; Butler T; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'A longitudinal comparison of retention in buprenorphine and methadone treatment for opioid dependence in New South Wales, Australia', Addiction, 110, pp. 646 - 655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12834

Journal articles | 2015

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Kimber J; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Weatherburn DJ; Gibson A; Mattick R; Butler T; Burns L, 2015, 'The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post-release from prison', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e260 - e260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.173

Journal articles | 2015

Gibson A; Jorm L; McIntyre P, 2015, 'Using linked birth, notification, hospital and mortality data to examine false-positive meningococcal disease reporting and adjust disease incidence estimates for children in New South Wales, Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 143, pp. 2570 - 2579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268814003355

Journal articles | 2015

Gisev N; Larney S; Gibson A; Kimber J; Burns L; Butler T; Mattick R; Weatherburn D; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'The Effect of Treatment and Retention with Opioid Substitution Therapy in Reducing Crime Among Opioid-Dependent People', PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 24, pp. 28 - 29, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000369980200049&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Journal articles | 2015

Larney S; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Burns L; Gibson A; Kimber J; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Opioid substitution therapy as a strategy to reduce deaths in prison: Retrospective cohort study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e168 - e168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.373

Journal articles | 2015

Gisev N; Larney S; Kimber J; Burns L; Weatherburn D; Gibson A; Dobbins T; Mattick RP; Butler T; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Determining the impact of opioid substitution therapy upon mortality and recidivism among prisoners: A 22 year data linkage study',

Journal articles | 2014

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Kimber J; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Weatherburn DJ; Gibson A; Mattick R; Butler T; Burns L, 2014, 'The Impact of Opioid Substitution Therapy on Mortality Post-Release from Prison: A Retrospective Data Linkage Study', PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 23, pp. 346 - 346

Journal articles | 2014

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Kimber J; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Weatherburn DJ; Gibson A; Mattick R; Butler T; Burns L, 2014, 'The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post-release from prison: Retrospective data linkage study', Addiction, 109, pp. 1306 - 1317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12536

Journal articles | 2014

Gisev N; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Dobbins T; Larance B; Gibson A; Kimber J; Butler T; Mattick R; Burns L, 2014, 'Treatment Utilisation and Retention with Opioid Substitution Therapy between 2001 and 2010: A Comparison of Buprenorphine and Methadone Users', PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 23, pp. 346 - 347, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000342763600644&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Journal articles | 2014

Gisev N; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Larance B; Gibson A; Kimber J; Burns L, 2014, 'A comparative study of opioid substitution therapy utilisation among opioid-dependent men and women', Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, pp. 499 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12151

Journal articles | 2014

Gisev N; Gibson A; Larney S; Kimber J; Williams M; Clifford A; Doyle M; Burns L; Butler T; Weatherburn DJ; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Offending, custody and opioid substitution therapy treatment utilisation among opioid-dependent people in contact with the criminal justice system: Comparison of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians', BMC Public Health, 14, pp. 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-920

Journal articles | 2014

Larney S; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Burns L; Gibson A; Kimber J; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Opioid substitution therapy as a strategy to reduce deaths in prison: Retrospective cohort study', BMJ Open, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004666

Journal articles | 2014

Larney S; Randall D; Gibson A; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Liver-related deaths in opioid-dependent people in New South Wales, Australia, 1997–2005: Contributions of viral hepatitis and alcohol', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 140, pp. e116 - e116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.02.332

Journal articles | 2013

Larney S; Degenhardt LJ; Gibson AE; Randall D, 2013, 'The contributions of viral hepatitis and alcohol to liver-related deaths in opioid-dependent people', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 131, pp. 252 - 257, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037687161200453X

Journal articles | 2011

Gibson A; Randall D; Degenhardt L, 2011, 'The increasing mortality burden of liver disease among opioid-dependent people: Cohort study', Addiction, 106, pp. 2186 - 2192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03575.x

Journal articles | 2011

Gibson AE; Randall D; Degenhardt LJ, 2011, 'The increasing mortality burden of liver disease among opioid-dependent people: cohort study', Addiction, 106, pp. 2186 - 2192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03575.x/full

Journal articles | 2008

Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ; Mattick RP; White J; O Brien SM, 2008, 'Exposure to opioid maintenance treatment reduces long-term mortality', Addiction, 103, pp. 462 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02090.x

Journal articles | 2008

Hall W; Degenhardt L; Gibson A; Mattick RP, 2008, 'Response to brewer', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 448 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230802089743

Journal articles | 2008

Hall WD; Degenhardt LJ; Gibson AE; Mattick RP, 2008, 'Depot naltrexone use for opioid dependence in Australia: large-scale use of an unregistered medication in the absence of data on safety and efficacy', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230701711157

Journal articles | 2007

Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD, 2007, 'Opioid deaths can occur in patients with naltrexone implants', Medical Journal of Australia, 186, pp. 152 - 153

Journal articles | 2007

Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD, 2007, 'Opioid overdose deaths can occur in patients with naltrexone implants - In reply', Medical Journal of Australia, 187, pp. 56 - 57

Journal articles | 2007

Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD, 2007, 'Opioid overdose deaths can occur in patients with naltrexone implants', Medical Journal of Australia, 186, pp. 152 - 153

Journal articles | 2007

Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD, 2007, 'Response to letters: Opioid deaths can occur in patients with naltrexone implants', Medical Journal of Australia, 187, pp. 56 - 57

Journal articles | 2007

Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ, 2007, 'Mortality related to pharmacotherapies for opioid dependence: a comparative analysis of coronial records', Drug and Alcohol Review, 26, pp. 405 - 410

Journal articles | 2007

Gibson AE; Shanahan MD, 2007, 'Costs and outcomes of treatments for excessive alcohol consumption: Makin policy decisions with the available data', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, 14, pp. 1 - 17

Journal articles | 2006

Digiusto EA; Panjari M; Gibson AE; Rea F, 2006, 'Follow-up difficulty: Correlates and relationship with outcome in heroin dependence treatment in the NEPOD study', Addictive Behaviors, 31, pp. 1201 - 1210

Journal articles | 2005

Gibson AE; Day CA; Degenhardt LJ, 2005, 'The impact of illicit drug market changes on health agency operations in Sydney, Australia', Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 28, pp. 35 - 40

Journal articles | 2005

Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ; Day CA; McKetin R, 2005, 'Recent trends in heroin supply to markets in Australia, the United States and Western Europe', International Journal of Drug Policy, 16, pp. 293 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.07.001

Journal articles | 2004

Bell JR; Byron G; Morris A; Gibson AE, 2004, 'A Pilot study of buprenorphine-naloxone comgination tablet (Suboxone) in treatment of opioid dependence', Drug and Alcohol Review, 23, pp. 311 - 317

Journal articles | 2004

Doran CM; Shanahan MD; Bell JR; Gibson AE, 2004, 'A cost - effectiveness analysis of buprenorphine-assisted heroin withdrawal', Drug and Alcohol Review, 23, pp. 171 - 175

Journal articles | 2003

Caplehorn JRM; Gibson AE, 2003, 'A comparison of buprenorphine treatment in clinic and primary care settings: A randomised trial (multiple letters)', Medical Journal of Australia, 179, pp. 557 - 558, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05690.x

Journal articles | 2003

Gibson AE; Doran CM; Bell GA; Ryan A; Lintzeris N, 2003, 'A comparison of buprenorphine treatment in clinic and primary care settings: a randomised trial', Medical Journal of Australia, 179, pp. 38 - 42

Journal articles | 2003

Gibson AE; Doran CM; Bell JR; Ryan A; Lintzeris N, 2003, 'A comparison of buprenorphine treatment in clinic and primary care settings: a randomised trial', Medical Journal of Australia, 179, pp. 38 - 42

Journal articles | 2003

Gibson AE, 2003, 'A comparison of buprenorphine treatment in clinic and primary care settings: a randomised trial', Medical Journal of Australia, 179, pp. 557 - 558, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05691.x
Reports | 2015

Tran D; Gibson AE; Randall D; Havard A; Jorm L, 2015, Mapping the outcome of calls to the healthdirect helpline (Final Report), Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Australia

Reports | 2015

Tran DT; gibson A; randall D; havard A; jorm L, 2015, Mapping the outcomes of calls to the healthdirect helpline

Reports | 2014

Gisev N; Larney S; Kimber J; Burns L; Weatherburn D; Gibson A; Dobbins T; Mattick R; Butler T; Degenhardt L, 2014, Determining the impact of opioid substitution therapy upon mortality and recidivism among prisoners: A 22 year data linkage study, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 330, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/determining-impact-opioid-substitution-therapy-upon-mortality-and-recidivism-among

Conference Papers | 2012

Larney S; Degenhardt L; Randall D; Gibson A, 2012, 'LIVER-RELATED MORTALITY AMONG OPIOID-DEPENDENT PEOPLE IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1985-2005', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 26 - 26, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700082&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Presentations | 2006

Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ, 2006, 'Deaths related to oral naltrexone in the treatment of opioid dependence', presented at School of Public Health and Community Medicine Postgraduate Research Student Conference 2006, Sydney, 27 October 2006

Reports | 2006

Gibson AE; Larance BK; Roxburgh AD; Degenhardt LJ; Black E, 2006, The extent of diversion of fentanyl for non-medical purposes in Australia: What do we know?, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales,, Sydney, 265

Reports | 2005

Shanahan MD; Doran CM; Gibson AE; Stafford J; Mattick RP, 2005, Interventions for excessive alcohol use: Costs and outcomes of pharmacotherapies and other treatments, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, Australia, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/interventions-excessive-alcohol-use-costs-and-outcomes-pharmacotherapies-and-other

Conference Presentations | 2004

Shanahan MD; Gibson AE, 2004, 'Considering the cost and outcomes of treatment for excessive alcohol consumption', presented at Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2004, Perth

Conference Papers |

Gibson A; Randall D; Tran D; Byrne M; Lawler A; Havard A; Robinson M; Jorm L, 'Emergency department attendance after telephone triage', in International journal of population data science

Chief investigator, Contract research, National Health Call Centre Network LTD. Gibson, A., Tran, D., Francis, L. and Jorm, L. (2014) Mapping the outcomes of calls to healthdirect Australia. (UNSW Grant ID: RG 142539)
Chief investigator, NHMRC project grant commencing 2011. Degenhardt, L., Burns, L., Weatherburn, D., Butler, T., Gibson, A. & Kimber, J. Determining the impact of opioid substitution therapy upon mortality and recidivism among prisoners: A 22-year data linkage study. Amount awarded: $204,472 (Grant ID: 1005668)
Associate investigator, NHMRC project grant commencing 2007. Degenhardt, L., Hall, W., Law, M., Butler, T. & Burns, L. Mortality among opioid dependent persons in pharmacotherapy: NSW 1985-2006. Amount awarded: $144,500 (Grant ID: 455451)

Masters of Health Data Science course team (2018) Award for Excellent in Educational Design or Development
UNSW Faculty of Medicine Dean's List for outstanding research (2009)
Outstanding student presentation, Postgraduate Research Student Conference, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW (2005)
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre PhD Scholarship (2005-2008)
UNSW Honours Scholarship (1999)
Academic Prize for Achievement in Bachelor of Advanced Science/ Arts, New College, UNSW (1997)

My Teaching

I currently convene and teach in the following Masters of Science in Health Data Science courses:

HDAT9100 Context of Health Data Science (convene and teach)
HDAT9900/9901/9902 Dissertations (convene)

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