Associate Professor Carolyn Day

Associate Professor
Addiction Medicine, Central Clinical School

C39 - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Curriculum vitae

Research interests

I am interested in all areas of drug and alcohol and addiction medicine, but have extensive experience in the area of injecting and illicit drug use and blood-borne infection. Key interest /areas of expertise include: Injecting drug use; hepatitis C epidemiology, prevention and treatment; hepatitis B vaccination; illicit drug use epidemiology and markets; treatments for opioid dependence.

Teaching areas

I have coordinated addiction medicine education in the Sydney Medical Program since 2007 and coorindate the unit of study "Alcohol, Drug and Health" (PUBH5114/5).

Keywords

Behavioural sciences; Public health; Infection and immunity; Substance abuse and addiction; Hepatitis

Publications

2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2012

   
  • Islam, M., Topp, L., Day, C., Dawson, A., Conigrave, K. (2012), The accessibility, acceptability, health impact and cost implications of primary healthcare outlets that target injecting drug users: A narrative synthesis of literature. International Journal of Drug Policy. 23(2), 94-102. [Abstract]
  • Mofizul Islam, M., Topp, L., Day, C., Dawson, A., Conigrave, K. (2012), Primary healthcare outlets that target injecting drug users: opportunity to make services accessible and acceptable to the target group. The International Journal on Drug Policy. 23(2), 109-110. [Abstract]

2011

   
  • Day, C., Topp, L. (2011), Commentary on Turner et al. (2011): Significant global scale-up of harm reduction interventions and pragmatic research approaches needed to prevent hepatitis C transmission. Addiction. 106(11), 1989-1990. [Abstract]
  • Islam, M., Grummett, S., White, A., Reid, S., Day, C., Haber, P. (2011), A primary healthcare clinic in a needle syringe program may contribute to HIV prevention by early detection of incident HIV in an injecting drug user. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. , 294-295. [Abstract]
  • Topp, L., Day, C., Iversen, J., Wand, H., Maher, L. (2011), Fifteen years of HIV surveillance among people who inject drugs: the australian needle and syringe program survey 1995-2009. AIDS (London, England). 25(6), 835-42. [Abstract]
  • Day, C., Islam, M., White, A., Reid, S., Hayes, S., Haber, P. (2011), Development of a nurse-led primary healthcare service for injecting drug users in inner-city Sydney. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 17(1), 10-15. [Abstract]
  • Chaar, B., Hanrahan, J., Day, C. (2011), Provision of Opioid Substitution Therapy Services in Australian Pharmacies. Australasian Medical Journal. 4:4, 210-216.

2010

   
  • Sanson-Fisher, R., Brand, M., Shakeshaft, A., Haber, P., Day, C., Conigrave, K., Mattick, R., Lintzeris, N., Teesson, M. (2010), Forming a national multicentre collaboration to conduct clinical trials: increasing high-quality research in the drug and alcohol field. Drug and Alcohol Review. 29(5), 469-474. [Abstract]
  • Day, C., White, B., Dore, G., van Beek, I., Rodgers, C., Cunningham, P., Wodak, A., Maher, L. (2010), Hepatitis B virus among injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia: prevalence, vaccination and knowledge of status. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 108(1-2), 134-137. [Abstract]
  • Islam, M., Day, C., Conigrave, K. (2010), Harm reduction healthcare: From an alternative to the mainstream platform?. The International journal on drug policy. 21(2), 131-3. [Abstract]
  • Ramasamy, P., Lintzeris, N., Sutton, Y., Taylor, H., Day, C., Haber, P. (2010), The outcome of a rapid hepatitis B vaccination programme in a methadone treatment clinic. Addiction. 105(2), 329-334. [Abstract]
  • Dunn, M., Day, C., Bruno, R., Degenhardt, L., Campbell, G. (2010), Sexual and injecting risk behaviours among regular ecstasy users. Addictive Behaviors. 35(2), 157-160. [Abstract]

2009

   
  • Coupland, H., Day, C., Levy, M., Maher, L. (2009), Promoting equitable access to hepatitis C treatment for Indo-Chinese injecting drug users. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 20(3), 234-240. [Abstract]
  • Doab, A., Topp, L., Day, C., Dore, G., Maher, L. (2009), Clinical trial literacy among injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia: A pilot study. Contemporary clinical trials. 30(5), 431-5. [Abstract]
  • Day, C., Haber, P. (2009), Managing drug dependence in people with hepatitis C. In: Hepatitis C: An Expanding Perspective. (pp.288-307).Australia: IP Communications.
  • Topp, L., Day, C., Dore, G., Maher, L. (2009), Poor criterion validity of self-reported hepatitis B infection and vaccination status among injecting drug users: A review. Drug and Alcohol Review. 28(6), 669-675. [Abstract]

2008

   
  • O'Brien, S., Day, C., Black, E., Dolan, K. (2008), Injecting drug users' understanding of hepatitis C. Addictive behaviors. 33(12), 1602-5. [Abstract]
  • Day, C., Topp, L., Iversen, J., Maher, L., Nsps, O. (2008), Blood-borne virus prevalence and risk among steroid injectors: Results from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey. Drug and alcohol review. 27(5), 559-61. [Abstract]
  • Topp, L., Iversen, J., Wand, H., Day, C., Kaldor, J., Maher, L. (2008), Representativeness of injecting drug users who participate in HIV surveillance: results from Australia's Needle and Syringe Program Survey. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 47(5), 632-638. [Abstract]
  • White, B., Day, C., Thein, H., Doab, A., Bates, A., Holden, J., van Beek, I., Maher, L. (2008), Acceptability of hepatitis C virus testing methods among injecting drug users. Drug and Alcohol Review. 27(6), 666-670. [Abstract]
  • Conroy, E., Day, C., Kimber, J., Dolan, K. (2008), An examination of the quality of life among rural and outer metropolitan injecting drug users in NSW, Australia. Addiction Research and Theory. 16, 607-617.
  • Day, C., White, B., Thein, H., Doab, A., Dore, G., Bates, A., Holden, J., Maher, L. (2008), Experience of hepatitis C testing among injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia. AIDS Care. 20(1), 116-123. [Abstract]

2007

   
  • White, B., Day, C., Maher, L. (2007), Self reported risk behaviour among injecting drug users: self versus assisted questionnaire completion. AIDS care. 19(3), 441-7. [Abstract]

2006

   
  • White, B., Day, C., Degenhardt, L., Kinner, S., Fry, C., Bruno, R., Johnston, J. (2006), Prevalence of injecting drug use and associated risk behavior among regular ecstasy users in Australia. Drug and alcohol dependence. 83(3), 210-7. [Abstract]
  • Day, C., Degenhardt, L., Hall, W. (2006), Changes in the initiation of heroin use after a reduction in heroin supply. Drug and alcohol review. 25(4), 307-13. [Abstract]
  • Day, C., Degenhardt, L., Hall, W. (2006), Documenting the heroin shortage in New South Wales. Drug and alcohol review. 25(4), 297-305. [Abstract]
  • Day, C., Conroy, E., Lowe, J., Page, J., Dolan, K. (2006), Patterns of drug use and associated harms among rural injecting drug users: comparisons with metropolitan injecting drug users. The Australian journal of rural health. 14(3), 120-5. [Abstract]
  • Degenhardt, L., Day, C., Conroy, E., Gilmour, S. (2006), Examining links between cocaine use and street-based sex work in New South Wales, Australia. Journal of sex research. 43(2), 107-14. [Abstract]
  • Day, C., Dolan, K. (2006), Correlates of hepatitis C testing among heroin injectors in Sydney. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 17(1), 70-72. [Abstract]
  • Conroy, E., Degenhardt, L., Day, C. (2006), Impact of drug market changes on substance-using pregnant women in three key Sydney drug markets. Women & health. 44(4), 93-105. [Abstract]
  • Day, C., Nassirimanesh, B., Shakeshaft, A., Dolan, K. (2006), Patterns of drug use among a sample of drug users and injecting drug users attending a General Practice in Iran. Harm Reduction Journal. 3, 2. [Abstract]
  • Gilmour, S., Koch, I., Degenhardt, L., Day, C. (2006), Identification and quantification of change in Australian illicit drug markets. BMC Public Health. 6, 1-10. [Abstract]
  • Gilmour, S., Degenhardt, L., Hall, W., Day, C. (2006), Using intervention time series analyses to assess the effects of imperfectly identifiable natural events: a general method and example. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 6, 16. [Abstract]
  • Degenhardt, L., Day, C., Gilmour, S., Hall, W. (2006), The "lessons" of the Australian "heroin shortage". Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 1, 11. [Abstract]