Our publications
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The School published 1300+ journal articles in 2025. Below we highlight some exceptional examples of publications by our team across 2026, and then some further publications are listed under each of our three research themes.
Our featured publications
The case for community health workers in high-income countries
Tesema A, Osório D, Joshi R. The case for community health workers in high-income countries. The Lancet Primary Care, 2, pp. 100068 - 100068.
Summary
In high income countries, health care systems are facing strains that current staffing structures will struggle to adequately address. Community Health Workers (CHW) are one addition to the healthcare field that have a unique ability to help meet healthcare system needs in these countries. In this paper, authors discuss the role of CHWs and the benefits they can add to the system, as well as the financial, political and accountability changes that would be needed to successfully integrate CHWs across healthcare systems in high income countries. Drawing on the experiences of small-scale programmes already in place, authors put forward their views on the importance of CHW.
Short-term risk of falls among initiators of controlled-release tapentadol versus oxycodone
Camacho X, Schaffer AL, Brett J, Hopkins R, Gisev N, Marsh S, Filion KB, Pratt N, Henry D, Pearson S. Short-term risk of falls among initiators of controlled-release tapentadol versus oxycodone: A population-based cohort study. Plos Medicine, 23, pp. e1004950.
This paper explores whether the use of sustained release tapentadol (SR) reduces risk of falls, compared with controlled release oxycodone (CR), as tapentadol has been associated with fewer nervous system side effects. Falls carry a significant economic burden and health impact, and along with the known link these drugs have to opioid use, the value of knowing whether one carries lowered risk of falls is high. The results of this study show that while tapentadol (SR) use was associated with lower fall risk, compared with oxycodone (CR), up to four weeks, indicating that the lowered risk might only be important for older patients, for whom falls can carry more severe consequences.
Harnessing data science and artificial intelligence to advance implementation research and practice
Chan J; Tyedmers E; Gonzalez M; Mckay S; Liang S; Tiernan G; Mazariego C; Elias J; Robles AT; Taylor N. Harnessing data science and artificial intelligence to advance implementation research and practice. Jbi Evidence Implementation 2026, Publish Ahead of Print
The implementation of research findings into clinical practice is an ongoing struggle within our healthcare system, for a range of reasons, including the volume of evidence to synthesise, context related factors, and other issues around equity, bias, trust, ethics and more. In this paper, authors explore their work trialling AI large language models, clustering algorithms and sentiment analysis, to help make the translation of research into practice easier and quicker, while acknowledging the ongoing need for ethical oversight, transparency and human collaboration.
Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the South Atlantic
Islam MS; Chughtai AA; Wood JG; Sawleshwarkar S; Muscatello DJ; Seale H. Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the South Atlantic. Lancet 2026, 407, pp. 2286 - 2287.
In this article, authors review the known pathways of infection and spread of the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that left from Argentina, in May 2026. Analysing the movements of cases prior to boarding the ship, and infection rates, authors have suggested a timeline of infection and spread on board the ship. In light of these findings, authors suggest the implementation of practices of surveillance, early detection and prevention measures, which would improve disease control in maritime settings.
Mental health diversion and criminal justice outcomes
Akpanekpo EI; Kasinathan J; Gaskin C; Greenberg D; Schofield PW; Butler T. Mental health diversion and criminal justice outcomes: a population-based cohort study of 53,605 justice-involved adolescents. Health and Justice, 2026, 14.
We know that incarceration of adolescents is associated with a range of adverse outcomes, but knowledge of the statistical impact of alternative measures is low. In this article, authors outline their findings, comparing rates of reoffending within 12 months between adolescents offered custodial sentences, mental health diversion, and community-based legal orders. As suspected, those offered mental health diversion had the lowest rates of reoffending; those given custodial sentences had the highest; and those given community-based legal orders lay between these two. It was also noted that those adolescents with neurodevelopmental and externalizing presentations of mental health disorders were likely to benefit most from mental health diversion.
Capturing SARS-CoV-2 immune landscapes to inform future strategies for COVID-19 vaccination in a high-income setting
Hogan AB; Muscatello DJ; Liu B; Nedjati-Gilani G; Wood JG, 2026. Capturing SARS-CoV-2 immune landscapes to inform future strategies for COVID-19 vaccination in a high-income setting: a mathematical modelling study. BMC Infectious Diseases 2026, 26.
Since the initial impact of COVID-19, the ongoing transmission of the virus remains important to understand, particularly in its hospitalisation of older people. In this paper, authors outline their findings around the reduction in hospitalisations related to COVID-19 infection in those aged 65+ using various vaccine booster dose scenarios. Findings indicate that an annual booster for those over age 65 would have result in a significant reduction in hospitalisations, with a second dose at six months for those over 75 being particularly beneficial.
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