Nick Lintzeris
PROFESSOR
Addiction Medicine
University of Sydney
Australia
Biography
Associate Professor Nicholas (Nick) Lintzeris is an Addiction Medicine specialist who has been involved for over two decades in clinical service delivery, research, professional education and policy activities in the field. He is internationally recognised as an expert in the treatment of opioid dependence, and has clinical and research interests in benzodiazepine, cannabis and psychostimulant use.
Research Interest
Professor Lintzeris works with several research teams in Australia and the UK, successfully bridging clinical and research communities. His primary research interest is the development and evaluation of treatment interventions and services for individuals with substance use disorders, with particular expertise in the evaluation of pharmacotherapies in treatment populations. He conducts treatment intervention studies, systematic reviews, service evaluation, health systems research, psychopharmacology, epidemiology and qualitative studies. He has a particular interest in the translation of research evidence into clinical practice.
Publications
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Nielsen, E., Gisev, N., Bruno, R., Hall, W., Cohen, M., Larance, B., Campbell, G., Shanahan, M., Blyth, F., Lintzeris, N., Pearson, S., et al (2017). Defined daily doses (DDD) do not accurately reflect opioid doses used in contemporary chronic pain treatment. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 26(5), 587-591
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Monds, L., Ridley, N., Rivas, C., Withall, A., Draper, B., Lintzeris, N. (2017). Cognition and adaptive functioning in older people attending drug and alcohol services. International Psychogeriatrics, 29(5), 815-823
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Suraev, A., Todd, L., Bowen, M., Allsop, D., McGregor, I., Ireland, C., Lintzeris, N. (2017). An Australian nationwide survey on medicinal cannabis use for epilepsy: History of antiepileptic drug treatment predicts medicinal cannabis use. Epilepsy and Behavior, 70, 334-340.
