Lucy T. Tran

About

Lucy Tran joined the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at University of New South Wales in February 2018 and is currently working as a Research Officer. She has a strong interest in the mental health and drug and alcohol fields. She has worked on a series of systematic reviews that investigated mortality associated with stimulant and opioid use, as well as reviews looking at various interventions for drug use and mental health conditions.

Lucy completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) at the University of New South Wales in 2017 and a Masters of Clinical Psychology at the University of Tasmania in 2022.

Employment

• National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Research Officer

Education

• UNSW Sydney Doctor of Philosophy
  2022 - 2025
• University of Tasmania Master of Psychology (Clinical)
  2020 - 2022
• UNSW Sydney Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons)
  2017 - 2017
• UNSW Sydney Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
  2012 - 2016
• UNSW Sydney Bachelor of Science (Psychology)
  2012 - 2016
• UNSW Sydney

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (25)

• The bidirectional predictive association between methamphetamine use and depression
  Addiction 2026 DOI: 10.1111/add.70668
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• Global coverage of interventions for reduction of injecting drug use-related harm, HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis in prisons and other carceral settings: A systematic review
  International Journal of Drug Policy 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105069
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• The global epidemiology of injecting drug use, HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis among people who are incarcerated: a multistage systematic review
  International Journal of Drug Policy 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105062
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• Understanding Gender Differences in Injecting‐Related Harms Among an Australian Sample of People Who Inject Drugs
  Drug and Alcohol Review 2026 DOI: 10.1111/dar.70067
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• The association between mental disorders and treatment retention among people with opioid use disorder receiving opioid agonist treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112768
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• The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling
  The Lancet Public Health 2024 DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00167-1
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• The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  The Lancet Public Health 2024 DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00126-9
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• Global, regional, and country-level coverage of testing and treatment for HIV and hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs: a systematic review
  The Lancet Global Health 2023 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00461-8
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• Agreement between self‐reported illicit drug use and biological samples: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
  Addiction 2023 DOI: 10.1111/add.16200
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• Epidemiology of injecting drug use, prevalence of injecting-related harm, and exposure to behavioural and environmental risks among people who inject drugs: a systematic review
  The Lancet Global Health 2023 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00057-8
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• Prevalence of mental disorders among people with opioid use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109551
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• Association between opioid agonist therapy use and HIV testing uptake among people who have recently injected drugs: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
  Addiction 2021 DOI: 10.1111/add.15316
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• Association of Opioid Agonist Treatment With All-Cause Mortality and Specific Causes of Death Among People With Opioid Dependence
  JAMA Psychiatry 2021 DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0976
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• All‐cause and cause‐specific mortality among people with regular or problematic cocaine use: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
  Addiction 2021 DOI: 10.1111/add.15239
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• Prevalence of childhood maltreatment among people with opioid use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108459
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• Feasibility and acceptability of take‐home naloxone for people released from prison in New South Wales, Australia
  Drug and Alcohol Review 2021 DOI: 10.1111/dar.13144
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• All-Cause and Overdose Mortality Risk Among People Prescribed Opioids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  Pain Medicine 2020 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaa214
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• Injecting risk behaviours amongst people who inject drugs: A global multi-stage systematic review and meta-analysis
  International Journal of Drug Policy 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102866
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• Integrating HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis and harm reduction among men who have sex with men and transgender women to address intersecting harms associated with stimulant use: a modelling study
  Annick Bórquez, Katherine M. Rich, Michael Farrell +10 more
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020 DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25495
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• Association between opioid agonist therapy and testing, treatment uptake, and treatment outcomes for hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa612
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