Dr William Gilmore

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My research focuses on building a local, state and national level evidence base regarding levels and patterns of alcohol use and harm, studying associations between alcohol’s availability and alcohol use and harm, and evaluating changes in government policy. I have been awarded $7.2 million in state, national and international research income as a Chief Investigator and authored >50 research outputs.

  • PhD, Australia, Curtin University
  • MSc, UK, University College London
  • BSc (Hons), UK, Newcastle University
  • Alcohol policy
  • Epidemiology
  • Surveillance
  • Evaluation
  • Population health
  • Demography
  • Geography
  • Geographic information science/systems

Gilmore, W. and Gilmore, I. (2024). Evidence-based alcohol policies are the answer. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. doi:10.1038/s41575-024-00898-0 [RJ2130] View web page

Gilmore, W. and Gilmore, I. (2022). Has the pandemic exacerbated alcohol harm? Trends in Urology & Men’s Health, 13, (4), pp. 2-3. doi:10.1002/tre.863 [RJ1880] View web page

Gilmore, W., Symons, M., Liang, W., Graham, K., Kypri, K., Miller, P., G. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2022). Association between bar closing time, alcohol use disorders and blood alcohol concentration: A cross-sectional observational study of nightlife-goers in Perth, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, (7026). doi:10.3390/ijerph19127026 [RJ1888] View web page

Lam, T., Laslett, A., L., Fischer, J., Salom, C., L., Ogeill, R., Lubman, D., Aiken, A., Mattick, R., Gilmore, W. and Allsop, S. (2022). Disclosures of harming others during their most recent drinking session: Findings from a large national study of heavy-drinking adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, (1), pp. 197-207. doi:10.1111/dar.13336 [RJ1653] View web page

Reedy, C., Gilmore, W. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2022). Estimated alcohol-attributable deaths and hospitalisations in Australia, 2010 to 2017. National Alcohol Indicators, Bulletin 17. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth. [UP41] Download PDF

Gilmore, W. and Gilmore, I. (2021). Alcohol and men's health. In Kirby, R., Carson, C., White, A. and Kirby, M. (eds.) Men's Health (4th ed). CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), London. ISBN: 9780367360788 [CH222] View web page

Gilmore, W., Symons, M., Liang, W., Graham, K., Kypri, K., Miller, P., G. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2021). Association between nightlife goers’ likelihood of an alcohol use disorder and their preferred bar’s closing time: A cross-sectional observational study in Perth, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (24). doi:10.3390/ijerph182413040 [RJ1829] View web page

Whetton, S., Tait, R., J., Gilmore, W., Dey, T., Agramunt, S., Abdul Halim, S., McEntee, A., Mukhtar, A., Roche, A., Allsop, S. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2021). Examining the Social and Economic Costs of Alcohol Use in Australia: 2017/18. In Tait, R., J. and Allsop, S. (eds.). National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. ISBN: 978-0-6487367-5-2 [T302] Download PDF

Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., McManus, H., Kaldor, J., M. and Guy, R. (2020). The association between the Australian alcopops tax and national chlamydia rates among young people – an interrupted time series analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, (4), pp. 1343. doi:10.3390/ijerph17041343 [RJ1542] View web page

Lam, T., Fischer, J., Salom, C., L., Ogeill, R., Wilson, J., C., Lubman, D., Burns, L., Lenton, S., Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., Aiken, A. and Allsop, S. (2020). Safety first: beliefs of older peers supplying alcohol to underage friends. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. doi:10.1002/hpja.378 [RJ1606] View web page

Lam, T., Ogeill, R., Fischer, J., Midford, R., Lubman, D., Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., Liang, W., Lenton, S., Aiken, A. and Allsop, S. (2020). Alcohol supply as a favour for a friend: Scenarios of alcohol supply to younger friends and siblings. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31, (1), pp. 112-120. doi:10.1002/hpja.264 [RJ1460] View web page

Hydes, T., Gilmore, W., Sheron, N. and Gilmore, I. (2019). Treating alcohol-related liver disease from a public health perspective. Journal of Hepatology (WG joint first author), 70, pp. 223-236. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2018.10.036 [RJ1443] View web page

Lam, T., Laslett, A., L., Ogeill, R., Lubman, D., Liang, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., Gilmore, W., Lenton, S., Fischer, J., Aiken, A., Mattick, R., Burns, L., Midford, R. and Allsop, S. (2019). From eye rolls to punches: experience of harm from others’ drinking amongst risky drinking adolescents across Australia. Public Health Research & Practice, 29, (4), pp. e2941927. doi:10.17061/phrp2941927 [RJ1469] View web page

Rechichi, V., Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N. and Allsop, S. (2019). Submission to NSW Joint Select Committee on Sydney's night time economy. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [R334] Download PDF

Sherk, A., Gilmore, W., Churchill, S., Lensvelt, E., Stockwell, T., R. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2019). Implications of cardioprotective assumptions for national drinking guidelines and alcohol monitoring systems. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, (24), pp. 4956. doi:10.3390/ijerph16244956 [RJ1543] View web page

Aiken, A., Lam, T., Gilmore, W., Burns, L., Chikritzhs, T., N., Lenton, S., Lloyd, B., Lubman, D., Ogeill, R. and Allsop, S. (2018). Youth perceptions of alcohol advertising: Are current advertising regulations working? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42, (3), pp. 234-239. doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12792 [RJ1055] View web page

Coomber, K., Chikritzhs, T., N., Morgan, A., Lam, T., Droste, N., Mayshak, R., Curtis, A., Guadagno, B., Hyder, S., Gilmore, W., Peacock, A., Bruno, R., Taylor, N. and Miller, P., G. (2018). Targeting at-risk samples through brief face-to-face interviews in night-time entertainment precincts. Journal of Substance Use, 23, (4), pp. 353-357. doi:10.1080/14659891.2017.1410239 [RJ1389] View web page

Droste, N., Miller, P., G., Kaestle, C., Curtis, A., Hyder, S., Coomber, K., Pennay, A., Chikritzhs, T., N., Lam, T. and Gilmore, W. (2018). Comparing levels of blood alcohol concentration and indicators of impairment in nightlife patrons. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, pp. S348-S356. doi:10.1111/dar.12639 [RJ1374] View web page

Gilmore, I. and Gilmore, W. (2018). Dietary, lifestyle, and environmental factors affecting health: Alcohol. In Davey, P. and Sprigings, D. (eds.) Diagnosis and Treatment in Internal Medicine. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN: 9780199568741 [CH192]

Gilmore, W., Brown, K. and Gilmore, I. (2018). Prevention approaches to alcohol-related harm. In Bhugra, D., Bhui, K., Wong, S. and Gilman, S. (eds.) Oxford Textbook of Public Mental Health. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN: 9780198792994 [CH211]

Lam, T., Ogeill, R., Allsop, S., Chikritzhs, T., N., Fischer, J., Midford, R., Gilmore, W., Lenton, S., Liang, W., Lloyd, B., Aiken, A., Mattick, R. and Lubman, D. (2018). Insomnia and regulation of sleep-wake cycle with drugs among adolescent risky drinkers. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 14, (9), pp. 1529-1537. doi:10.5664/jcsm.7330 [RJ1437] View web page

Lensvelt, E., Gilmore, W., Liang, W., Sherk, A. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2018). Estimated alcohol-attributable deaths and hospitalisations in Australia, 2004 to 2015. National Alcohol Indicators Project, Bulletin No. 16. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [R323] Download PDF Abstract

Pandzic, I., Allsop, S., Lenton, S., Chikritzhs, T., N., Gilmore, W., Liang, W. and Lam, T. (2018). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) Report 2016/17 – Western Australian main findings. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [T267] Download PDF

Wilson, J., C., Ogeill, R., Lam, T., Lenton, S., Lloyd, B., Burns, L., Aiken, A., Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., Mattick, R., Lubman, D. and Allsop, S. (2018). Re-thinking pre-drinking: Implications from a sample of teenagers who drink in private settings. International Journal of Drug Policy, 52, pp. 20-24. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.11.024 [RJ1136] View web page

Coomber, K., Mayshak, R., Hyder, S., Droste, N., Curtis, A., Pennay, A., Gilmore, W., Lam, T., Chikritzhs, T., N. and Miller, P., G. (2017). Demographic and substance use factors associated with non-violent alcohol-related injuries among patrons of Australian night-time entertainment districts. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14, (1), pp. 75. doi:10.3390/ijerph14010075 [RJ1297] View web page

Curtis, A., Coomber, K., Droste, N., Hyder, S., Mayshak, R., Lam, T., Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N. and Miller, P., G. (2017). Consumption plans for the rest of the night among Australian nightlife patrons. International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 6, (1), pp. 19-25. doi:10.7895/ijadr.v6i1.243 [RJ1352] View web page

Gordon, E., Liang, W., Gilmore, W., Lensvelt, E. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2017). Modelling the public health and safety impacts of liquor licensing changes on communities: enhancing evidence-based liquor licensing decisions, Stage 2 Report. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [T256] Download PDF

Hyder, S., Coomber, K., Pennay, A., Droste, N., Curtis, A., Mayshak, R., Lam, T., Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N. and Miller, P., G. (2017). Correlates of verbal and physical aggression among patrons of licensed venues in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review. doi:10.1111/dar.12552 [RJ1249] View web page

Lam, T., Lenton, S., Chikritzhs, T., N., Gilmore, W., Liang, W., Pandzic, I., Ogeill, R., Faulkner, A., Lloyd, B., Lubman, D., Aiken, A., Burns, L., Mattick, R., ACT Health, A., Olsen, A., Bruno, R., deAngelis, O., Roche, A., Fischer, J., Trifonoff, A., Midford, R., Salom, C., L., Alati, R. and Allsop, S. (2017). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS): National Report 2016/17. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. ISBN: 978-0-9942806-5-7 [T259] Download PDF

Lam, T., Lenton, S., Ogeill, R., Burns, L., Aiken, A., Chikritzhs, T., N., Gilmore, W., Lloyd, B., Wilson, J., C., Lubman, D., Mattick, R. and Allsop, S. (2017). Most recent risky drinking session with Australian teenagers. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41, (1), pp. 105–110. doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12598 [RJ1209] View web page

Chikritzhs, T., N., Allsop, S., Gilmore, W. and Rechichi, V. (2016). Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the need for a nationally-consistent approach to alcohol-fuelled violence. [R289] View web page

Chikritzhs, T., N., Gilmore, W., Rechichi, V. and Allsop, S. (2016). Submission to the Independent Review of the Impact of Liquor Law Reforms in NSW. [R288] View web page

Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., Stockwell, T., R., Jernigan, D., Naimi, T., S. and Gilmore, I. (2016). Alcohol: taking a population perspective. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 13, (7), pp. 426-434. doi:10.1038/nrgastro.2016.70 [RJ1156] View web page

Gilmore, W., Liang, W. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2016). The Wild West: Associations between mining and violence in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 24, (2), pp. 136-143. doi:10.1111/ajr.12228 [RJ1079] View web page

Hobday, M., Meuleners, L., Liang, W., Gilmore, W. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2016). Associations between alcohol outlets and emergency department injury presentations: Effects of distance from the central business district. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40, (1), pp. 43-48. doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12492 [RJ1126] View web page

Lam, T., Lenton, S., Chikritzhs, T., N., Gilmore, W., Burns, L., Aiken, A., Ogeill, R., Lloyd, B., Lubman, D., Mattick, R. and Allsop, S. (2016). Designed to protect: impact of alcohol policy measures on young risky drinkers. [UJ208] Download PDF Abstract

Lensvelt, E., Gilmore, W., Gordon, E., Liang, W. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2016). Trends in estimated alcohol-attributable assault hospitalisations in Australia 2003/04 to 2012/13. National Alcohol Indicators Project, Bulletin No. 15. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [R291] Download PDF Abstract

Lensvelt, E., Liang, W., Gilmore, W., Gordon, E., Hobday, M. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2016). Effect of the Australian ‘alcopops tax’ on alcohol-related emergency department presentations for injury in two states. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77, (5), pp. 730-739. doi:10.15288/jsad.2016.77.730 [RJ1159] View web page

Liang, W., Gilmore, W. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2016). The effect of short-term alcohol restriction on risk of alcohol-related injury: A state wide population-based study. International Journal of Drug Policy, 28, pp. 55-59. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.11.007 [RJ1160] View web page

Loxley, W., Gilmore, W., Catalano, P. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2016). National Alcohol Sales Data Project (NASDP) Stage Five Report, 2016. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. ISBN: 978-0-9942806-3-3 [T247] Download PDF

Loxley, W., Gilmore, W., Catalano, P. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2016). National Alcohol Sales Data Project (NASDP) Stage Four Bulletin. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [R285] Download PDF

Ogeill, R., Lloyd, B., Lam, T., Lenton, S., Burns, L., Aiken, A., Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., Mattick, R., Allsop, S. and Lubman, D. (2016). Pre-drinking behaviour of young heavy drinkers: Differences based on demographics and location. Substance Use and Misuse, 51, (10), pp. 1297-1306. doi:10.3109/10826084.2016.1168443 [RJ1020] View web page

Gilmore, I. and Gilmore, W. (2015). Epidemiology of alcohol use. In Neuberger, J. and DiMartini, A., F. (eds.) Alcohol Abuse and Liver Disease (1st ed). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Oxford. ISBN: 978-1118887288 [CH202]

Gilmore, W., Liang, W., Catalano, P., Pascal, R., Broyd, A., Lensvelt, E., Kirby, G. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2015). Off-site outlets and alcohol-related harm. National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, Canberra. [M93] View web page

Lam, T., Lenton, S., Burns, L., Aiken, A., Ogeill, R., Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., Lloyd, B., Lubman, D., Mattick, R. and Allsop, S. (2015). Alcohol policy impact on young risky drinkers and their support for proposed measures. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39, (2), pp. 129-134. doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12326 [RJ1021] View web page

Lensvelt, E., Gilmore, W., Gordon, E., Hobday, M., Liang, W. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2015). Trends in estimated alcohol-related emergency department presentations in Australia, 2005-06 to 2011-12. National Alcohol Indicators Project, Bulletin No. 14. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth. [R279] Download PDF

Loxley, W., Gilmore, W., Catalano, P. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2015). National Alcohol Sales Data Project (NASDP) Stage Four Report, 2014. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. ISBN: 978-0-9873641-8-0 [T232] Download PDF

Azar, D., White, V., Bland, S., Livingston, M., Room, R., Chikritzhs, T., N., Durkin, S., Gilmore, W. and Wakefield, M. (2014). 'Something's Brewing': The changing trends in alcohol coverage in Australian newspapers 2000-2011. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 49, (3), pp. 336-342. doi:10.1093/alcalc/agt139 [RJ930] View web page

Gilmore, W., Loxley, W. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2014). Research Focus: The National Alcohol Sales Data Project. Drug and Alcohol Research Connections. [UJ213] View web page

Miller, P., G., Pennay, A., Droste, N., Butler, E., Jenkinson, R., Quinn, B., Chikritzhs, T., N., Tomsen, S., Wadds, P., Jones, S., Palmer, D., Barrie, L., Lam, T., Gilmore, W. and Lubman, D. (2014). A comparative study of breath-alcohol concentrations in Australian night-time entertainment districts. Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, (4), pp. 338-345. doi:10.1111/dar.12145 [RJ999] View web page

Miller, P., G., Pennay, A., Droste, N., Jenkinson, R., Quinn, B., Chikritzhs, T., N., Tomsen, S., Wadds, P., Jones, S., Palmer, D., Barrie, L., Lam, T., Gilmore, W. and Lubman, D. (2014). Patron Offending and Intoxication in Night-Time Entertainment Districts (POINTED). In Manton, L., Room, R., Giorgi, C. and Thorn, M. (eds.) Stemming the tide of alcohol: Liquor licensing and the public interest. Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education in collaboration with the University of Melbourne. [CH203]

Pascal, R., Gilmore, W., Broyd, A., Lensvelt, E. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2014). Trends in estimated alcohol attributable deaths in Australia, 1996-2010: Liver cancer, alcoholic liver disease and colorectal cancer. National Alcohol Indicators Project, Bulletin No. 13. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth. [R273] Download PDF

Gilmore, W. and Gilmore, I. (2013). Alcohol control strategies: the gap between evidence and practice. British Journal of General Practice, 63, (613), pp. 396-397. doi:10.3399/bjgp13X670507 [RJ929] View web page

Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N. and Gilmore, I. (2013). Alcohol: is the evidence base guiding public policy? International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 11, (2), pp. 85-86. doi:10.1111/1744-1609.12021 [RJ914] View web page

Loxley, W., Catalano, P., Gilmore, W. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2013). National Alcohol Sales Data Project (NASDP) Stage Three Report, 2012. Drug and Alcohol Office of WA and National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. ISBN: 978-0-9873641-2-8 [T229] Download PDF

Miller, P., G., Pennay, A., Droste, N., Jenkinson, R., Quinn, B., Chikritzhs, T., N., Tomsen, S., Wadds, P., Jones, S., Palmer, D., Barrie, L., Lam, T., Gilmore, W. and Lubman, D. (2013). Patron Offending and Intoxication in Night-Time Entertainment Districts (POINTED). National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF), Canberra, ACT. [M80] View web page Abstract

Pascal, R., Liang, W., Gilmore, W. and Chikritzhs, T., N. (2013). Risks of alcohol-attributable hospitalisation and death in Australia over time: Evidence of divergence by region, age and sex. Australasian Medical Journal, 6, (3), pp. 134-151. doi:10.4066/AMJ.2013.1618 [RJ903] View web page

Gilmore, I. and Gilmore, W. (2012). The politics of the liver. In Misselbrook, D. and Whitescarver, J. (eds.) HIV: Emerging Challenges in an Ongoing Epidemic. Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd., London. ISBN: 978-1-85315-979-4 [CH191]

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