Leanne Hides

Professor Leanne Hides is a clinical psychologist and Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Queensland. She serves as Deputy Director of the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR) and Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Meaningful Outcomes in Substance Use Treatment. Her research focuses on developing and implementing innovative treatments for substance use disorders, with a emphasis on digital interventions, youth wellbeing, and clinical practice integration. She has led over 40 randomized controlled trials and secured $46M in grants, including NHMRC and ARC fellowships.

• Affiliations:
  • Deputy Director, NCYSUR
  • Affiliate, Centre for Health Outcomes, Innovation and Clinical Education (CHOICE)
  • Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence
• Educational Background: PhD in Psychology from Griffith University.

Research Interests: Her translational research program co-designs treatments with industry partners (e.g., Lives Lived Well, Queensland Health) and develops mobile/web-based interventions like Keep it Real and QuikFix. Key areas include youth substance use, comorbidity, trauma-informed care, and routine outcome monitoring (ROM) in healthcare.

Grants & Awards: Over $46M in grants, including NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (2017-21), ARC Future Fellowship (2012-16), and Paul Ramsay Foundation support. Her work has produced 248 publications, including 243 journal articles with 10,000+ citations.

Supervision: Active in guiding PhD students focusing on AOD treatment success, routine outcome measures, digital mental health accessibility, and chronic pain management. Current and past students include Dr. Molly Carlyle, Dr. Zoe Walter, and Dominique De Andrade.

• Labs/Teams:
  • National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR)
  • NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Meaningful Outcomes in Substance Use Treatment

Future Work: Expanding trauma-informed care models, evaluating drug checking services, and advancing scalable digital interventions for youth substance use and mental health.