2026 publications

PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS

Weerasinghe M, Rajapaksa Hewageegana N, Makleff S, Tran T, Sastry J, Fisher J. Sexual and Reproductive Health Information Needs and Preferences of University-Going Young Adults in Sri Lanka: A Cross-Sectional Study. Advances in Public Health. 2026 May 25. (Accepted)

Zegers-Hochschild F, Dyer S, Adamson D, Baker V, Barnhart K, Bhattacharya S, Boothroyd C, Chambers G, De Mouzon J, Elgindy E, Fauser B, Hammarberg K, Horton M, Ishihara O, Chik Jwa S, Khrouf M, Kupka M, Lamb D, Luna M, Martinez A, Monseur B, Nagy P, Pinborg A, Racowsky C, Rienzi L, Schlegel P, Schmidt L, Vuong L, Turner T, Vázquez-Levin M, Wada I, Wells D, Wyns C. The International Glossary on Infertility and Fertility Care. 2025. Human Reproduction. 2026 May 8;deag029. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deag029.

Zegers-Hochschild F, Dyer S, Adamson D, Baker V, Barnhart K, Bhattacharya S, Boothroyd C, Chambers G, De Mouzon J, Elgindy E, Fauser B, Hammarberg K, Horton M, Ishihara O, Chik Jwa S, Khrouf M, Kupka M, Lamb D, Luna M, Martinez A, Monseur B, Nagy P, Pinborg A, Racowsky C, Rienzi L, Schlegel P, Schmidt L, Vuong L, Turner T, Vázquez-Levin M, Wada I, Wells D, Wyns C. The International Glossary on Infertility and Fertility Care. 2025. Fertility and Sterility. 2026 May 8. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2026.02.022.

Varshney K, Krishna RN, Willems J, Romero L, Kavenagh M, Fisher J. Health and Social Care Providers’ Mental Health After Natural Hazard Events in Rural Settings: A Systematic Review. Mental Health & Prevention. 2026 May 7:200516. doi: 10.1016/j.mhp.2026.200516.

Guthridge M, Giummarra MJ, Penovic T, Kirkman M. The Role of Affective Empathy in Eliminating Discrimination Against Women: A Qualitative Investigation. Sage Open. 2026 May 5;16(2):21582440261433211. doi: 10.1177/21582440261433.

Wickramasinghe S, Stanzel K, Tran T, Fisher J. Barriers and facilitators to contraception access for South Asian women in high-income, English-speaking countries: a systematic review. BMC primary care. 2026 May. doi: 10.1186/s12875-026-03327-0.

Popplestone S, Honda T, Tran T, Baek Y, Romero L, Fisher J. Home‐Based Learning Opportunities, Responsive Caregiving and the Development of Preschool‐Aged Children in Low‐and Middle‐Income Countries of the East Asia and Pacific Region: A Systematic Review. Child: Care, Health and Development. 2026 May;52(3):e70265. doi: 10.1111/cch.70265.

Wiersma M, Kerridge I, Gallagher S, Hammarberg K, Norman R, Rombauts L, Savulescu J, Stewart C, Yazdani A & Lipworth W. Commercial Impacts on Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Scoping Review. Bioethical Inquiry. 2026;23:109-129. doi: 10.1007/s11673-025-10456-1.

Volks C, Hammarberg K, & Whittaker A. Mismatched expectations regarding donor anonymity: the implications of Australians crossing-borders for egg donation in South Africa. Human Fertility. 2026;29(1). doi: 10.1080/14647273.2026.2618232.

Grace B, Hammarberg K, Schoenaker D, Stephenson J. Preconception health and fertility health: overlapping, yet distinct domains. Human Reproduction. 2026 May;41(5):818-819. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deag001.

Margaretha M, Fisher J, Azzopardi P, Sawyer S. Bridging Understanding and Practice: School Community Perspectives on Mental Health in Schools in Indonesia. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health. 2026 Apr 30;1-23. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2026.10210.

Popplestone S, Tran T, Baek Y, Buksh SM, Fisher J. Home caregiving, early learning and the development of preschool-aged children in Vanuatu: A secondary analysis of 2023 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey data. PLOS Global Public Health. 2026 Apr 24;6(4):e0006325. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006325.

Mucabel‐Bue N, Onwuka S, Gray P, O'donnell M, Herrman H, Gayde R, Stewart S, Jones KA, Fisher J, Stubbs E, Chamberlain C. ‘Keeping Ourselves Safe From the System’: Perinatal Care Model Considerations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families Intersecting With Child Protection. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 2026 Mar;61(1):86-99. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.70088.

Digenis C, Reilly R, Azzopardi P, Winkenweder H, Pearson O, Ellis K, Fisher J, Rickwood DJ, Yong CS, Brown N. Ngalaiya Boorai Gabara Budbut: A Qualitative Study With Primary Care Providers to Understand Perceived Needs, Enablers, Barriers and Opportunities to Strengthen Care. Medical Journal of Australia. 2026 Mar;224(3):e70150. doi: 10.5694/mja2.70150.

Davison N, Waddell A, Ivaturi A, Chandrasekara D, Tran T, Kirkman M, Hammarberg K, Nimesh S, Lowthian J, Olivier P, Romero L, Fisher J, Dwyer R. Barriers and facilitators to implementing digital psychosocial interventions for older adults presenting to emergency departments: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research. 2026 Feb 19;26:402. doi: 10.1186/s12913-026-14129-6.

Chamberlain C, Sundbery J, Segal L, Krakouer J, Langton M, Donnelly J, Kotz J, McEvoy E, Lyon M, Mucabel-Bue N, Karahalios E, Gray P, Gnanamanickam E, Atkinson C, Jones K, Henderson H, Herrman H, Karkavandi M, Elliott A, Bundle G, Walker R, Ratajczak T, Kelly B, Andrews S, Fergie D, Walker S, Davis E, Atkinson J, McLachlan H, McCalman P, Forster D, Bowman D, Bright T, Skouteris H, Stewart S, Henry S, Smith K, Paul C, Canuto K, Fisher J, Reynolds K, Reppington P, Priest N, Kendall S, Reibel T, Andrews J, Carmody D, Lipscomb A, Bell M, Parry C, Russ V, Onwuka S and Marriott R. Replanting the Birthing Trees to Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Parents and Babies: Protocol for developmental evaluation of a comprehensive culturally responsive, trauma-aware, healing-informed, continuity of care(r) model. Frontiers in Public Health. 2026 Jan 28;13:1721107. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1721107.

Mudunna C, Chandradasa M, Epasinghe A, Antoniades J, Weerasinghe M, Tran T, Sumanasiri S, & Fisher J. Sri Lankan School Student and Teacher Perspectives of Adolescent Mental Health and Its Determinants: A Qualitative Exploration. Healthcare. 2026 Jan 27;14(3):311. doi: 10.3390/healthcare1403031.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Johnson J, Hammarberg K. Chapter 13. Infertility and assisted reproductive treatment. In Milroy H, Tonnkin A, Walters T, Wilkinson T, editor. Good Medical Practice, Professionalism, Ethics and Law, 5th edition. Australian Medical Council Limited; 2026. p. 186-194.

Hammarberg, K. (2026) Fertility Preservation in Women for Social Reasons. In: Skinner, Michael K. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Reproduction, 3e, vol. 5, pp. 386–390. US: Elsevier

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Volks C, Hammarberg K, Whittaker A, Clarifying the context of anonymous gamete donation for Australian recipients having oocyte donation in South Africa, facilitated through oocyte donor agencies. ANZJOG. 2026. DOI:10.1111/ajo.70103

ARTICLES IN NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL OR COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS

Hammarberg, K. What causes ‘extreme morning sickness’? What we know, don’t know and suspect about hyperemesis gravidarum. The Conversation. 2026 January 13.

MEDIA

Hammarberg K. Are you mum or grandma? Having a baby at 47. ABC podcast: Ladies, We Need to Talk. 2026 May 5.