Professor Billie Bonevski
Deputy Director and Chief Investigator - NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame. Associate Investigator - The Interdisciplinary Tobacco Endgame Research Network (INTER-Net)
Head of Public Health at the College of Medicine and Public Health and FHMRI Director and Dean (Research), Flinders University, Australia
Researcher biography
Professor Billie Bonevski is the Deputy Director of The Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame. She is Head of Public Health at the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University. Billie has been appointed as the new Director and Dean (Research) of Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI) in August 2023 and commenced her new role on 1st December.
Institutional webpage: https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/persons/billie-bonevski
Journal Articles
Kartal, Dzenana, Paul, Christine, Bartlett, Georgia, Abraham, Skye, York, Sarah, Bonevski, Billie, Emery, Jon D., Vinod, Shalini K., Brims, Fraser, Barker, Daniel, Dodd, Rachael H., McCullough, Susan, Tse, Justin, Rhee, Joel, Brooke, Mark, May, Jennifer, Norris, Sarah, Lantin, Maria A. R., Nicholls, Tescha, Marshall, Henry M., Stone, Emily, Onwuka, Shakira, Quaife, Samantha L. and Rankin, Nicole M. (2026). Ready to screen implementation trial protocol: a cluster randomized implementation trial comparing a bundled implementation strategy versus a simple implementation strategy to improve intention to screen in the Australian National Lung Cancer Screening Program. Implementation Science, 21 (1) 29, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s13012-026-01496-1
Bartlett, Georgia E., York, Sarah, Harrison, Nathan J., Stone, Emily, Marshall, Henry, McCullough, Sue, Rhee, Joel, Weber, Marianne F., Lim, Kuan Pin, McWilliams, Annette, Bonevski, Billie, Byrne, Terri, Yap, Mei Ling and Rankin, Nicole M. (2026). Embedding smoking cessation into lung cancer screening: priorities of national expert stakeholders in Australia using a modified nominal group technique. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 50 (5) 100594, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2026.100594
Plever, Sally, Kisely, Steve R., Bonevski, Billie, Siskind, Dan, Yamazaki-Tan, Julia, Thaker, Parth, Vos, Greta, Kim, Doyoon, Guillaumier, Ashleigh and Gartner, Coral E. (2026). Interventions for smoking cessation in inpatient psychiatry settings. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2026 (7), 1-28. doi: 10.1002/14651858.cd015934.pub2
Plever, Sally, Kisely, Steve, Bonevski, Billie, McCarthy, Irene, Anzolin, Melissa, Siskind, Dan, Ballard, Emma, Emmerson, Brett, Allan, John and Gartner, Coral (2025). Increases in delivery of a brief smoking cessation intervention following implementation of a system change intervention in community psychiatry settings. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59 (7) 00048674251340214, 602-611. doi: 10.1177/00048674251340214
Plever, Sally, Kisely, Steve, Bonevski, Billie, McCarthy, Irene, Emmerson, Brett, Ballard, Emma, Anzolin, Melissa, Siskind, Dan, Allan, John and Gartner, Coral (2023). Can improvement in delivery of smoking cessation care be sustained in psychiatry inpatient settings through a system change intervention? An analysis of statewide administrative health data. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (10), 1375-1383. doi: 10.1177/00048674231164566
Puljević, Cheneal, Feulner, Leah, Hobbs, Maria, Erku, Daniel, Bonevski, Billie, Segan, Catherine, Baker, Amanda, Hefler, Marita, Cho, Ara and Gartner, Coral (2023). Tobacco endgame and priority populations: a scoping review. Tobacco Control, 33 (e2) tc-2022-057715, e231-e239. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057715
Puljevic, Cheneal, Morphett, Kylie, Hefler, Marita, Edwards, Richard, Walker, Natalie, Thomas, David, Khan, Arifuzzaman, Perusco, Andrew, Le Grande, Michael, Cullerton, Katherine, Ait Ouakrim, Driss, Carstensen, Georgia, Sellars, David, Hoek, Janet, Borland, Ron, Bonevski, Billie, Blakely, Tony, Brolan, Claire and Gartner, Coral (2022). Closing the Gaps in Tobacco Endgame Evidence: A Scoping Review. Tobacco Control, 31 (2), 365-375. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056579
Hall, Wayne, Bonevski, Billie and Gartner, Coral (2020). Policy-based evidence on e-cigarette, or vaping product, use-associated lung injury. Drug and Alcohol Review, 39 (4), 426-427. doi: 10.1111/dar.13072
Gartner, Coral, Bonevski, Billie and Hall, Wayne (2020). Miscommunication about the causes of the US outbreak of lung diseases in vapers by public health authorities and the media. Drug and Alcohol Review, 39 (1), 3-6. doi: 10.1111/dar.13024
Skelton, Eliza, Tzelepis, Flora, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Guillaumier, Ashleigh, McCrabb, Sam and Bonevski, Billie (2018). Integrating smoking cessation care in alcohol and other drug treatment settings using an organizational change intervention: a systematic review. Addiction, 113 (12), 2158-2172. doi: 10.1111/add.14369
Conference Papers
Gallegos-Rejas, Victor, Ahmad, Sohail, Bendotti, Hollie, Isbel, Joanne, Peardon-Freeman, Shelley, Rankin, Nicole, Webber, Marianne, Walker, Natalie, Bonevski, Billie, Morphett, Kylie, Lawler, Sheleigh, Gartner, Coral, Fong, Kwun, Yang, Ian and Marshall, Henry (2026). Participant experiences in the 'MaxUp' lung cancer screening RCT: a qualitative study. IASLC 2026 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC 2026), Seoul, Korea, 12-15 September 2026.
Plever, S., Kisely, S., Bonevski, B., McCarthy, I., Ballard, E., Anzolin, M., Emmerson, B., Siskind, D., Allan, J. and Gartner, C. (2025). System change intervention for implementing tobacco treatment into psychiatry settings. RANZCP 2025 Congress, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 4-8 May 2025. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
York, S., Bartlett, G., Harrison, N.J., Marshall, H.M., Stone, E., McCullough, S., Paul, C., Bonevski, B., Rhee, J., Weber, M., McWilliams, A., Brims, F., Lim, K.P., Byrne, T. and Rankin, N.M. (2024). Key Stakeholder Priorities on Embedding Smoking Cessation Into Lung Cancer Screening: National Australian Consensus Workshop. 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer, San Diego, CA United States, 7-10 September 2024. New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2024.09.258
Data Collection
Plever, Sally, Kisely, Steve, Bonevski, Billie, Siskind, Dan, Guillaumier, Ashleigh, Thaker, Parth, Yamazaki-Tan, Julia, Vos, Greta, Kim, Doyoon and Gartner, Coral (2026). Cochrane publications. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/7043ee2