Dr Timothy Piatkowski
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Health Services Research
Researcher biography
I am a globally recognised leader in harm reduction research on image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs), with over $7.5 million in funding and >140 publications. I have just been awarded a highly competitive NHMRC Investigator Fellowship to examine how both individual behaviours and systemic factors, such as stigma and healthcare barriers, shape the risk profiles of steroid consumers. As a nationally recognised peer researcher and Vice President of the Queensland Injectors Voice for Advocacy and Action (QuIVAA), I bring a unique combination of lived experience and academic expertise to this work.
My award-winning research program triangulates insights from IPED consumers and health professionals to address critical policy and service gaps. This has led to pioneering initiatives such as the world's first steroid drug checking trial, which was awarded Harm Reduction Program of the Year (AIVL, 2024). I also founded Steroid QNECT, Australia's only peer-led steroid education program, now informing national harm reduction strategies. I have received the AIVL Peer Researcher Recognition Award (2024) and the APSAD Kyp Kypri Early Career Researcher Award 2024 for exceptional performance relative to opportunity. My work delivers innovative, evidence-based interventions that inform policy and improve outcomes for people who use IPEDs.
Journal Articles
Cornell, Samuel, Piatkowski, Timothy, Brander, Robert and Peden, Amy E. (2026). Entertainers, not educators? Social media influencers and risk communication in outdoor travel. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 53 100998, 100998. doi: 10.1016/j.jort.2025.100998
Turnock, Luke A. and Piatkowski, Timothy (2026). “The new DNP”: Discussion of the experimental ‘fat burner’ BAM15 on bodybuilding forums and YouTube. Performance Enhancement and Health, 14 (1) 100362, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2025.100362
Cox, Luke and Piatkowski, Tim (2026). Eat clen? The normalisation of harmful clenbuterol use within digital fitness cultures. Performance Enhancement &and Health, 14 (1) 100391, 100391. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2025.100391
Grobler, Etienne, Puljević, Cheneal, Bonenti, Benjamin, Ferris, Jason, Barratt, Monica J., Winstock, Adam, Vigorous, Steve, Domberelli, Amber, Spurling, Geoff and Piatkowski, Timothy (2026). Associations between anabolic-androgenic steroid testing, healthcare access and undesirable effects among international consumers. Performance Enhancement & Health, 14 (1) 100390, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2025.100390
Piatkowski, Timothy and Magnolini, Raphael (2026). Toward a coordinated global response to anabolic‐androgenic steroid consumption: lessons from the world's current steroid checking initiatives. Drug and Alcohol Review, 45 (1) e70075, e70075. doi: 10.1111/dar.70075
Cornell, S., Piatkowski, T., Brander, R. W. and Peden, A. E. (2026). The influence of social media on outdoor risk-taking behaviours: understanding the role of social norms, intentions, and perceptions among Australians. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 37 (1) e70133, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70133
Cornell, Samuel, Piatkowski, Timothy, Brander, Robert W. and Peden, Amy E. (2025). Design and evaluation of a co-produced social media campaign to promote aquatic safety in Queensland national parks. Health Promotion International, 40 (6) daaf181. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaf181
Bonenti, Benjamin, Steve, Vigorous, Puljević, Cheneal, Ferris, Jason, Barratt, Monica J., Winstock, Adam, Ball, Lauren, Armstrong, Merryn and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). Understanding age-based differences in psychosocial harms, physical harms, and access difficulties among an international sample of men who use anabolic-androgenic steroids. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 15598276251405211. doi: 10.1177/15598276251405211
Pascual, Nicholas, Piatkowski, Timothy, Lau, Eric H. Y. and Dunn, Matthew (2025). The prevalence of anabolic‐androgenic steroid use among same‐sex attracted men: a systematic literature review and meta‐analysis. Drug and Alcohol Review, 45 (1) e70091. doi: 10.1111/dar.70091
Cox, Luke, Piatkowski, Timothy and Dunn, Matthew (2025). “Injecting yourself there is stigma around it; taking a few tablets is not too bad, is it?”: understanding perceptions and preferences of anabolic-androgenic steroid route of administration. Harm Reduction Journal, 22 (1) 128, 1. doi: 10.1186/s12954-025-01198-9
Piatkowski, Timothy, Hamilton, Kyra and Hagger, Martin S (2025). Psychological and socio-structural determinants of intentions to use drug checking services. Journal of Health Psychology, 30 (14), 4385-4400. doi: 10.1177/13591053251321783
Piatkowski, Timothy, Weith, Sonya, Walters, Brooke, Kill, Emma, Davey, Geoff, Francis, Cameron, Reeve, Steph, Coomber, Ross, Ferris, Jason, Barratt, Monica, Puljevic, Cheneal and Stockings, Emily (2025). Co-producing a peer-led health conversation tool for the health services workforce to facilitate safer use of anabolic-androgenic steroids. Harm Reduction Journal. doi: 10.1186/s12954-025-01356-z
Ganson, Kyle T., Piatkowski, Timothy, Testa, Alexander and Nagata, Jason M. (2025). Associations in intentions to use anabolic-androgenic steroids among non-consuming boys and men with probable eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia. Journal of Eating Disorders, 13 (1) 257, 257. doi: 10.1186/s40337-025-01435-3
Piatkowski, Timothy, Kill, Emma, Weith, Sonya, Reeve, Steph, Cox, Luke, Coomber, Ross, Puljevic, Cheneal, O’Connor, Thomas and Ferris, Jason (2025). Making ‘safer injecting’ matter for people who inject image and performance enhancing drugs. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine 13634593251388294, 13634593251388294. doi: 10.1177/13634593251388294
Piatkowski, Timothy, Kill, Emma, Davey, Geoff, Barratt, Monica J., Ferris, Jason, Nielsen, Suzanne and Peacock, Amy (2025). Creating safer injecting practices through community‐led harm reduction: lessons from people who use steroids for the alcohol and other drug sector. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (7), 1940-1950. doi: 10.1111/dar.70044
Easton, Jonathan, Grant, Bonnie, Spurling, Geoffrey, Magnolini, Raphael and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). Looking for the best way to come off steroids safely? Exploring post‐cycle therapy, cessation, and recovery discourse and practice in Australian steroid consumer forums. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (7), 1951-1960. doi: 10.1111/dar.70042
Smith, Gabrielle, Piatkowski, Timothy, Ferris, Jason, Bonenti, Benjamin, Davies, Emma, Barratt, Monica J., Morgan, Celia, Winstock, Adam and Puljević, Cheneal (2025). Self-treatment of psychiatric conditions using ketamine: Patterns, characteristics, and retrospective insights. Journal of Psychopharmacology 02698811251378509, 1-12. doi: 10.1177/02698811251378509
Louw, Robyn, Donovan, Caroline, Uhlmann, Laura, Ganson, Kyle T. and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). Fit for whom? Gendered impacts of the fit ideal on body image and behavior. Sex Roles, 91 (10) 69, 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s11199-025-01622-1
Piatkowski, Timothy and Searby, Adam (2025). The role of nurses in supporting safer anabolic-androgenic steroid use and harm reduction. Journal of Addictions Nursing. doi: 10.1097/jan.0000000000000667
Davies, Emma L., Piatkowski, Timothy, Frankovitch, Alex, Puljević, Cheneal, Barratt, Monica J., Ferris, Jason A. and Winstock, Adam R. (2025). Exploring experiences of drink and needle spiking incidents among global drug survey respondents from 22 countries. Journal of Drug Issues, 55 (4), 672-687. doi: 10.1177/00220426241248613
Bonenti, Benjamin, Puljević, Cheneal, Steve, Vigorous, Ferris, Jason, Davies, Emma, Barratt, Monica J., Winstock, Adam, Grobler, Etienne, Ganson, Kyle T., Ball, Lauren and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). Clenbuterol and the cost of cutting: a brief report comparing self-reported side effects of clenbuterol consumption to anabolic-androgenic steroid compounds. Performance Enhancement and Health, 13 (4) 100356, 100356. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2025.100356
Ganson, Kyle T., Testa, Alexander, Piatkowski, Timothy and Nagata, Jason M. (2025). Social network exposure and sociodemographic factors associated with intentions to use anabolic-androgenic steroids. Performance Enhancement and Health, 13 (4) 100357. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2025.100357
Craven, Alison, Ferris, Jason, Nielsen, Suzanne and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). Lead astray? The hidden contaminants in Australian anabolic–androgenic steroid market and their potential health impact. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (6) dar.70007, 1641-1647. doi: 10.1111/dar.70007
Reeve, Steph, Rogers-Perazzo, Kahlil, Kill, Emma, Cooper, Emily and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). The overdose risk environment for people who inject drugs transitioning from prison to community in Australia. Contemporary Drug Problems 00914509251371745. doi: 10.1177/00914509251371745
Pedram, Shiva and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). Exploring the potential of virtual reality (VR) in mental healthcare: a systematic literature review. Virtual Reality, 29 (3) 135, 3. doi: 10.1007/s10055-025-01181-6
Piatkowski, Timothy, Coomber, Ross, Francis, Cameron, Kill, Emma, Davey, Geoff, Cresswell, Sarah, White, Alan, Harding, Madeline, Blakey, Karen, Reeve, Steph, Walters, Brooke, Puljević, Cheneal, Ferris, Jason and Barratt, Monica J. (2025). Anabolic-androgenic steroid testing as a tool for consumer engagement and harm reduction: a sequential explanatory mixed-method study. Harm Reduction Journal, 22 (1) 114, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12954-025-01270-4
Piatkowski, Timothy, Coomber, Ross, Francis, Cameron, Kill, Emma, Davey, Geoff, Cresswell, Sarah, White, Alan, Harding, Madeline, Blakey, Karen, Reeve, Steph, Walters, Brooke, Puljevic, Cheneal, Ferris, Jason and Barratt, Monica (2025). The world's first anabolic‐androgenic steroid testing trial: A two‐phase pilot combining chemical analysis, results dissemination and community feedback. Addiction, 120 (7), 1366-1377. doi: 10.1111/add.70009
Piatkowski, Timothy, Kill, Emma, Keating, Chloe and Brown, Graham (2025). Understanding the Experiences of People who use Drugs Participating in a New Drug Diversion Program in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Drug Issues 00220426251356909. doi: 10.1177/00220426251356909
Piatkowski, Timothy, Akrigg, Kim, Cox, Luke, Bradshaw, Adam and Vigorous, Steve (2025). Anything but androgens: How image and performance enhancing drug consumers manage body composition and health through off-label use of medicines. Performance Enhancement and Health, 13 (2) 100329, 100329. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2025.100329
Cox, Luke, Piatkowski, Timothy and Turnock, Luke A. (2025). Anabolic steroid coaching certification in India: The role of capital in digital fitness spaces. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. doi: 10.1080/09687637.2025.2490579
Piatkowski, Timothy, Kill, Emma and Olsen, Anna (2025). It is the way you treat yourself, but also the way you allow other people to start treating you as well: perceptions of overdose risk among women who inject drug. Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 26 (2), 73-84. doi: 10.1108/dhs-01-2025-0002
Piatkowski, Timothy, Barratt, Monica J., Coomber, Ross, Gibbs, Nick, Neumann, David L. and Dunn, Matthew (2025). Tracing the impact of media, cultural narratives, and social perceptions on Australia's anabolic-androgenic steroid communities. Contemporary Drug Problems, 52 (4), 508-523. doi: 10.1177/00914509251334958
Akrigg, Kim, Cox, Luke, Turnock, Luke A., Richardson, Andrew and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). If you find me on the floor, stick some sugar in my mouth: The social production (and protection) of insulin risk among IPED communities. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. doi: 10.1080/09687637.2025.2481292
Piatkowski, Timothy, Cox, Luke, van de Ven, Katinka and McVeigh, Jim (2025). The material practices and social dimensions of community care among people who use, produce, and supply image and performance enhancing drugs. Addiction Research & Theory, 33 (5), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/16066359.2025.2471803
Piatkowski, Timothy, Kill, Emma, Duff, Cameron, Jenkins, Kailas and Hamilton, Kyra (2025). Mapping the risk environment for peers with lived-living experience working in the alcohol and other drugs sector in Queensland. International Journal of Drug Policy, 137 104725, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104725
Piatkowski, Timothy, Volpe, Isabelle, Brien, Rita, Coomber, Ross, Barratt, Monica, Kill, Emma, Davey, Geoff, Francis, Cameron, Cresswell, Sarah, White, Alan, Harding, Madeline, Blakey, Karen, Reeve, Steph, Walters, Brooke, Ferris, Jason and Puljević, Cheneal (2025). Development, dissemination and community response towards the first community notice regarding misrepresented illicit anabolic‐androgenic steroids in circulation in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (3), 735-741. doi: 10.1111/dar.14015
Davies, Emma L., Perman‐Howe, Parvati, Seddon, Jennifer, Piatkowski, Timothy, Puljevic, Cheneal, Barratt, Monica J., Winstock, Adam R. and Ferris, Jason A. (2025). Barriers to the use of no and low alcohol products in high‐risk drinkers. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (3), 842-857. doi: 10.1111/dar.14006
Piatkowski, Timothy, Ayurzana, Lkhagvadulam, King, Michelle, Hattingh, Laetitia and Mcmillan, Sara (2025). Community pharmacy's role in dispensing androgens and supporting harm reduction amid current policy dilemmas. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy, 20 (1) 2, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s13011-025-00636-y
Piatkowski, Timothy, Clarke, Cheya, Puljević, Cheneal and Caudwell, Kim M. (2025). ‘Vaping is a break from all of that’: exploring attitudes, harm perceptions, cessation barriers and social dynamics among people who vape. Health Education Journal, 84 (1), 45-57. doi: 10.1177/00178969241293577
Negrine, Jordan J., Puljević, Cheneal, Ferris, Jason, Liknaitzky, Paul, Perlman, Christopher and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). Australian psychologists' attitudes towards psychedelic‐assisted therapy and training following a world‐first drug down‐scheduling. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (1), 336-346. doi: 10.1111/dar.13973
Healey, Gene, Neumann, David, Cornell, Samuel and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). 'Martial arts crossed over into the rest of my life': a qualitative exploration of Australian practitioners' experiences of martial arts and combat sports on wellbeing. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 35 (1) e70035. doi: 10.1002/casp.70035
Lamb, Harry, Dunn, Matthew, Havnes, Ingrid Amalia and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). “I go back to it every f**king time”: the normalization of problematic Trenbolone use in online anabolic-androgenic steroid communities. Addiction Research and Theory, 33 (2), 81-87. doi: 10.1080/16066359.2024.2352092
Piatkowski, Timothy, Gibbs, Nick, Neumann, David and Dunn, Matthew (2025). Consuming ‘God Juice’: Using ‘ethnopharmacological‐connoisseurship’ to situate trenbolone use and knowledge among image and performance enhancing drug communities. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (1), 298-309. doi: 10.1111/dar.13965
Gill, Matthew J., Piatkowski, Timothy and Dunn, Matthew (2025). A netnographic study of anabolic‐androgenic steroid initiation videos on YouTube. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (1), 310-323. doi: 10.1111/dar.13969
Wardle, Felicity, Piatkowski, Timothy, Clifford, Sarah, Peacock, Amy, Dietze, Paul, Lim, Megan, Douglass, Caitlin, Hill, Penny, Moore, Samuel, Miller, Mia, Brett, Jonathan and Wright, Cassandra J. C. (2025). Safe beats down under: investigating the support of drug checking at a regional festival in the Northern Territory, Australia. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 32 (3), 211-219. doi: 10.1080/09687637.2024.2330938
Gústafsson, Baldur Jón, Puljević, Cheneal, Davies, Emma L, Barratt, Monica J., Ferris, Jason, Winstock, Adam and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). Sweating for sobriety: exploring the relationship between exercise engagement and substance use disorders. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 57 (2), 223-233. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2024.2311143
Piatkowski, Timothy, Vigorous, Steve, Cox, Luke and McVeigh, James (2025). “You Could Try This Compound, but it Might Send You nuts”: how steroid suppliers perceive the underground market and their ‘hybrid’ role within it. Deviant Behavior, 46 (7), 915-926. doi: 10.1080/01639625.2024.2375014
Cox, Luke, Piatkowski, Timothy and McVeigh, Jim (2025). “I would never go to the doctor and speak about steroids”: Anabolic androgenic steroids, stigma and harm. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 32 (5), 403-415. doi: 10.1080/09687637.2024.2373056
Piatkowski, Timothy, de Andrade, Dominique, Kill, Emma, Hawgood, Jacinta and Kõlves, Kairi (2025). It’s risky out where we are: exploring intersectional factors of intentional overdose among people who use drugs in regional Queensland, Australia. Archives of Suicide Research, 29 (4), 854-868. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2024.2435549
Piatkowski, Timothy, Patel, Maharshi, Puljević, Cheneal, Davies, Emma L., Barratt, Monica J., Winstock, Adam R. and Ferris, Jason A. (2025). Why, Where, and with Whom? Understanding the set and setting influencing the consumption of NoLo beverages. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 32 (6), 544-556. doi: 10.1080/09687637.2024.2376086
Piatkowski, Timothy, Turnock, Luke, Gibbs, Nick and Duff, Cameron (2024). The IPEDs assemblage: tracing the entanglements of biomedicine, technology, enhancement and anti-doping policies in sport and society. Health, 13634593241306569. doi: 10.1177/13634593241306569
Piatkowski, Timothy, Whiteside, Bianca, Robertson, Jonathan, Henning, April, Lau, Eric H. Y. and Dunn, Matthew (2024). What is the prevalence of anabolic‐androgenic steroid use among women? A systematic review. Addiction, 119 (12), 2088-2100. doi: 10.1111/add.16643
Piatkowski, Timothy, De Andrade, Dominique, Neumann, David, Tisdale, Calvert and Dunn, Matthew (2024). Examining the association between trenbolone, psychological distress, and aggression among males who use anabolic-androgenic steroids. International Journal of Drug Policy, 134 104636. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104636
Gibbs, Nick, Piatkowski, Timothy and Turnock, Luke (2024). Down the greasy slope: the fatal contradictions of anti-doping. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. doi: 10.1080/17511321.2024.2432949
Piatkowski, Timothy, Seear, Kate, Reeve, Steph and Kill, Emma (2024). How do relational practices co-constitute care for people who use drugs? The social and political dimensions of peer-led harm reduction. International Journal of Drug Policy, 133 104614, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104614
Dunn, Matthew, Dawe, Joshua, Eu, Beng, Lee, Kevin, Piatkowski, Timothy and Stoové, Mark (2024). The health effects of non‐prescribed anabolic–androgenic steroid use: Findings from The Performance and image‐enhancing drugs UseRS' Health (PUSH) audit. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43 (7), 1967-1975. doi: 10.1111/dar.13899
Piatkowski, Timothy, Havnes, Ingrid Amalia, Kill, Emma and Barratt, Monica J. (2024). “The compounds for females are really commonly faked!”: Women's challenges in anabolic steroid acquisition and the place of drug checking interventions. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43 (7), 1962-1966. doi: 10.1111/dar.13931
Piatkowski, Timothy and Cox, Luke Thomas Joseph (2024). ‘Insulin is super dangerous if you don't know what you're doing’: Situating the risks of insulin within the image and performance enhancing drug community. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43 (7), 1976-1984. doi: 10.1111/dar.13857
Hughes, Lee R. J., Sorbello, Jacob G., Piron, Kurt, Allen, Corey, Piatkowski, Timothy and Devilly, Grant J. (2024). Examining the use of drug screening technologies in night-time entertainment districts. Journal of Experimental Criminology. doi: 10.1007/s11292-024-09643-8
Cox, Luke Thomas Joseph and Piatkowski, Timothy (2024). Enhancing autonomy through the ‘Enhanced Games’. Performance Enhancement and Health, 12 (4) 100296, 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2024.100296
Piatkowski, Timothy, Moran, James, Canty, Ruth and Wright, Cassandra J. C. (2024). ‘I mean, I wouldn't say I was sober’: Exploring the psychosocial impact of e‐scooter injuries and aligning a collaborative public health response. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35 (4), 1128-1135. doi: 10.1002/hpja.845
Cox, Luke and Piatkowski, Tim (2024). Influencers and ‘brain building’ smart drugs: A content analysis of services and market activities of nootropic influencers over social media. Performance Enhancement and Health, 12 (4) 100289, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2024.100289
Piatkowski, Timothy and Kill, Emma (2024). A collaborative approach to understanding the intersections of practice and policy for peers in the alcohol and other drugs sector. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21 (9) 1152, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21091152
Piatkowski, Timothy, Cox, Luke and Collins, Rick (2024). The ethics of enhancement among image and performance enhancing drug coaches. Health Sociology Review, 34 (2), 152-166. doi: 10.1080/14461242.2024.2388528
Davidson, Lily, Piatkowski, Timothy, Pocuca, Nina and Hides, Leanne (2024). Modelling the relationship between environmental and social cognitive determinants of risky drinking among emerging adults. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22 (4), 2166-2185. doi: 10.1007/s11469-022-00978-9
Walker, Claire, Piatkowski, Timothy, Ferris, Jason, Davies, Emma, Barratt, Monica, Winstock, Adam and Puljević, Cheneal (2024). From chaos to kaleidoscope: exploring factors in psychedelic self-treatment for mental health conditions. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 38 (8), 749-760. doi: 10.1177/02698811241265762
Piatkowski, Timothy, Sabrus, Domanik and Keane, Carol (2024). The relationship between masculinity and help-seeking among Australian men living in non-urban areas. The Journal of Men's Studies, 32 (2), 199-218. doi: 10.1177/10608265231207997
Piatkowski, Timothy, Whiteside, Bianca, Robertson, Jonathan, Lamon, Severine and Dunn, Matthew (2024). Performance and image enhancing drug use among Australian women: the role of interpersonal relationships in facilitating use. Contemporary Drug Problems, 51 (2), 142-159. doi: 10.1177/00914509241256002
Piatkowski, Timothy M., Neumann, David L., Seekis, Veya and Dunn, Matthew (2024). Understanding muscularity, physique anxiety, and the experience of body image enhancement among men and women: A mixed‐methods study. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 34 (3) e2800, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/casp.2800
Baxter, Luke, Puljević, Cheneal, Piatkowski, Tim, Ferris, Jason, Davies, Emma L., Barratt, Monica J. and Winstock, Adam (2024). Tripping into the unknown: exploring the experiences of first-time LSD users through global drug survey insights. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 38 (8), 735-748. doi: 10.1177/02698811241254837
Cornell, Samuel, Piatkowski, Timothy, Taba, Melody and Peden, Amy E. (2024). Meeting people where they are: leveraging influencers’ social capital and trust to promote safer behaviours. Health Literacy and Communication Open, 2 (1) 2350155, 1-5. doi: 10.1080/28355245.2024.2350155
Piatkowski, Timothy, Cox, Luke, Gibbs, Nick, Turnock, Luke and Dunn, Matthew (2024). ‘The general concept is a safer use approach’: how image and performance enhancing drug coaches negotiate safety through community care. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 32 (5), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/09687637.2024.2352442
Piatkowski, Timothy and Dunn, Matthew (2024). Navigating risks and reducing harm: a gendered analysis of anabolic–androgenic steroid users within the risk environment framework. Contemporary Drug Problems, 51 (2), 111-128. doi: 10.1177/00914509241249292
Devilly, Grant J., Wilkinson, Petra, Allen, Corey and Piatkowski, Timothy (2024). Unmasking distorted reflections: exploring body image, alcohol, and drug use in nighttime entertainment districts. Substance Use and Misuse, 59 (9), 1280-1292. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2024.2320377
Puljević, Cheneal, Tscharke, Benjamin, Wessel, Ellen Leslie, Francis, Cameron, Verhagen, Rory, O'Brien, Jake W., Bade, Richard, Nadarajan, Dhayaalini, Measham, Fiona, Stowe, M.J., Piatkowski, Timothy, Ferris, Jason, Page, Robert, Hiley, Sarah, Eassey, Christopher, McKinnon, Ginny, Sinclair, Genevieve, Blatchford, Emily, Engel, Liam, Norvill, Alice and Barratt, Monica J. (2024). Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival. Science of The Total Environment, 921 170934, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170934
Piatkowski, Timothy, Benn, Sarah, Ayurzana, Lkhagvadulam, King, Michelle, McMillan, Sara and Hattingh, Laetitia (2024). Exploring the role of community pharmacies as a harm reduction environment for anabolic–androgenic steroid consumers: triangulating the perspectives of consumers and pharmacists. Harm Reduction Journal, 21 (1) 59, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12954-024-00972-5
Piatkowski, Timothy, Gibbs, Nick and Dunn, Matthew (2024). Beyond the law: exploring the impact of criminalising anabolic–androgenic steroid use on help-seeking and health outcomes in Australia. Journal of Criminology, 57 (1), 62-82. doi: 10.1177/26338076231209044
Piatkowski, Timothy, Havnes, Ingrid Amalia, Kill, Emma and Ven, Katinka van de (2024). Could testosterone be the new methadone? New ways for approaching anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence. Performance Enhancement and Health, 12 (1) 100275, 100275. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2024.100275
Reynolds, Ashlee, Roche, Steven and Piatkowski, Timothy (2024). Enhancing child safety and well-being in the northern territory: bridging gaps in support services and strengthening community engagement. Qualitative Social Work, 23 (1), 108-125. doi: 10.1177/14733250231202045
Piatkowski, Timothy, Gibbs, Nick and Dunn, Matthew (2024). “I Feel Like I’m Walking the Line; One Side It’s Manageable, the Other Side It’s F**king prison”: exploring the dual nature of user-manufacturers of image and performance enhancing drugs. Deviant Behavior, 45 (7), 929-946. doi: 10.1080/01639625.2023.2250896
Piatkowski, Timothy M., Neumann, David L., Keane, Carol and Dunn, Matthew (2024). “More drugs means more stress on my body”: exploring enhancement and health among elite strength athletes who use performance and image enhancing drugs. Addiction Research and Theory, 32 (5), 333-338. doi: 10.1080/16066359.2023.2271839
Turnock, Luke, Gibbs, Nick, Cox, Luke and Piatkowski, Timothy (2023). Big business: the private sector market for image and performance enhancing drug harm reduction in the UK. International Journal of Drug Policy, 122 104254, 104254. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104254
Dunn, Matthew, Piatkowski, Timothy M., Robertson, Jonathan and Lamon, Severine (2023). Is the use of performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs) in women an issue of concern? The findings from a stakeholder consultation. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 26 (11), 574-579. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2023.08.179
Piatkowski, Timothy, Puljevic, Cheneal, Francis, Cameron, Ferris, Jason and Dunn, Matthew (2023). “They sent it away for testing and it was all bunk”: Exploring perspectives on drug checking among steroid consumers in Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 119 104139, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104139
Piatkowski, Timothy M., Neumann, David L. and Dunn, Matthew (2023). ‘My mind pretty much went to mush’: a qualitative exploration of trenbolone in the performance and image enhancing drug community. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42 (6), 1566-1576. doi: 10.1111/dar.13656
Neumann, David L, Piatkowski, Timothy M, Moffitt, Robyn L and Minahan, Clare L (2023). Perceived benefits and receptivity to sport psychology consulting services of elite athletes in developing nations of the Oceania region. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 19 (3), 1175-1185. doi: 10.1177/17479541231188455
Kroon, Rianca, Neumann, David L., Piatkowski, Timothy M. and Moffitt, Robyn L. (2023). How the physical appearance of companions affects females with high or low social physique anxiety: a virtual reality exercise study. Virtual Reality, 27 (2), 541-551. doi: 10.1007/s10055-022-00676-w
Dunn, Matthew, Piatkowski, Timothy, Whiteside, Bianca and Eu, Beng (2023). Exploring the experiences of general practitioners working with patients who use performance and image enhancing drugs. Performance Enhancement and Health, 11 (2) 100247, 100247. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2023.100247
Piatkowski, Timothy, Robertson, Jonathan and Dunn, Matthew (2023). Polysubstance use practices among women using anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS). Performance Enhancement and Health, 11 (2) 100248, 100248. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2023.100248
Piatkowski, Tim, Robertson, Jonathan, Lamon, Severine and Dunn, Matthew (2023). Gendered perspectives on women’s anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) usage practices. Harm Reduction Journal, 20 (1) 56. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00786-x
Moran, James, Buck, Andrew, Williams, Jodie, Piatkowski, Timothy and Unnikrishnan, Renu (2023). Impact on the health service in the Top End, Northern Territory following the introduction of an electric scooter sharing service. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35 (2), 194-199. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14090
Gibbs, Nicholas and Piatkowski, Timothy (2023). The Liver King lie: misrepresentation, justification, and public health implications. International Journal of Drug Policy, 114 103979, 103979. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.103979
Neumann, David L., Piatkowski, Timothy M., Moffitt, Robyn L. and Minahan, Clare L. (2023). The mental health of elite athletes in developing nations of the greater Oceania region. Australian Psychologist, 58 (2), 94-104. doi: 10.1080/00050067.2022.2130027
Piatkowski, Tim and Dunn, Matthew (2022). Coaching the drug coach: an invited commentary in response to Gibbs et al. anabolics coaching: Emic harm reduction or a public health concern?. Performance Enhancement and Health, 10 (3) 100229, 100229-3. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2022.100229
Piatkowski, Timothy M., Hides, Leanne M., White, Katherine M., Obst, Patricia L. and Dunn, Matthew (2022). Understanding harm reduction perspectives of performance and image enhancing drug consumers and health care providers. Performance Enhancement and Health, 10 (3) 100223, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2022.100223
Neumann, David L., Olive, Ashleigh, Moffitt, Robyn L. and Piatkowski, Tim (2022). Switching attentional focus across internal and external cues improves performance in a rowing task in novices. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 61 102195, 102195-61. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102195
Piatkowski, Timothy M., Obst, Patricia L., White, Katherine M. and Hides, Leanne (2022). The relationship between psychosocial variables and drive for muscularity among male bodybuilding supplement users. Australian Psychologist, 57 (2), 148-159. doi: 10.1080/00050067.2021.2020074
Dunn, Matthew and Piatkowski, Timothy (2021). Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on performance and image enhancing drug use. Harm Reduction Journal, 18 (1) 124, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12954-021-00571-8
Shimko, Katja M., Piatkowski, Timothy, Thomas, Kevin V., Speers, Naomi, Brooker, Lance, Tscharke, Ben J. and O’Brien, Jake W. (2021). Performance- and image-enhancing drug use in the community: use prevalence, user demographics and the potential role of wastewater-based epidemiology. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 419 126340, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126340
Piatkowski, Timothy M, Dunn, Matthew, White, Katherine M, Hides, Leanne M and Obst, Patricia L (2021). Exploring the harms arising from polysubstance use among performance and image enhancing drug users among young Australian men. Performance Enhancement and Health, 9 (3-4) 100197, 100197. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2021.100197
Piatkowski, Timothy M., White, Katherine M., Hides, Leanne M. and Obst, Patricia L. (2021). The impact of social media on self‐evaluations of men striving for a muscular ideal. Journal of Community Psychology, 49 (2), 725-736. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22489
Piatkowski, Timothy M., White, Katherine M., Hides, Leanne M. and Obst, Patricia L. (2020). Australia's Adonis: understanding what motivates young men's lifestyle choices for enhancing their appearance. Australian Psychologist, 55 (2) ap.12451, 156-168. doi: 10.1111/ap.12451
Tighe, Boden, Dunn, Matthew, McKay, Fiona H. and Piatkowski, Timothy (2017). Information sought, information shared: Exploring performance and image enhancing drug user-facilitated harm reduction information in online forums. Harm Reduction Journal, 14 (1) 48. doi: 10.1186/s12954-017-0176-8
Opar, David A., Piatkowski, Timothy, Williams, Morgan D. and Shield, Anthony J. (2013). A novel device using the nordic hamstring exercise to assess eccentric knee flexor strength: A reliability and retrospective injury study. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 43 (9), 636-640. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2013.4837
Conference Papers
Spurling, Geoffrey, Jennings, Warren, Panahi, Idin, Askew, Deborah, Wirtz, Charlotte, Ting, David and Piatkowski, Tim (2025). A scoping review of opioid agonist therapy in Australian general practice. Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, Geelong, Australia, 11012 August 2025. Clayton, VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Edwards, Jessie, Panahi, Idin, Piatkowski, Tim, Kill, Emma, Davey, Geoff and Spurling, Geoff (2025). Access denied: how policy constructions of harms and risk place opioid pharmacotherapy beyond the usual business of primary care. Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, Geelong, Australia, 11012 August 2025. Clayton, VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Piatkowski, Timothy, Puljevic, Cheneal, Francis, Cameron, Kill, Emma, Ferris, Jason and Dunn, Matthew (2023). "We’re gonna want to know the label’s right”: Co-designing a drug checking service for anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) consumers. Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference, Adelaide, SA Australia, 12-15 November 2023. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
Dunn, Matthew, Piatkowski, Timothy, Underwood, Mair, Forlini, Cynthia, Mulrooney, Kyle J. D. and Van de Ven, Katinka (2023). Interrogating power, stigma and autonomy in the context of testosterone self-medication. APSAD 2023 Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 12–15 November 2023. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
Graham, Kerr, Mark, Muthalib, Roger, Pegoraro, Luisa, Roeder, Tim, Piatkowsk, Ian, Stewart and Simon, Smith (2015). Functional neuroimaging of prefrontal cortex in Parkinson's disease using near infra-red spectroscopy: effects of cognitive task during seated and standing postures. XII International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON-XII), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 27-31 July 2014. Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2015.217.00286
Newspaper Article
Cornell, Samuel and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025, 12 08). More women are using steroids – and many don’t know the risks The Conversation doi: 10.64628/AA.gsumc5dwn