Dr Brad Partridge
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Business
Adjunct Senior Fellow
School of Public Health
Researcher biography
Dr Brad Partridge has been a researcher in hospitals and universities for almost 20 years. His work has covered ethical, social, and policy issues related to a range of topics in healthcare including addiction, concussion management, psychiatry, midwifery, and biomedical enhancement technologies. He has written about conflicts of interest, medicalisation, and stakeholder attitudes towards models of treatment, and has extensive experience using qualitative research methods.
Brad joined the UQ Business School in April 2023 where he is exploring trust, and the attitudes of clinicians, towards incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools into the clinical decision-making process for melanoma detection, as part of an NHMRC Synergy Grant.
Brad was previously a postdoctoral research fellow in biomedical ethics at Mayo Clinic (Minnesota, USA), and was a visiting research fellow with the Neuroethics Research Group at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), in Canada. From 2011-2014 he was an NHMRC postdoctoral fellow with the addiction neuroethics group led by Prof. Wayne Hall at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR). There, he was a Chief Investigator on two ARC Discovery Grants related to 1) the non-medical use of prescription stimulants, and 2) the ethical, social and policy implications of neurobiological explanations of addiction. Between 2015-2023 he held research in public hospitals within Metro-North Hospital and Health Service (Queensland Health), and at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR).
Brad’s PhD was from the University of Queensland School of Public Health. He also has a Master of Arts in Philosophy, and Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) from the University of New England.
Book Chapters
Partridge, Brad and Hall, Wayne (2017). Concussion, neuroethics, and sport: policies of the past do not suffice for the future. Neuroethics: anticipating the future. (pp. 515-530) edited by Julie Illes. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198786832.003.0026
Jensen, Charmaine, Partridge, Bradley, Forlini, Cynthia, Hall, Wayne and Lucke, Jayne (2016). Cognitive enhancement down under: an Australian perspective. Cognitive enhancement: ethical and policy implications in international perspectives. (pp. 147-158) edited by Fabrice Jotterand and Veljko Dubljevic. New York, NY United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199396818.003.0010
Forlini, Cynthia, Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne and Racine, Eric (2015). Popular media and bioethics scholarship: sharing responsibility for portrayals of cognitive enhancement with prescription medication. Handbook of neuroethics. (pp. 1473-1486) edited by Jens Clausen and Neil Levy. Dordrecht , Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-4707-4_83
Lucke, Jayne, Partridge, Brad, Forlini, Cynthia and Racine, Eric (2015). Using neuropharmaceuticals for cognitive enhancement: policy and regulatory issues. Handbook of neuroethics. (pp. 1085-1100) edited by Jens Clausen and Neil Levy. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-4707-4_72
Partridge, Bradley (2013). A bubble of enthusiasm: how prevalent is the use of prescription stimulants for cognitive enhancement?. Cognitive enhancement: an interdisciplinary perspective. (pp. 39-47) edited by Elisabeth Hildt and Andreas G. Franke. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6253-4_4
Gartner, Coral E. and Partridge, Brad (2012). Addiction neuroscience and tobacco control. Addiction neuroethics: The ethics of addiction neuroscience research and treatment. (pp. 75-93) edited by Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall and Judy Illes. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385973-0.00004-1
Journal Articles
Partridge, Brad and Dodds, Susan (2023). Conceptualising and regulating all neural data from consumer-directed devices as medical data: more scope for an unnecessary expansion of medical influence?. Ethics and Information Technology, 25 (4) 59. doi: 10.1007/s10676-023-09735-5
Partridge, Brad (2023). Should we be more worried about digital simulacra in healthcare being our "Caricatures," rather than our "Replicas"?. The American Journal of Bioethics, 23 (9), 86-88. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2237464
McNamee, Mike, Anderson, Lynley C., Borry, Pascal, Camporesi, Silvia, Derman, Wayne, Holm, Soren, Knox, Taryn Rebecca, Leuridan, Bert, Loland, Sigmund, Lopez Frias, Francisco Javier, Lorusso, Ludovica, Malcolm, Dominic, McArdle, David, Partridge, Brad, Schramme, Thomas and Weed, Mike (2023). Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science: culture, ethics, science, policy. Journal of Medical Ethics jme-2022-108812, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/jme-2022-108812
Rattray, Janene, Rigg, Elizabeth, Partridge, Bradley and Taylor, Melissa (2020). Attitudes towards breech management among a team of maternity clinicians in Australia undertaking breech training. Women and Birth, 33 (4), e348-e356. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2019.08.002
Partridge, Bradley (2020). Conceptual and ethical problems underpinning calls to abandon vaginal breech birth. Women and Birth, 34 (2), e210-e215. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2019.12.006
Lucke, Jayne, Jensen, Charmaine, Dunn, Matthew, Chan, Gary, Forlini, Cynthia, Kaye, Sharlene, Partridge, Bradley, Farrell, Michael, Racine, Eric and Hall, Wayne (2018). Non-medical prescription stimulant use to improve academic performance among Australian university students: prevalence and correlates of use. BMC Public Health, 18 (1) 1270, 1270. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6212-0
Partridge, Bradley and Affleck, Julia (2018). Predicting aggressive patient behaviour in a hospital emergency department: an empirical study of security officers using the Brøset Violence Checklist. Australasian Emergency Care, 21 (1), 31-35. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2017.11.001
Partridge, Bradley and O'Connor, Erin (2017). Medical Culture's Bias to Actively Intervene Can Undermine Patient Empowerment and Welfare. American Journal of Bioethics, 17 (11), 47-48. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2017.1378763
Partridge, Bradley and Affleck, Julia (2017). Verbal abuse and physical assault in the emergency department: rates of violence, perceptions of safety, and attitudes towards security. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 20 (3), 139-145. doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2017.05.001
Morphett, Kylie, Carter, Adrian, Hall, Wayne, Lucke, Jayne, Partridge, Brad and Gartner, Coral (2017). Do neurobiological understandings of smoking influence quitting self-efficacy or treatment intentions?. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 20 (7), 827-835. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntx144
McNamee, Michael J., Partridge, Bradley and Anderson, Lynley (2016). Concussion ethics and sports medicine. Clinics in Sports Medicine, 35 (2), 257-267. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2015.10.008
Jensen, Charmaine, Forlini, Cynthia, Partridge, Brad and Hall, Wayne (2016). Australian University Students' Coping Strategies and Use of Pharmaceutical Stimulants as Cognitive Enhancers. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 277, 277.1-277.9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00277
Riggall, Kate, Forlini, Cynthia, Carter, Adrian, Hall, Wayne, Weier, Megan, Partridge, Brad and Meinzer, Marcus (2015). Researchers’ perspectives on scientific and ethical issues with transcranial direct current stimulation: An international survey. Scientific Reports, 5 (Art No.: 10618) 10618, 10618. doi: 10.1038/srep10618
Morphett, Kylie, Partridge, Brad, Gartner, Coral, Carter, Adrian and Hall, Wayne (2015). Why don’t smokers want help to quit? A qualitative study of smokers’ attitudes towards assisted versus unassisted quitting. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12 (6), 6591-6607. doi: 10.3390/ijerph120606591
McNamee, Michael J., Partridge, Bradley and Anderson, Lynley (2015). Concussion in sport: conceptual and ethical issues. Kinesiology Review, 4 (2), 190-202. doi: 10.1123/kr.2015-0011
Johnson, L. Syd M., Partridge, Brad and Gilbert, Frédéric (2015). Framing the debate: concussion and mild traumatic brain injury. Neuroethics, 8 (1), 1-4. doi: 10.1007/s12152-015-9233-8
Meurk, Carla, Carter, Adrian, Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne and Hall, Wayne (2014). How is acceptance of the brain disease model of addiction related to Australians' attitudes towards addicted individuals and treatments for addiction?. BMC Psychiatry, 14 (1) 373, 373. doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0373-x
Partridge, Brad and Hall, Wayne (2014). Repeated head injuries in Australia's collision sports highlight ethical and evidential gaps in concussion management policies. Neuroethics, 8 (1), 39-45. doi: 10.1007/s12152-014-9217-0
Meurk, Carla, Partridge, Brad, Carter, Adrian, Hall, Wayne, Morphett, Kylie and Lucke, Jayne (2014). Public attitudes in Australia towards the claim that addiction is a (brain) disease. Drug and Alcohol Review, 33 (3), 272-279. doi: 10.1111/dar.12115
Partridge, Bradley and Hall, Wayne (2014). Conflicts of interest in recommendations to use computerized neuropsychological tests to manage concussion in professional football codes. Neuroethics, 7 (1), 63-74. doi: 10.1007/s12152-013-9182-z
Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne and Hall, Wayne (2014). Over-diagnosed and over-treated: a survey of Australian public attitudes towards the acceptability of drug treatment for depression and ADHD. BMC Psychiatry, 14 (1) 74, 74.1-74.9. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-74
Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne and Hall, Wayne (2014). "If you're healthy you don't need drugs": public attitudes towards "brain doping" in the classroom and "legalised doping" in sport. Performance Enhancement and Health, 3 (1), 20-25. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2014.03.001
McNamee, Mike and Partridge, Brad (2013). Concussion in sports medicine ethics: policy, epistemic and ethical problems. American Journal of Bioethics, 13 (10), 15-17. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2013.828123
Hall, Wayne, Partridge, Brad and Lucke, Jayne (2013). Constraints on regulatory options for putatively cognitive enhancing drugs. American Journal of Bioethics, 13 (7), 35-37. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2013.795825
Partridge, Brad, Bell, Stephanie, Lucke, Jayne and Hall, Wayne (2013). Australian university students' attitudes towards the use of prescription stimulants as cognitive enhancers: perceived patterns of use, efficacy and safety. Drug and Alcohol Review, 32 (3), 295-302. doi: 10.1111/dar.12005
Lucke, Jayne and Partridge, Brad (2013). Towards a smart population: a public health framework for cognitive enhancement. Neuroethics, 6 (2), 419-427. doi: 10.1007/s12152-012-9167-3
Bell, Stephanie, Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne and Hall, Wayne (2013). Australian university students' attitudes towards the acceptability and regulation of pharmaceuticals to improve academic performance. Neuroethics, 6 (1), 197-205. doi: 10.1007/s12152-012-9153-9
Partridge, Brad (2013). A re-think on drug policy in sport requires an enhanced conception of enhancement. Performance Enhancement and Health, 2 (2), 76-77. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2013.08.012
Lucke, Jayne, Partridge, Brad and Hall, Wayne (2013). Dealing with ennui: to what extent is “cognitive enhancement” a form of self-medication for symptoms of depression?. AJOB Neuroscience, 4 (1), 17-17. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2012.757569
Hammer, Rachel, Dingel, Molly, Ostergren, Jenny, Partridge, Brad, McCormick, Jennifer and Koenig, Barbara A. (2013). Addiction: Current Criticism of the Brain Disease Paradigm. AJOB Neuroscience, 4 (3), 27-32. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2013.796328
Partridge, Brad (2013). Dazed and confused: sports medicine, conflicts of interest, and concussion management. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 11 (1), 65-74. doi: 10.1007/s11673-013-9491-2
Partridge, Bradley (2012). Students and “Smart Drugs”: empirical research can shed light on enhancement enthusiasm. Asian Bioethics Review, 4 (4), 310-319. doi: 10.1353/asb.2012.0035
Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne and Hall, Wayne (2012). Public attitudes towards the acceptability of using drugs to treat depression and ADHD. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46 (10), 958-965. doi: 10.1177/0004867412450755
Gartner, Coral E., Carter, Adrian and Partridge, Brad (2012). What are the public policy implications of a neurobiological view of addiction?. Addiction, 107 (7), 1199-1200. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03812.x
Gilbert, Frederic and Partridge, Bradley J. (2012). The need to tackle concussion in Australian football codes. Medical Journal of Australia, 196 (9), 561-563. doi: 10.5694/mja11.11218
Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne and Hall, Wayne (2012). A comparison of attitudes toward cognitive enhancement and legalized doping in sport in a community sample of Australian adults. AJOB Primary Research, 3 (4), 81-86. doi: 10.1080/21507716.2012.720639
Boot, Brendon P., Partridge, Brad and Hall, Wayne (2012). Letter to the Editor: Better evidence for safety and efficacy is needed before neurologists prescribe drugs for neuroenhancement to healthy people. Neurocase, 18 (3), 181-184. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2011.588174
Partridge, Bradley J., Bell, Stephanie K., Lucke, Jayne C., Yeates, Sarah and Hall, Wayne D. (2011). Smart drugs "as common as coffee": Media hype about neuroenhancement. PLoS One, 6 (11) e28416, e28416. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028416
Partridge, Brad (2011). Hit and miss: ethical issues in the implementation of a “concussion rule” in Australian Football. AJOB Neuroscience, 2 (4), 62-63. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2011.620066
Lucke, Jayne C., Bell, Stephanie, Partridge, Brad and Hall, Wayne D. (2011). Deflating the neuroenhancement bubble. AJOB Neuroscience, 2 (4), 38-43. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2011.611122
Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne, Bartlett, Helen and Hall, Wayne (2011). Public attitudes towards human life extension by intervening in ageing. Journal of Aging Studies, 25 (2), 73-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2010.08.012
Lucke, Jayne C., Bell, Stephanie K., Partridge, Bradley J. and Hall, Wayne D. (2011). Academic doping or Viagra for the brain?. EMBO Reports, 12 (3), 197-201. doi: 10.1038/embor.2011.15
Partridge, Brad (2011). Fairness and performance-enhancing swimsuits at the 2009 Swimming World Championships: The 'asterisk' championships. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 5 (1), 63-74. doi: 10.1080/17511321.2010.511248
Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne and Hall, Wayne (2011). In the face of uncertainty about the risks of low-level drinking, abstinence is prudent, not misogynistic, advice. American Journal of Bioethics, 11 (12), 66-67. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2011.615887
Partridge, B., Lucke, J., Finnoff, J. and Hall, W. (2011). Begging important questions about cognitive enhancement, again. American Journal of Bioethics, 11 (1), 14-15. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2010.534536
Lucke, Jayne C., Bell, Stephanie, Partridge, Brad and Hall, Wayne D. (2010). Weak evidence for large claims contribute to the phantom debate Response. BioSocieties, 5 (4), 482-483. doi: 10.1057/biosoc.2010.31
Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne and Hall, Wayne (2010). Listening to public concerns about human life extension. Embo Reports, 11 (10), 735-737. doi: 10.1038/embor.2010.137
Partridge, Brad (2010). Response. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 7 (4), 385-386. doi: 10.1007/s11673-010-9253-3
Lucke, Jayne C., Herbert, Danielle, Partridge, Brad and Hall, Wayne D. (2010). Anticipating the use of life extension technologies: Possible pointers from the adoption of assisted reproductive technologies. EMBO Reports, 11 (5), 334-338. doi: 10.1038/embor.2010.48
Partridge, Brad, Lucke, Jayne, Bartlett, Helen and Hall, Wayne (2009). Ethical, Social, and Personal Implications of Extended Human Lifespan Identified by Members of the Public. Rejuvenation Research, 12 (5), 351-357. doi: 10.1089/rej.2009.0907
Partridge, Brad (2009). Living forever: Ethical implications of human life extension. Issues, 86, 13-15.
Lucke, Jayne C., Diedrichs, Phillippa C., Partridge, Bradley and Hall, Wayne D. (2009). Anticipating the anti-ageing pill: Lessons from the history of the oral contraceptive pill and hormone replacement therapy. EMBO Reports, 10 (2), 108-113. doi: 10.1038/embor.2008.251
Underwood, M, Bartlett, HP, Partridge, B, Lucke, J and Hall, WD (2009). Community perceptions on the significant extension of life: An exploratory study among urban adults in Brisbane, Australia. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 68 (3), 496-503. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.002
Partridge, Brad, Hall, Wayne, Lucke, Jayne, Underwood, Mair and Bartlett, Helen (2009). Mapping community concerns about radical extensions of human life expectancy. The American Journal of Bioethics, 9 (12), W4-W5. doi: 10.1080/15265160903316446
Partridge, Brad, Underwood, Mair, Lucke, Jayne, Bartlett, Helen and Hall, Wayne (2009). Ethical concerns in the community about technologies to extend human life span. The American Journal of Bioethics, 9 (12), 68-76. doi: 10.1080/15265160903318368
Partridge, B and Hall, W (2007). The search for methuselah - Should we endeavour to increase the maximum human lifespan. EMBO Reports, 8 (10), 888-891. doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401069
Conference Papers
Morphett, Kylie, Gartner, Coral, Carter, Adrian, Lucke, Jayne, Partridge, Brad and Hall, Wayne (2013). Is smoking a brain disease? The attitudes of smokers towards a neurobiological conceptualisation of nicotine dependence. Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2013, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 24-27 November 2013. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/dar.12077
Meurk, Carla, Carter, Adrian, Lucke, Jayne, Partridge, Brad, Morphett, Kylie and Hall, Wayne (2013). How has neurobiology affected public perceptions of addiction? Review of a mixed methods study. Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2013, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 24-27 November 2013. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/dar.12077
Thesis
Bradley Partridge (2009). Public attitudes towards ethical issues raised by biotechnologies that may substantially extend human life.. PhD Thesis, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland.