Angelov, Daniel and O'Brien, J and Kavanagh, Pierce (2013) The syntheses of 1-(2-thienyl)-2-(methylamino) propane (methiopropamine) and its 3-thienyl isomer for use as reference standards. Drug Testing and Analysis, 5, (3), pp. 145-149. doi: 10.1002/dta.298.

Grigoryev, A and Kavanagh, Pierce and Melnik, A (2012) The detection of the urinary metabolites of 3-[(adamantan-1-yl)carbonyl]-1-pentylindole (AB-001), a novel cannabimimetic, by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Drug Testing and Analysis, 4, (6), pp. 519-524. doi: 10.1002/dta.350.

Kavanagh, Pierce and Angelov, Daniel and O'Brien, John and Fox, John and O'Donnell, Cora and Christie, Rachel and Power, JD and McDermott, Sean (2011) The syntheses and characterization 3β-(4-fluorobenzoyloxy)tropane (fluorotropacocaine) and its 3α isomer. Drug Testing and Analysis, 4, (1), pp. 33-38. doi: 10.1002/dta.362 PMID 22102564.

Kavanagh, Pierce and Gofenberg, Mariia and Shevyrin, Vadim and Dvorskaya, Oksana and Dowling, Geraldine and Grigoryev, Andrej (2020) Tentative identification of the phase I and II metabolites of two synthetic cathinones, MDPHP and α-PBP, in human urine. Drug Testing and Analysis, 12, (10), pp. 1442-1451. doi: 10.1002/dta.2891.

Kavanagh, Pierce and Grigoryev, A and Melnik, A and Simonov, A (2012) The identification of the urinary metabolites of 3-(4-Methoxybenzoyl)-1-Pentylindole (RCS-4), a novel cannabimimetic, by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 36, (5), pp. 303-311. doi: 10.1093/jat/bks032.

Kavanagh, Pierce and O'Brien, John and Power, John D and Talbot, Brian and McDermott, Sean (2012) ‘Smoking’ mephedrone: The identification of the pyrolysis products of 4-methylmethcathinone hydrochloride. Drug Testing and Analysis, 5, (5), pp. 291-305. DOI 10.1002/dta.1373.

Kavanagh, Pierce and Power, John D (2014) New psychoactive substances legislation in Ireland – Perspectives from academia. Drug Testing and Analysis, 6, ((7-8)), pp. 884-891. DOI: 10.1002/dta.1598.

Kavanagh, Pierce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1613-3305, Sharma, Jayant, McNamara, Sinéad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6537-0721, Angelov, Daniel, McDermott, Sean, Mullan, Daniel and Ryder, Sheila (2010) Head shop ‘legal highs’ active constituents identification chart (June 2010, post-ban). Dublin: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James’s Hospital. Drug Treatment Centre Board. School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College.

Kavanagh, Pierce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1613-3305, Spiers, Paul, O'Brien, John, McNamara, Sinéad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6537-0721, Angelov, Daniel, Mullan, Daniel, Talbot, Brian and Ryder, Sheila (2010) Head shop 'legal highs' active consituents identification chart (July-August 2010, '714' - '823'). Dublin: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James’s Hospital. Drug Treatment Centre Board. School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College.

Killeen, Nicki ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6220-1586, Lakes, Rodney, Webster, Mairead, Killoran, Sarah, McNamara, Sinéad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6537-0721, Kavanagh, Pierce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1613-3305, Eagleton, Marie, McCormack, Seamus, Micheau, Eva, Moughty, Adrian, O'Donnell, Cathal, O'Reilly, Martin, Doyle, Gavin, O'Rourke, Sean, Downing, Sally, Flynn, Caoimhe and Keenan, Eamon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3395-3831 (2024) The emergence of nitazenes on the Irish heroin market and national preparation for possible future outbreaks. Addiction, 119, (9), pp. 1657-1658. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16525.

Killoran, Sarah, McNamara, Sinéad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6537-0721, Kavanagh, Pierce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1613-3305, O'Brien, John and Lakes, Rodney (2025) Identification of N-pyrrolidino protonitazene in powders sold as heroin and associated with overdose clusters in Dublin and Cork, Ireland. Drug Testing and Analysis, 17, (3), pp. 350-357. https://doi.org/10.1002/dta.3707.

Meyer, Markus R and Holderbaum, Anna and Kavanagh, Pierce and Maurer, Hans H (2015) Low resolution and high resolution MS for studies on the metabolism and toxicological detection of the new psychoactive substance methoxypiperamide (MeOP). Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 50, (10), pp. 1163-74.

O'Byrne, Paul, Kavanagh, Pierce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1613-3305, McNamara, Sinéad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6537-0721 and Stokes, Siobhán ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2406-0879 (2013) Screening of stimulants including designer drugs in urine using a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry system. Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 37, (2), pp. 64-73. doi: 10.1093/jat/bks091.

Oakes, Conor and Adnan, Adam and Kavanagh, Pierce and McCormack, Séamus and Killeen, Nicki (2024) A simple presumptive field test for nitrous oxide. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 193, pp. 1651-1652. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-024-03627-3.

Power, John D and Kavanagh, Pierce and McLaughlin, Gavin and Barry, Michael and Dowling, Geraldine and Brandt, Simon D (2017) 'APAAN in the neck' - A reflection on some novel impurities found in seized materials containing amphetamine in Ireland during routine forensic analysis. Drug Testing and Analysis, 9, (7), pp. 966-976.

Power, John D and Kavanagh, Pierce and McLaughlin, Gavin and Dowling, Geraldine and Barry, Michael and O'Brien, John and Talbot, Brian and Twamley, Brendan and Brandt, Simon D (2017) Forensic analysis of P2P derived amphetamine synthesis impurities: identification and characterization of indene by-products. Drug Testing and Analysis, 9, (3), pp. 446-452.

Power, John D and Kavanagh, Pierce and McLaughlin, Gavin and O'Brien, John and Talbot, Brian and Barry, Michael and Twamley, Brendan and Dowling, Geraldine and Brandt, Simon D (2015) Identification and characterization of an imidazolium by-product formed during the synthesis of 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone). Drug Testing and Analysis, 7, (10), pp. 894-902.

Power, John D and Kavanagh, Pierce and O'Brien, John and Barry, Michael and Twamley, Brendan and Talbot, Brian and Dowling, Geraldine and Brandt, Simon D (2015) Test purchase, identification and synthesis of 2-amino-1-(4-bromo-2, 5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethan-1-one (bk-2C-B). Drug Testing and Analysis, 7, (6), pp. 512-518.

Sheridan, A and Quintyne, KI and Kavanagh, Pierce (2020) Counting the toll of smoking-attributable hospitalisations. Irish Medical Journal, 113, (1), p. 8.