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Professor Michael Farrell

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FRCP FRCPsych Professor Michael Farrell is the Director of NDARC. He moved to Sydney from London in March 2011 following his appointment to NDARC. Pr ...

Latest Publications

  • Minimising the misuse of oxycodone and other pharmaceut ...
  • Minimising the misuse of oxycodone and other pharmaceut ...
  • Commentary on Agrawal et al.: Assessing the impact of c ...
  • HIV in injecting drug users in Asian countries

Professor Louisa Degenhardt

Field of research: Epidemiology

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Professor Louisa Degenhardt first commenced work at NDARC in 1998 and has worked across a wide range of projects examining the epidemiology of illici ...

Latest Publications

  • Commentary on Mehta et al. (2012): Natural history of i ...
  • The association between cannabis use and depression: A ...
  • What are the policy implications of the evidence on can ...
  • What are the policy implications of the evidence on can ...

Dr Francis Matthew-Simmons

Field of research: Public Health and Health Services

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Francis Matthew-Simmons is a Research Assistant based at NDARC. In 2006 he completed a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) and a Bachelor of Public ...

Latest Publications

  • Why the alcohol and other drug community should support ...
  • Examining supply changes in Australia's cocaine market
  • Curiosity killed the M-Cat: an examination of illicit d ...
  • Youth, drugs and the media: Creating attitude

Associate Professor Anthony Shakeshaft

Field of research: Public Health and Health Services

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Principal research interests are in community-wide interventions, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and measuring and evaluating the effe ...

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  • How and when health-care practitioners in Aboriginal Co ...
  • Alcohol-related crime in City of Sydney local governmen ...
  • The potential cost-effectiveness of general practitione ...
  • The development and application of a proxy measure of a ...

Dr Fiona Shand

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Fiona Shand is employed as an Associate Lecturer at NDARC and is currently team coordinator for the Comorbidity and Trauma Study (CATS), a large case ...

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  • Opioid dependence latent structure: two classes with di ...
  • Sex differences amongst dependent heroin users: Histori ...
  • Predictors of social anxiety in an opioid dependent sam ...
  • The effect of comorbid substance use disorders on treat ...

Dr Lucy Burns

Field of research: Epidemiology

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Dr Lucy Burns has been Senior Lecturer within the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre since 2008. Dr Burns holds a PhD (1999-2003), from the Sc ...

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  • Trends in Drug Use and Related Harms in Australia, 2001 ...
  • What consumers are using now: which drug is on top? Fea ...
  • Driving behaviours among people who inject drugs in Sou ...
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