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Image - Anthony Shakeshaft wins 2017 Dean of Medicine’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision
Congratulations to NDARC’s Professor Anthony Shakeshaft who has been awarded the 2017 Dean of Medicine’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision. Over the past 10 years Professor Shakeshaft has... Read more
Image - Landmark study to investigate outcomes for long term heroin and other opioid use
NDARC has received a $1.19 million NHMRC project grant to continue its landmark study of long term heroin use: the Australian Treatment Outcome Study. A cohort of 615 heroin users was first recruited... Read more
Image - $1.47 million mental health and substance use study to target transition from adolescence to young adulthood
NDARC’s Professor Maree Teesson and her colleagues at the Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use (CREMS) have been awarded a $1.47 million NHMRC project grant to study... Read more
Image - What goes on inside a medically supervised injection facility?
OPINION: The Victorian government recently announced a medically supervised injecting centre for North Richmond, an inner-city area plagued by drug overdoses. While some may argue the establishment... Read more
Image - Changing the Game: 30 Years of Drug and Alcohol Research
To mark its 30th anniversary the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW has released a report looking back at 30 years of drug and alcohol research in Australia. The report,... Read more
Image - Participants needed for alcohol recovery study
Have you experienced problems with alcohol in the past? If yes, you probably possess valuable information and insights. NDARC researchers are looking for participants for a unique interview... Read more
Image - Participants needed for smoking cessation study
NDARC researchers are looking to recruit 1,266 participants for the Cytisine versus varEnicline for Smoking cesSATion (CESSATE) study. CESSATE is comparing two medicines, Desmoxan and Champix, to... Read more
Image - Applications open for NDARC PhD scholarships commencing semester 1, 2018
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) is offering PhD scholarships to carry out innovative research on drug or alcohol related issues including, but not limited to: Prevention... Read more
Image - October edition of Drug and Alcohol Research Connections online now
NDARC collaborates with the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) and National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) to publish Drug and Alcohol Research Connections. The free... Read more
Image - Worldwide risk of HIV and hep C epidemics among people who inject drugs due to inadequate infectious disease prevention programs
The provision of programs to prevent the spread of HIV and hepatitis among people who inject drugs (PWID) is inadequate in many countries around the world and presents a critical public health... Read more