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Image - Lead author of Canada’s national guideline for treating opioid addiction to speak at the 2018 NDARC Symposium
Professor Julie Bruneau, lead author of a recently published national Canadian guideline for treating opioid use disorders will speak at the NDARC Annual Research Symposium on Monday, 8 October 2018... Read more
Image - Clinical research trial pioneer to present at the 2018 NDARC Symposium
Professor Louis Fiore from the Boston University School of Medicine will share his experience and knowledge of point of care clinical trials at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)... Read more
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Around one in ten adolescents in Australia are believed to be living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) triggered by a traumatic event occurring before the age of 18. Half of these young... Read more
Image - Dr Mieke Snijder wins 2018 TheMHS Early Career Research Award
Dr Mieke Snijder from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney has been awarded a prestigious Early Career Research Award in the 2018 Mental Health Service Awards of... Read more
Image - Drug Trends: Findings to be released at the 2018 NDARC Symposium
According to a recent Drug Trends report, Opioid, amphetamine and cocaine-induced deaths in Australia: August 2018, 1,045 Australians aged 15-64 died of an opioid overdose in 2016 and the majority of... Read more
Image - Majority of opioid overdose deaths in Australia are related to pharmaceutical opioids
There were 1,045 Australians aged 15-64 who died of an opioid overdose in 2016, according to a report released today by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW Sydney. The majority of... Read more
Image - NDARC Symposium: Vaping offers real promise to cut smoking rates and cancer risk says world expert
NDARC is delighted to host internationally renowned smoking cessation researcher and medical practitioner, Professor Hayden McRobbie at the NDARC Annual Symposium on Mon, 8 October 2018 at UNSW... Read more
Image - NDARC researchers make links with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Professor Michael Farrell, Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) and Theme Principal for the UNSW Medicine Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction Theme, and NDARC... Read more
Image - August 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 - Indonesian delegation visits NDARC for lessons in harm reduction
A delegation from the Republic of Indonesia National Narcotics Board (BNN) visited NDARC on Wednesday, 8 August 2018 as part of a study tour aimed at broadening the group’s understanding of how to... Read more