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Image - Movember Foundation funds Indigenous mental health initiative
NDARC is among a group of collaborators awarded funding by the Movember Foundation to trial an innovative, whole-of-community approach to improving the mental health of Indigenous young men and... Read more
2014 APSAD Awards winner Dr Sarah Larney
Category: Internal NDARC
Congratulations to Dr Sarah Larney on being awarded the 2014 Australasian Professional Society for Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) Early Career Award. The prize recognises excellence in research by a... Read more
Dr Natacha Carragher
Category: Internal NDARC
Congratulations to Dr Natacha Carragher on being awarded the prestigious 2014 Epidemiology & Public Health Young Epidemiologist Prize from the Royal Society of Medicine, UK.   Dr Carragher... Read more
Professor Maree Teesson Women of Influence 2014
Category: Internal NDARC
Congratulations to Professor Maree Teesson who has been named among the winners of The Australian Financial Review and Westpac’s 2014 100 Women of Influence Awards. Professor Teesson was one of 10... Read more
Maree Teesson Eureka Award for mentoring
Category: Internal NDARC
Congratulations to Professor Maree Teesson who has won the 2014 Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers:   Thousands of young Australians suffer substance abuse and mental... Read more
Adolescent use of cannabis
Category: International Drug
Individuals who are daily users of cannabis before age 17 are over 60% less likely to complete high school or obtain a degree compared to those who have never used the drug, new research published... Read more
Parents may be putting their children on a path to drinking
Parents are the largest supplier of alcohol to under 18s Teens three times more likely to drink full serves if parents supply   Teenagers whose parents supply alcohol in early adolescence... Read more
Police responses to cannabis use/possession
Category: National Drug
Researchers are seeking Australians who have been stopped for cannabis use or possession to take part in an online survey that will determine for the first time the most effective police response to... Read more
Young people’s opinions on alcohol and other drugs policy
Australia’s largest ever survey of young people’s opinions on drug and alcohol policy has found most young people are well-informed and well-placed to contribute to future policy direction, say... Read more
Professor Maree Teesson finalist Eureka Prize 2014
Congratulations to Professor Maree Teesson who has been selected as a finalist for a 2014 Australian Museum Eureka Prize in recognition of her outstanding mentoring of young researchers.   The ... Read more