Congratulations to Dr Sarah Larney who has been awarded a four year $304,000 NHMRC Early Career Fellowship to continue her research on treatment of heroin users in prison and after release.
Dr Larney will commence the first two years of her Fellowship in March 2012 in Rhode Island, USA, working with Professor Josiah Rich, Professor of Medicine and Community Health at Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island and the Director and co-founder of the Centre for Prisoner Health and Human Rights at the Miriam Hospital Immunology Centre. Dr Larney will then return to Sydney and complete the final two years of her Fellowship at NDARC.
She completed her PhD earlier this year at NDARC under the supervision of Professor Kate Dolan and Dr Lucy Burns, examining the effect of OST in prison and post-release on criminal recidivism. She is currently working as a research officer for Justice Health in NSW.
“I am incredibly excited about the opportunity that the Fellowship offers to further my research on the effect of opioid substitution therapy in the post release period on criminal recidivism,” said Dr Larney.
“I am looking forward to working with leaders in the field in the US and am delighted to be returning to NDARC to complete my research for the final two years of the Fellowship.”
Pictured: Dr Sarah Larney.