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An open-label, multicentre, single-arm trial of monthly injections of depot buprenorphine in people with opioid dependence
Status: Current
Retaining patients in buprenorphine treatment is essential in maximising treatment outcomes and minimising mortality risk. Delivery of treatment via novel depot buprenorphine products has the... Read more
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Review of approaches taken in Ireland and in other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offences
Status: Current
This project will provide an international literature review of the approaches taken in Ireland and other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offences. The goals are threefold: first to outline... Read more
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Untreated Remission from Alcohol Problems
Status: Current
This PhD project will examine untreated remission from alcohol problems. This will involve understanding the way in which those with alcohol problems engage in ‘spontaneous remission’ or ‘natural... Read more
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Opioid Agonist Treatment and Safety (OATS) Study
Status: Current
This project will used linked administrative data to understand risk for mortality and other adverse outcomes during and after opioid agonist treatment (OAT). It will use standard biostatistical... Read more
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Preventing alcohol-related harms: using comparative policy analysis to study the effects and development of local government alcohol policy
Status: Current
Regulating the availability of alcohol is one of the most effective ways to reduce harm from alcohol consumption, and local governments have a significant role. This Fellowship provides the first... Read more
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Comparing apples and oranges: investigating the utility of indexes as a measure of drug policy
Status: Current
This is a PhD project of Vivienne Moxham-Hall (supervised by Professor Alison Ritter and Dr Caitlin Hughes) investigating the utility of indexes as a measure of drug policy. Indexes are the... Read more
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Tapentadol Extra-Medical Use Study
Status: Current
Tapentadol is a centrally acting opioid analgesic with dual mechanisms of action, specifically µ-opioid receptor agonist and noradrenaline reuptake inhibition. This dual action is thought to result... Read more
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The supply of pharmaceutical drugs for non-medical use in Australia
Status: Current
This is the PhD project of Ms Shann Hulme. National and international evidence indicates that the non-medical use of pharmaceutical drugs is increasing, along with the associated health, social and... Read more
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Routine Opioid Outcome Monitoring in Community Pharmacy
Status: Current
This project aims to embed screening for key pain-related outcomes and emerging problems with pharmaceutical opioids into community pharmacy practice. This will assist pharmacists to identify where... Read more
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CESSATE Stop Smoking Study
Status: Current
The world-first CESSATE Stop Smoking Study will compare two quitting aids (Desmoxan and Champix) to find out if both medications work equally as well as each other, or if one is more effective for... Read more