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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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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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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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Climate Schools Plus (CSP) Study
Status: Current
This study will investigate the first online alcohol and substance use prevention program targeted at both students and their parents. Students will receive the Climate Schools substance use modules... Read more
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Development of online training on the management of co-occurring mental health and alcohol and other drug conditions
Status: Current
In 2014 the Australian Government Department of Health funded the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, NDARC, to develop an evidence-based website and online... Read more
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Development of the second edition of the National Comorbidity Guidelines
Status: Current
In 2014 the Australian Government Department of Health funded the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, NDARC, to develop “Guidelines on the management of co-... Read more