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Trajectories of Alcohol-related Harms in Young People
Status: Current
This PhD project aims to examine the trajectories of alcohol-related harms in young people and identify prospective predictors of high-risk harms trajectories
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Improving the evidence base for services working with people who are at high risk of re-offending after release from prison
Status: Current
This project will focus on generating evidence around interventions that improve health and criminal justice outcomes of people released from prison, with a focus on supported accommodation services... Read more
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Data-supported decision making: optimising substance dependence treatment using linked data
Status: Current
This PhD project aims to inform substance dependence prevention and treatment by utilising population-representative epidemiological and observational data to develop and validate models of substance... Read more
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Risk communication for people who use MDMA/‘ecstasy’ and related drugs
Status: Current
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Novel interventions to address methamphetamines in Aboriginal communities, including a randomised trial of a web based therapeutic tool used to treat dependence in clinical settings.
Status: Current
Methamphetamine use in Aboriginal communities has gained much media attention, despite limited research studies to ascertain the full extent of its use and its impact. We propose a randomised trial... Read more
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The relationship between child maltreatment, mental disorders and opioid dependence in people who use opioids
Status: Current
This project will explore the relationship between child maltreatment, mental disorders and opioid dependence in people that use illicit opioids, like heroin, and those prescribed opioids for chronic... Read more
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Evaluation of the Stay Kind Foundation’s Safe Spaces in the city of Sydney
Status: Current
The Safe Space and Take Kare Ambassador program was established in response to concerns about the safety of young people at night, specifically to get kids home safely. The objectives of the program... Read more
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Trends and characteristics in barbiturate deaths Australia 2000-2019: A national retrospective mortality study
Status: Current
Retrospective study of all cases in Australia in which barbiturates use was a mechanism contributory to death.
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The Data-linkage Alcohol Cohort Study (DACS): Investigating mortality, morbidity, and offending among people with an alcohol-related problem using linked administrative data
Status: Current
This project will assemble a retrospective observational cohort of people presenting to emergency department and hospital inpatient services with an acute alcohol harm and/or problematic alcohol use... Read more
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Re-thinking harm reduction strategies in Sydney’s licensed entertainment settings and outdoor music festivals: A cross-national comparative analysis
Status: Current
This project will employ a cross-national comparative analysis to explore the frameworks and variance in services that address harms and risks associated with alcohol and drug use in Sydney and other... Read more