Trajectories of Alcohol-related Harms in Young People
This PhD project aims to examine the trajectories of alcohol-related harms in young people and identify prospective predictors of high-risk harms trajectories
Project Status:
Current
Prevention and early intervention
Data-supported decision making: optimising substance dependence treatment using linked data
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 dependence related outcomes.
Project Status:
Current
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.
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.
Project Status:
Current
Evaluation of the Stay Kind Foundation’s Safe Spaces in the city of Sydney
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 are to:
Project Status:
Current
Re-thinking harm reduction strategies in Sydney’s licensed entertainment settings and outdoor music festivals: A cross-national comparative analysis
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 night life capitals (e.g., London and Amsterdam)’s nightlife entert
Project Status:
Current
The global harm reduction response – an assessment of the current situation, interventions and evaluation of specific programs
This project attempts to understand the global epidemiology of infectious disease among prisoners in all countries.
Project Status:
Current
Liquor licensing legislations and the role of community members and groups
To reduce alcohol related harms, the World Health Organisation recommends regulating the sale and supply of alcohol, including limiting the number of premises selling alcohol as well as the hours during which alcohol can be sold.
Project Status:
Current
A systematic review of alcohol and other drug prevention strategies
Project Status:
Current
Exploration of partnerships between rural Aboriginal communities and researchers to prevent and treat drug and alcohol-related harms: Three examples in remote NSW
This project seeks to develop knowledge about effective models of partnership between rural Aboriginal communities and researchers across a range of community-led programs delivered from 2012-2016, which aimed to reduce drug and alcohol-related harm.
Project Status:
Current
Update of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Australia: Monograph of the InterGovernmental Committee on Drugs Working Party on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
The monograph is an outcome of the Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs (IGCD) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Working Party.
Project Status:
Completed