Advancing the health of people who use drugs: hepatitis C and drug dependence (ASCEND)
Project Status:
Current
Treatment and Intervention
An open-label, multicentre, single-arm trial of monthly injections of depot buprenorphine in people with opioid dependence
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 potential to enhance patient adherence and retention in treatment.
Project Status:
Current
Untreated Remission from Alcohol Problems
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 recovery’ outside the treatment setting.
Project Status:
Current
Opioid Agonist Treatment and Safety (OATS) Study
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 approaches and sophisticated machine learning techniques.
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
The Horizons Project: An empirical analysis of alcohol and drug treatment funding, purchasing and workforce mechanisms
Alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment is key for improving health and reducing the social impact of AOD use. However, the treatment itself is not the only variable that impacts on whether health outcomes are improved.
Project Status:
Current
Viability of an Early Warning System (ViEWS) study
The Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drugs (ANACAD) has funded NDARC to conduct a feasibility study for an early warning system (EWS) project, involving a data collection model that allows rapid triangulation of existing data to provide an early warning and current assessment o
Project Status:
Current
Increasing the capacity of community pharmacy for screening, brief intervention and referral for treatment of pharmaceutical opioid use disorders
This translational research project will embed screening, brief intervention and referral into community pharmacy practice, in addition to establishing clear referral pathways with primary, secondary and tertiary treatment service
Project Status:
Current
Adding an electronic-cigarette to standard behavioural treatment for low-socioeconomic status smokers: A randomised trial
Smoking is a leading cause of preventable disease and death.
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