November 2022

NCETA in the Top End - APSAD 2022

The NCETA team spent three hot and humid days in Australia’s beautiful Top End on the land of the Larrakia people for the 2022 APSAD Conference and presented findings on a range of topics from parental drinking motives and influences on alcohol supply to adolescents, alcohol and other drug related absenteeism, rural and remote workforce, and perceptions of zero-alcohol beverages and their use by adolescents.

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November 2022

2022 NCCRED Symposium

The 2022 NCCRED Symposium took place on 7 November, with participants convening both in-person in Canberra and online.

November 2022

NDARC Webinar Series to return in 2023

The weekly NDARC Webinar Series will return in February 2023.

November 2022

New study finds large increase in cocaine-related deaths in Australia over the last decade

There were 884 cocaine-related deaths in Australia between 2000 and 2021 according to a new study published by researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney.

November 2022

Recordings online: 2022 NDARC Annual Research Symposium

The 2022 NDARC Annual Research Symposium showcased the work of leading national and international researchers in the alcohol and other drugs sector and related fields. Recordings of all sessions are available to watch now on the NDARC website.

November 2022

Top 2022 research honours for NDARC’s Scientia Professor Louisa Degenhardt

Scientia Professor Louisa Degenhardt, Acting Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney, has been named in the Research.com Best Female Scientists in the World 2022 Ranking and the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2022. Professor Degenhardt is the only Australian to feature in the Research.com ranking of the top 100 female scientists in the world.

November 2022

New reports finds 171 drug-related hospitalisations per day in Australia in 2020-21

There were 62,486 drug-related hospitalisations (excluding alcohol and tobacco) among Australians in 2020-21, according to a new report released today by the Drug Trends program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney.

November 2022

NDRI Program Leader to advise on WA justice research

NDRI Aboriginal Research Program Leader Dr Jocelyn Jones has been appointed to the Western Australian Office of Crime Statistics and Research’s (WACSAR) Advisory Board.

November 2022

NDRI Professor to chair alcohol and other drugs advisory board

NDRI Professor Steve Allsop has been appointed Chair of the Western Australian Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Board (AODAB).

November 2022

NDRI HDR scholarship to examine impacts of criminal justice involvement

NDRI has a new HDR scholarship available to work with a team to investigate how arrest and imprisonment impacts the health and social outcomes of people who use drugs, including recidivism. Findings will help inform debates around drug decriminalisation.

November 2022

International funding for NDRI-led project improving health of incarcerated women

NDRI researchers have been awarded international funding with colleagues in the United States to conduct research examining ways to improve the health and wellbeing of women who are incarcerated.

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