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Dr Pidd is NCETA's Deputy Director (Research) and one of Australia's foremost workplace drug and alcohol experts. He has conducted innovative research aimed at reducing workplace AOD-related harm and has published numerous peer-reviewed and conference papers examining the patterns, prevalence and impact of AOD use in workplaces and assessing the role, reliability and impact of workplace drug testing.

As a result of his extensive work in addressing workplace AOD issues, Dr Ken Pidd has been appointed a patron of Foundation House, the construction industry's alcohol, drug and gambling treatment centre. The Construction Industry Drug and Alcohol Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation comprising construction industry employees, employers, employer groups, unions and representatives from the AOD, medical and legal fields.