NHMRC Partnership Project Success: Shaping the Future of AOD Treatment: Meeting Unmet Demand with Brief Interventions

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in Australia currently meet less than half of the treatment demand. Even when individuals with AOD use problems access these services, the majority attend only one or two sessions.

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November 2023

PhD scholarship available with NCETA

NCETA are seeking an outstanding candidate for a PhD scholarship to undertake a program of research within a broader NHMRC Ideas Grant entitled: Developing and applying a world-first alcohol market

November 2023

NDRI Aboriginal Research leader advises United Nations mission

NDRI Aboriginal Research Program Leader Dr Jocelyn Jones provided direct advice on Indigenous child removals to the United Nations during its recent visit to WA.

November 2023

2023 NDARC Symposium: Post-event resources

The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney, hosted 'The 2023 NDARC Annual Research Symposium on Friday, 27 October.

November 2023

Welcome Neophytos Georgiou to NCETA

The NCETA team recently welcomed Dr Neophytos Georgiou, also known as Neo, who joins us as a Research Fellow.

November 2023

International alcohol conference returns to Australia in 2024

For the first time in more than a decade, the Kettil Bruun Society (KBS) Symposium returns to Australia, with the 2024 annual symposium to be held from May 27-31 in Fremantle/Walyalup.

September 2023

ARC DECRA award for research to stop young people re-offending

National Drug Research Institute researcher Shelley Walker has won a highly competitive Australian Research Council funding grant through the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.

September 2023

Study on impact of supported accommodation on people released from prison

Release from prison often presents multiple and reinforcing challenges for formerly incarcerated people, including poor mental and physical health, substance use disorders, barriers to employment,

September 2023

NDRI researcher joins international world-first cannabis policy project

NDRI cannabis policy expert part of an international consortium who received funding from the New Zealand Health Research Council for the ‘Translating, modelling and evaluating cannabis policy reform’ project.

September 2023

WA police to carry naloxone following NDRI evaluation

Police officers in WA will carry the rapid opioid overdose medication Naloxone following a 12-month trial that was evaluated by the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI).

September 2023

NCETA part of HTSA’s Spotlight Series

Prof Jacqueline Bowden, NCETA Director will present her research in tobacco control and how findings informed government policy, before chairing a panel discussion with SA Health Drug and Alcohol S

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