November 2021

NCETA’s new Director, Professor Jacqueline Bowden

We are delighted to announce NCETA’s new Director, Professor Jacqueline Bowden. Jacquie has a background in both psychology (BA Arts, Hons and PhD) and public health (Master of Public Health).

Read more
October 2020

Applications open for NDARC higher degree research scholarships

Applications are now open for NDARC higher degree (HDR) scholarships (PhD, MRes and MPhil), commencing term one 2021

October 2020

People who are dependent on opioids have a 15-year gap in life expectancy

The life expectancy of people in New South Wales (NSW) dependent on opioids is approximately 65, a deficit of about 15 years, finds a new report.

October 2020

NSW Drug Court reduces risk of reconviction in the long term, new research finds

Treating drug related offenders is far more effective than sending them to prison according to new research

October 2020

Global reach for local tobacco online training package

More than 4500 health professionals completed tobacco brief intervention training developed by NDRI

October 2020

Could it be the gunja? resources

Health promotion and training materials from the Could it be the gunja? project are now available on NDRI’s website

October 2020

2020 international cannabis cultivation survey now online

NDRI researchers are pleased to announce that the Australian arm of the 2020 survey is now online.

October 2020

Aboriginal researcher Dr Jocelyn Jones appointed to lead NDRI’s Aboriginal Research Program

Jocelyn is a leading Aboriginal epidemiologist with substantial experience in the area of Aboriginal health and justice services.

August 2020

Webinar: Cannabis use in ATSI communities

The AOD Knowledge Centre recently hosted a webinar presented by NDRI's Julia Butt.

August 2020

CRE Indigenous Health + Alcohol launches 2020 Symposium Series

NDRI’s Annalee Stearne will co-present the first symposium in the CRE’s 2020 Symposium Series

August 2020

A radical drug policy to reduce crime, arrests and incarceration: Regulating alcohol

Watch the recent NDARC webinar with Keith Humphreys, Esther Ting Memorial Professor at Stanford University.

Pages