March 2024

NDRI expands postgraduate student research

NDRI has expanded into new areas of research and strengthened its Justice Health program with new postgraduate scholars beginning their doctorate and masters studies in recent months.

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November 2014

Australian Research Council funds new drug policy studies

Researchers at NDARC's Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) enjoyed multiple successes in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) funding.

November 2014

Aboriginal mothers in prison in the news

Researchers at the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) recently raised the focus on a rarely discussed aspect of Australia’s high Indigenous incarceration rate: the far-reaching impact of imprisoning Aboriginal mothers.

November 2014

New resource for educators: which in-school alcohol education programs work?

The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) has developed an information booklet for schools which consolidates findings of a systematic review about school-based alcohol education programs.

November 2014

Study confirms breast cancer link to low alcohol use

A newly published study from the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) and the Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC) at the University of Victoria in Canada confirms that moderate drinkers have an increased risk of breast cancer.

November 2014

Researchers bound for 34th APSAD conference

All three national research centres will have a strong presence at this year’s Australasian Professional Society of Alcohol and Drugs (APSAD) Conference, to be held 9-12 November in Adelaide.

November 2014

NDARC researchers win suite of local, international awards

Professor Maree Teesson’s pioneering research in the field of co-occurring substance use and mental disorders has earned her two national prizes in as many months.

November 2014

Evidence based policies for workplace impairment and drug testing

The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), in collaboration with the Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia is undertaking an innovative project examining the evidence base around the causes, consequences and management of fatigue and alcohol and other drug use in the construction industries.

November 2014

Media interest in smoking in licensed premises research

The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction's (NCETA) recent paper in The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health on patrons’ views about smoking in outdoor areas of licensed premises in Adelaide garnered considerable media interest.

November 2014

Update on the Global Addiction Academy Project (GAaP)

The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) continues to collaborate with Middlesex University and other international partners on the development of the Global Addiction Academy Project (GAaP).

November 2014

NCETA staff changes

The National Centre for Education and Training (NCETA) welcomes Alice McEntee and farewells Michael White.

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