September 2023

Dr Janni Leung

NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland (UQ).
In each Connections we ask someone from the alcohol and other drugs sector to share a little about their work and life.
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May 2021

Julie Babineau

CEO Odyssey House

This weekend I will… 

March 2021

Paul Dietze

Professor and Head of NDRI Melbourne, Director of Burnet’s Behaviours and Health Risks Program

This weekend I will... be driving back to Melbourne from Lake Eildon, which is about 150km or two hours away.

October 2020

Jennifer Duncan

Chief Executive Officer - Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council

This weekend I will… enjoy some time in the garden, hug the dog (often), mutually tolerate the cat, read incess

May 2020

Jude Byrne

National Project Coordinator, Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL)

In this special 'conversation with', Jude Byrne gives her perspective on how COVID-19 is affecting people who use drugs.

February 2020

Professor Mary-Ellen (Mel) Miller

Director, Siggins Miller Consultants

This weekend I will be in Delhi presenting a paper on health system reform.

December 2019

Dan Lewer

Visiting Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)

Each issue we ask someone from the alcohol and other drugs sector to share a little about their work and life.

October 2019

Chris Raine

Founder and CEO, Hello Sunday Morning

This weekend I will... Spend as much time at the beach as I possibly can.

August 2019

Associate Professor Caitlin Hughes

Matthew Flinders Fellow, Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University

This weekend I will explore my new city of Adelaide: in addition to house hunting, I’ll head to the farmers market, go for a run a

June 2019

Marianne Byrne

Clinical Trials Manager for the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney

This weekend I will…be trying to wrangle my Labrador pup and his 2-year-old lab cousin who I’m dog-sitting.

April 2019

Annalee Stearne

Research Associate and PhD Scholar, NDRI

This weekend I will... be celebrating a friend’s 40th birthday and the pending birth of another friend’s child.

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