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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February 2019

Ms Rebecca Lang

Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (QNADA)

Rebecca is the CEO of the Qld Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (QNADA), the peak body for the non-government AOD treatment and harm reduction sector in Qld.

December 2018

Dr Julia Lappin

Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney

Dr Julia Lappin is a senior lecturer at UNSW Sydney in the School of Psychiatry and at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC).

October 2018

Juanita Koeijers

Consumer Representative

Juanita Koeijers has recently been appointed to NDRI’s Advisory Board, and is Chair of the Alcohol and Other Drug Consumer & Community Coalition (AODCCC), the first AOD consumer body of its kind in WA.

August 2018

A/Professor Michael Mc Donough

Clinical Director and Director, Outpatient Services, Drug and Alcohol Services SA

 

This weekend I will… hit my favourite trails in the Adelaide Hills on my mountain bike.

June 2018

Dr Ryan Courtney

Research Fellow, NDARC

This weekend I will...be heading back to my home town in Newcastle and catching up with friends and family.  

May 2018

Mandy Wilson

Research Fellow and Program Leader, Justice Health, NDRI

This weekend I will... be heading down to the Revealed WA Aboriginal art market.

March 2018

Nicki Herriot

CEO, Northern Territory Primary Healthcare Network

Tell us a bit about your background and where you worked before you became CEO of the NT PHN?  

December 2017

Dr Gabrielle Campbell

Aus Postdoc R/Fellow (NH&MRC) at NDARC

This weekend I will...play with the kids and set-up their new inflatable water slide.

October 2017

Rebecca McKetin

Associate Professor, National Drug Research Institute

My big hope for the drug and alcohol sector is... that one day we’ll be able to say to people “these are the treatment options that we can offer, and this is what benefit they will deliver”, not unlike what you would expect if you went for cardiac surgery or a knee replacement.

August 2017

Michael White

Executive Director at SANDAS

This weekend I will… mow the lawn, help my son clean the rabbit hutch, and go for a long walk.

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