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.
NCETA are revising their FundAssist toolkit which was developed to help non-government alcohol and other drug organisations prepare, plan, and write successful funding applications.
NCETA have been in the media regularly with the announcement of a successful Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation grant focussing on how zero-alcohol beverages and their advertising may influence children’s perception of alcohol.
The upwards trajectory of NDRI alcohol researcher Dr William Gilmore’s academic career has continued with recognition in a grant scheme for emerging leaders.
Dr Carmen Lim, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, and Ms Brienna Rutherford, PhD candidate teamed up to present on their research in “Social Substances: the Online Landscape of Substance Use”.
In Australia, women have been shown to be as likely as men to use methamphetamine weekly. But women make up less than a third of people who access treatment for methamphetamine use disorder.
Researchers at NCCRED are conducting a project to understand the barriers and enablers for implementing evidence-based practices to frontline AOD workers.