June 2024

Participants wanted for NCCRED’s ground-breaking trial

NCCRED are looking for people over the age of 18 who use methamphetamine to be involved in our new methamphetamine clinical trial with St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney.

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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.

September 2014

New online alcohol and other drug knowledgebase launched

A new online alcohol and other drug knowledgebase has been launched by NCETA. The National Alcohol and Drug Knowledgebase (NADK) presents, for the first time, up-to-date alcohol-related information in a consistent, comparable and ‘user-friendly’ manner that can be used by practitioners, policy-makers and the broader community.

September 2014

National Alcohol Indicators Project (NAIP) bulletin 13 released

NAIP Bulletin 13: Trends in estimated alcohol-attributable deaths in Australia, 1996-2010: Alcoholic liver disease, liver cancer, and colorectal cancer.

September 2014

AOD researcher among finalists for national science prize

One of Australia’s leading researchers in substance misuse and mental health, Professor Maree Teesson, is among the finalists for the prestigious 2014 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

September 2014

Could it be the gunja? website and resources

'Could it be the gunja?' aims to provide health workers in the Aboriginal Primary Health Care sector with meaningful information and culturally appropriate resources to help them better meet the needs of those who use cannabis.

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