NHMRC Partnership Project Success: Shaping the Future of AOD Treatment: Meeting Unmet Demand with Brief Interventions

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in Australia currently meet less than half of the treatment demand. Even when individuals with AOD use problems access these services, the majority attend only one or two sessions.

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June 2018

National competition for excellence in hepatitis C health promotion

NDRI is co-organiser of a competition to encourage innovation in the field of hepatitis C health promotion.

June 2018

International MOOC on substance use among older people returns in 2018

Following the enormous success in 2017 of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Falling Down: Problematic Substance Use in Later Life, NCETA and its partners, Middlesex University (UK) and Matua Raki (NZ) are running the course again in 2018.

June 2018

Recording of Indigenous AOD Knowledge Centre webinar – Drug testing: issues and implications for Indigenous workers now available

On Wednesday 9 May 2018, NCETA’s A/Professor Ken Pidd presented a webinar on behalf of the Australian Indigenous AOD Knowledge Centre.

June 2018

NCETA contributes to high level stakeholder discussion on options for potential regulatory responses to problems with respect to prescription opioid use

NCETA’s Professor Ann Roche and Roger Nicholas, along with other key stakeholders were invited to attend a full day meeting on 1 June 2018 convened by the Australian Government Department of Health’s Health Products Regulation Group.

June 2018

NCETA’s Professor Ann Roche presents at 2018 ANZ Addiction Conference

Building on NCETA’s work exploring AOD use in rural and remote communities in Australia, Professor Ann Roche was invited to present a paper at the 2108 Australian and New Zealand Addiction Conference on Monday 28 May.

June 2018

NDRI now recruiting men in WA who inject PIEDs

NDRI’s SSAC research team has expanded its research on men who inject PIEDs into Western Australia.

June 2018

Innovative eHealth program targets the “big six” behaviours in young people to reduce chronic disease risk

A world first eHealth program launched at UNSW Sydney, and led by Professor Maree Teesson AC, aims to help thousands of young Australian high school children reduce their chance of developing chronic diseases, including heart disease and mental health disorders, by preventing and modifying lifestyle risk behaviours that commonly emerge in adolescence.

June 2018

Drug Policy Modelling Program relocating to Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW, Sydney

A new collaboration between the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) and the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) will create exciting opportunities for inter-faculty partnerships between the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UNSW Sydney.

June 2018

Study to assess long-term effectiveness of teen drug and alcohol programs

Researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney are reaching out to young people who participated in a landmark 2012 trial to assess the long-term impact of school-based drug and alcohol prevention programs.

May 2018

New email newsletter shares news and research findings from Drug Trends

A new email newsletter will share news and research findings from the Drug Trends Team at NDARC.

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