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 2016

Professional Development Workshops for Hospital-based Staff

NCETA has been providing a series of professional development workshops to staff at one of Adelaide’s largest acute care teaching hospitals, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

June 2016

Community Ice Forums

NCETA staff have presented at several South Australian forums organised to address community concerns about crystal methamphetamine. The forums were conducted in a variety of metropolitan locations including the Adelaide Hills and the South Coast.

June 2016

Flinders Investigators Public Lecture Series: Preventing Drug Problems among Young People

Professor Ann Roche recently presented a Flinders Investigators Lecture titled ‘Preventing Drug Problems among Young People’ as part of Flinders University’s 50th Anniversary celebrations. The lecture was well attended by more than 100 people from various backgrounds including government representatives, frontline workers, educational professionals, law enforcement personnel, service providers, students and community members.

June 2016

Encounter Magazine

NCETA's successful research program was recently highlighted in the 50th Anniversary Edition of Encounter Magazine, Flinders University's Annual Magazine for Alumni and Friends of the University.

June 2016

'Workforce Development: Where we have been, where we are, and where we are going' – Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Middlesex University

Through NCETA’s onoing international involvment in the Global addiction academy Project (GaaP) and based on its reputation as an international leader in AOD workforce development, Professor Ann Roche was invited to give the opening keynote address at The Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (DARC), Middlesex University’s annual drug and alcohol conference 'Workforce Development: Where we have been, where we are, and where we are going' held on 29 April 2016.

June 2016

Symposium: Social and legal studies of addiction concepts

In collaboration with the Monash University Faculty of Law, SSAC will hold a research symposium on Friday, 7th of October at the Monash University Law Chambers, Melbourne.

June 2016

Lives of Substance

A groundbreaking web site will offer new perspectives on people often dismissed or stigmatised as dysfunctional, dangerous or sick.

April 2016

Parliamentary Drug Summit brings together key experts to discuss harm minimisation and drug law reform

Research staff from NDARC, NDRI and NCETA played key roles in the recent cross-party Parliamentary Drug Summit in Canberra.

April 2016

NDRI research challenges health benefits of alcohol

New research challenging the health benefits of alcohol captured the attention of international media recently.

April 2016

Comorbidity expert Katherine Mills a rising star of research world

NDARC's Katherine Mills has been named one of 20 UNSW 'rising stars who will change our world'.

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