Ongoing projects

Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc.
	Barbeque Grief and trauma Makin' Tracks Moving Across the Frontline: Young Aboriginal people and Hepatitis C Police Drug Diversion Liaison Project Young NUNGAS Yarning Together
Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
	An evidence-based approach for the AOD sector National Inhalants Information Service
Australian Catholic University. School of Psychology
	Global impairment of prospective memory following acute alcohol
Australian Centre for Addiction Research
	Controlled Drinking By Correspondence Programme: A state-wide program to reduce excessive drinking in the community. Coping self-efficacy in partners and significant others of substance abusers. Development and appraisal of the Client Treatment Goals Form.
Australian Institute of Criminology
	Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) South East Queensland Drug Court evaluation Specialty courts in Australia
Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
	Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
Australian National Council on Drugs
	Mapping AOD treatment capacity
Australian National University. Centre for Mental Health Research
	Alcohol, cognition and the brain in the PATH Through Life Study Mental health, cognition and well-being among MDMA and/or amphetamine users: results from a community sample of young adults.
Avondale College
	Graeco-Roman attempts to explain and contain alcohol's personal and societal impact
Burnet Institute
	Australian Trial for Acute Hepatitis C (ATAHC) HIV/AIDS Surveillance Networks II: Immunological, virological and behavioural factors influencing HCV infection among IDUs
Cancer Council Victoria
	Impact of graphic and text warnings on cigarette packs: findings from four countries over five years International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Study (ITCPES) Maximising the effectiveness of interactive automated programs for smoking cessation
Centre for Adolescent Health
	Reverse gateways? Frequent cannabis use as a predictor of tobacco initiation and nicotine dependence The Healthy Neighbourhoods Project: neighbourhood differences in adolescent health and behaviour problems
Centre for Youth Drug Studies
	Evaluation of support groups for family members of drug and alcohol users
Charles Darwin University
	Recreation, therapy and alcoholism: constructions of drinking to intoxication in focus group talk
Curtin University of Technology
	Using advertising to reconstruct Australian youth’s memories of their binge drinking experiences WA Tobacco Document Searching Program
Curtin University of Technology. Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer Control
	The effect of retail cigarette pack displays on unplanned purchases: results from immediate postpurchase interviews
Curtin University of Technology. School of Nursing and Midwifery
	A preventative intervention trial for illicit drug using mothers and their infants: a randomised controlled trial
Dovetail
	Dovetail outcome measures survey
Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia (DASSA)
	Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) The Ecstasy and related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) (South Australia) formerly the Party Drugs Initiative (PDI)
Drug Policy Modelling Program
	A comparative analysis of drug court processes and outcomes in Sydney and London Assessing the economic consequences of cannabis policy options Australian drug policy: an overview report on drug use and harms and their relationship to policy Building a Queensland Cannabis Diversion Model Cocaine epidemic in Australia: a real or illusionary threat? Consultation and modelling in relation to the ACT AOD treatment service system Developing a common metric to evaluate policy options (the Policy Outcome Index) DPMP bibliography of grey literature Drug law enforcement performance monitoring: The persistence of simplistic measures and barriers to moving forward Exploring socio-demographics and drug use Identifying current and alternate police options for intervening with MDMA Integration and Implementation Sciences: providing concepts and methods for synthesising disciplinary and practice-based knowledge and connecting research with practice Interactive modelling platform for drug policy problems Media reporting on illicit drug use in Australia: trends and impacts on youth attitudes to illicit drug use Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study (MICS) Modelling policies for licensed venues in Perth Problem-oriented and partnership policing: LEAPS evaluation Public opinion, the media, and illicit drug policy in Australia Reducing the methamphetamine problem in Australia: evaluating innovative partnerships between police, pharmacies and other third parties Structural analysis of the Australian heroin drought Support for Phase 2 of the evaluation of the Cannabis Infringement Notice Scheme in Western Australia The Australian (illicit) drug policy timeline: 1985-2009 The development of a Harm Index for use by Victoria Police The influence of drug prices on the patterns of drug consumption of methamphetamine users The rhetoric of partnerships involving people who use illicit drugs and the reality of 'partners' experience Track marks Where do policy makers go to source research evidence
Fresh Start Recovery Programme
	A review of patient deaths in a cohort of drug dependent persons treated with oral or implant naltrexone
Hunter Area Health Service, NSW. Hunter Population Health
	The Alcohol Linking Program
Hunter Medical Research Institute
	The DAISI project – Depression & Alcohol Integrated & Single-focussed Interventions
Karralika Therapeutic Community
	Spiritual Exploration Program
King Edward Memorial Hospital
	Pilot study of the WA register of buprenorphine use in pregnancy and lactation: maternal infant outcomes.
La Trobe University. Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
	Creating safe environments: supporting Hepatitis C Prevention is a national study focusing on gaps, conflicts and inconsistencies in regulations overseeing correctional settings and needle and syringe programs.
Melbourne Institute of Experiential Creative Arts Therapy
	The role of the experiential creative arts therapist in a rehab setting
Menzies School of Health Research
	Best practice guidelines for evaluating Indigenous residential alcohol and drug programs
Monash University
	Does social drug use affect circadian rhythms? Under Construction: The social and cultural politics of hepatitis C in Australia
National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre
	Quitters Questionnaire
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction
	Child & Parent Sensitive Practice survey Indigenous AOD Workers' Wellbeing, Stress and Burnout NSW Workforce Development Council The Role of Schools in Alcohol Education project
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
	Enhanced Treatment for Hepatitis C in Opioid Substitution Settings: ETHOS Cohort Vulnerability to blood-borne viral infections among ethnic Vietnamese injecting drug users
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
	Alcohol Action in Rural Communities (AARC) Alcohol related crime in the Sydney Local Government Area Attitudes towards, knowledge of, and prevalence of illicit drug use among professional and non-professional athletes Building capacity in health economics Cannabis Cohort Research Consortium Characteristics of successful versus unsuccessful cannabis quitters Child protection and mothers in substance abuse treatment CLIMATE Schools: Alcohol Module: the development and evaluation of a universal computer driven school-based prevention program for problems with alcohol misuse and related harms Climate Schools: Ecstasy Module Development and evaluation of specialist services for female drug users in Iran Development of a Cannabis Withdrawal Scale Drug Policy Modelling Program Efficacy study of the Cannabis Telephone Information and Helpline (CIH) Exploring the relationship between cannabis use and criminal offending among adults and adolescents Global Burden of Disease: Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert Group Guidelines on the management of co-occurring alcohol and other drug and mental health conditions in alcohol and other drug treatment settings (National Comorbidity Clinical Guidelines) Impact of parental substance use on infant development and family functioning: a pilot study Improving shared healthcare for methadone patients with hepatitis C Integrating treatment for alcohol use problems and comorbid post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Issues related to substance use among university student athletes Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) Annual Report 2008 Mail-Based Intervention for Cannabis Use Methamphetamine Treatment Cohort Study Methamphetamine Treatment Cohort Study: MATES Methamphetamine Treatment Evaluation Studies: MATES National Illicit Drug Indicators Project Program of International Research and Training (PIRT) Reducing alcohol-related harm in rural communities Refining the timeline followback to assess cannabis use Screening and brief intervention in Aboriginal controlled community health services in rural NSW Secretariat of the Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and injecting drug use Suicide risk assessment and intervention strategies: current practices among drug and alcohol treatment providers Telephone counselling via the Cannabis Information and Helpline Ten-year follow up of a cohort of heroin dependent prisoners The Cannabis Check-Up + for young adults The characteristics of cannabis in Australia The development and evaluation of a treatment and relapse prevention program for juvenile offenders aimed at reducing substance use and criminal behaviour The diversion and misuse of stimulant medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among illicit psychostimulant users The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) The Ecstasy Check-Up The efficacy of an intervention for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among illicit drug users The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) The Michael Project evaluation The role of commercial drug injecting rooms (shooting galleries) in the regulation of public injecting and amenity in Kings Cross and their impact on the evaluation of the medically supervised injecting centre. Using epidemiology to inform psychiatric classification (DSM-V and ICD-11) Web-based intervention for cannabis use
National Drug Research Institute
	A longitudinal study of pharmacological smoking cessation aids efficacy in real-life settings A multi-component intervention for smoking cessation (NSW, QLD, WA) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cannabis intervention (NCPIC) Alcohol and Drugs in the Workplace Project with South Australia Alcohol and other drug use at school leaver celebrations in Western Australia Alcohol outlet density and related harm Alcohol use during pregnancy. Formative Intervention Research - qualitative Alcohol use during pregnancy. Formative Intervention Research - quantitative An examination of cannabis contamination and potency in Australia Analysing addiction concepts for improved public health outcomes: A Victorian Pilot Study Assessment of the effectiveness of the regulation on alcohol in WA (WALL) Australian Alcohol Aetiologic Fractions for Emergency Department presentations (AAAFED) Australian Leadership Awards - Fellowship Program Round 3 - Lijun Yang Beyond the Big Smoke - a clear vision for Aboriginal tobacco control Bibliographic database on Indigenous Australian alcohol and other drug use Cannabis misuse interventions for Indigenous Australians - National Cannabis Control and Prevention Centre Cochrane Collaboration Review of Workplace AOD Programs Comparative research of Chinese and Australian approaches to illicit drug use and HIV prevention Conceptualising varying patterns of drug use: Exploring drug users' socially constructed conceptualisations of drug use in the search for an alternative discourse Continuing dissemination of the School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction project Culture, context and risk: socio-cultural influences on the sexual health of Indigenous young people Data analysis reporting & dissemination of 2 substudies from the Evaluation of the Cannabis Infringement Notice Scheme - DPMP Developing a national minimum data set for prisoners' health Developing a National Minimum Dataset for Prisoners' Health Development of a Drug Research Action Plan Development of aetiologic fractions for emergency departments Development of best practice guidelines for the development of Indigenous residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs. (Fellowship) Development of South Australian specific aetiological fractions and estimates of alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortalities Does traumatic brain injury lead to offending behaviour? Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) pilot Ecstasy and Related Drugs Initiative in WA (ERDS) Enhancement of the patrol monitoring and evaluation database Estimating the impact of extended trading hours for licensed hotels and liquor stores on emergency department presentations in Perth [Consultancy] Evaluation of services to CaLD women with comorbidity Evaluation of the 'Make Smoking History' passive smoking campaign: ghost cigarette (Waves 17 & 18) Evaluation of the 'Makin Tracks' 3 project From Broome to Berrima: building Australia-wide research capacity in Indigenous offender health and health care delivery Future directions in the prevention of hepatitis C among injecting drug users. What are the needs of the using community? GENACIS Hepatitis C and its treatment in Australian custodial settings Hepatitis C in magazines aimed at youth Hepatitis C, Prisons and Treatment Opportunities (HePATO) Identifying areas of greatest need in Indigenous substance misuse intervention Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Impact of low and moderate alcohol use during pregnancy: human/animal studies Impact of parental substance use on infant development and family functioning Improving understanding of psychostimulant-related harms in Australia: an integrated ethno-epidemiological approach. Indigenous alcohol and other drug misuse and harm service provision International Dissemination of the SHAHRP program Interventions to reduce alcohol use during pregnancy: Systematic literature review Jaru Pirrjirdi Suicide Prevention Project Kalgoorlie Alcohol Action Project (KAAP) Medications and crash involvement fo older drivers: a population based study Meta-analysis systematic and design errors: alcohol use and disease outcomes Methadone data-linkage project Monitoring of alcohol-related violence and crime in NSW Mt Theo Enhancing Capacity Management project (Mt Theo Palka-Jarrija Project) Multivariate analysis of Cannabis Infringement Notice data MY-Peer project NAIP Component Study: economic costs associated with alcohol attributable mortality and morbidity in Australian states and territories NAIP Component Study: expansion of NAIP to include Indigenous Australians National Alcohol Indicators Project (NAIP) National Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Strategy 2007-2009 National collection of wholesale alcohol sales data National Summit on Tobacco Smoking in Correctional Facilities in Australia Not just scholars but leaders: learning circles in Indigenous health research. People with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System (ARC linkage project) Pouring practices of 65-74 year old current drinkers: implications for drinking guidelines and estimates of risk Reducing impulsive behaviour in repeat violent offenders using a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Research into the cultures and contexts of ecstasy and related drug use in Victoria: new bases for prevention and harm minimisation Review of alcohol and prostate cancer School drug education: evaluation tools project DEECD (VIC) Second stage local evaluation of East Kimberley Communities for Children initiative for children and their families Secondary analysis of the relationship between cannabis use, dependence, mental health and associated outcomes in the Victorian Adolescent Cohort study Seeding project to develop a prison specific smoking reduction group program Sexual Health & Attitudes of Australian Prisoners Survey (Queensland component) Social inclusion through community embedded, socially supported university education Systematic review - amphetamines and hepatitis C The estimate of the direct and indirect economic costs of alcohol incurred by Local Gov - Metro WA The ethno-epidemiology of party drug use and related harms in the Melbourne club/rave scene The ethno-epidemiology of psychostimulant use and related harms amongst street-based injecting drug users in Sydney The ethno-epidemiology of recreational party drug use and related harms in Perth The influence of fathers on infant feeding practices in Western Australia (FIFI-WA) The range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others The relationship between non-fatal overdose of pharmaceutical medications, suicidality and depression Tobacco capacity building scholarship Training of health staff for the implementation of the Smoke Free WA Health System Policy Understanding and reducing alcohol-related harm among young adults in urban settings: Opportunities for intervention Understanding the barriers to improved access, engagement and retention of methamphetamine users in health services Use of online forums by Australian party drug users: making drug use safer or more dangerous? WA Prisoner Health Survey Warlpiri early childhood care and development program Web-based alcohol and tobacco intervention What difference does treatment make? Psychometric properties of a measure of young people's progress in residential rehabilitation Young people and risky drinking Young people, alcohol & other drug use at large events - Phd Scholarship
Northern Sydney Central Coast Health
	Therapeutic Playgroup for substance using women with children 0-5yrs.
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre
	The neuropsychological effects of inhalant abuse during adolescence
Pharmacy Guild of Australia. Qld Branch
	Pharmacy needle and syringe project Pharmcacy opioid treatment program
Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre
	Amphetamine type stimulants: treatment outcomes : mental and physical health Amphetamines in Queensland – Survey 2 (AIQ2) An Evaluation of illicit drug court diversion and police diversion programs 2009 Drug use by a Community Sample of Young Amphetamine users in South- East Queensland: A longitudinal Study Ecstasy and Related Drug Reporting System (EDRS) Injection Related Injuries and Diseases project (IRID) Investigating the patterns of amphetamine use amongst young Queenslanders Longitudinal treatment outcomes for methamphetamine dependence: a treatment cohort study (MACS) Mater-University Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) Mortality After Release from Custody (MARC) Parental marital conflict and marital change: effects on child/adolescent and young adult developmental outcomes (based on MUSP data) Passports to advantage : health and capacity building as a basis for social integration Patterns of Alcohol and other Drug use In an Emergency department (PADIE II) Patterns of drug use and risk-taking at Schoolies Post-release mortality among ex-prisoners in Queensland: A data linkage study The Young adult outcomes of childhood and adolescent antisocial behaviour: an Australian cohort (based on MUSP data) Use of licit and illicit drugs by women during pregnancy over the period 2000-2005, Brisbane Australia
Queensland University of Technology
	Prescription Opioid Analgesic Drug Misuse - Investigation of doctor shopping behaviour in Queensland
RMIT University
	An investigation of illicit tobacco use – its prevalence, economic impact and the motivations and perceptions of consumers Understanding problematic youth substance use
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Sydney, N.S.W.)
	Brain banking for neuroscience research Combined Alcohol Social Phobia trial
Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd
	Evaluation of the ACT Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Sector Project Understanding the policy context of roadside drug testing in Australia
South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service
	Assessing acute pain levels and preferred pain management methods in substance users following an inpatient episode Proof of liability in relation to tobacco smoke-induced injury
Sydney South West Area Health Service
	Randomised control trial of monoamine precursors for the management of psychostimulant withdrawal
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
	Epidemiological studies of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australian born children, 1980-2002: patterns and trends of mortality
Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre
	A pilot study to examine the effectiveness of clinical case management for alcohol and drug clients Alcohol control, consumption and consequences: time series analyses of the Australian experience Ambo project: alcohol and drug related ambulance attendances Arthur Robinson Research to Practice Fellowship Assessment of drug treatments and recommendations for improved responses for amphetamine-type substance use and dependence. Australian Leadership Award - Fellowship (Methadone maintenance therapy in China) Barwon Youth, youth access program: evaluation Building an evidence base from the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation Ltd (AER) funded projects Clinical Treatment Guidelines Defining Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment and Workforce Drinking patterns, gender & social roles in alcohol problems in Victoria, in an international comparative context (GENACIS Gender Alcohol & Culture: An International Study) Earlier Identification of Drug Harms Project (EIDHP) Examination of alcohol cirrhosis trends over time Greater Western Area Health Service opioid treatment review Identifying local area community and gaming industry risk and protective factors that impact upon the prevalence of problem gambling Increasing access to methamphetamine prevention and intervention using the Internet: Development and evaluation of a novel website Mapping of alcohol and drug-related events attended by ambulance Methamphetamine Clinical Treatment Guidelines Mirabel Project Practice Research Network Problem gambling in Victoria: identifying local area community and gaming industry risk and protective factors Queensland Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (QMERIT): evaluation Specialist methamphetamine clinics: evaluation Studies of the effects of alcohol outlet density Surveillance of drug related events attended by ambulance in Melbourne The range and magnitude of alcohol’s harm to others Victorian Alcohol Statistics Handbook Victorian Drug Statistics Handbook
Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre. AER Centre for Alcohol Policy Research
	GENACIS Gender Alcohol and Culture: an International Study. Drinking patterns, gender and social roles in alcohol problems in Victoria : an international comparative context GENACIS Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study. Secondary data analyses The range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others
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	Drinking cultures and social occasions: alcohol harms in the context of major public holidays, sporting and cultural events. Evaluating the Impact of Local Law 8 in Yarra National Australian Drug & Alcohol Testing register Youth Cohort Study: young people's pathways through AOD treatment services.
University of Adelaide. Discipline of Pharmacology
	Stimulants and Thermoregulation
University of Melbourne. Dept. of General Practice
	Managing alcohol issues in general practice: How prepared are Australian GP Registrars?
University of New South Wales. National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
	Qualitative Interviews Concerning Key Issues and Experiences (QUICKIE) project
University of New South Wales. National Centre in HIV Social Research
	An investigation into the factors influencing the decision about whether to take up treatment for hepatitis C Hepatitis C seroconversion: using qualitative research to enhance surveillance Injecting practice among heterosexual hepatitis C sero-discordant couples National treatment service users project: Phase 2 Periodic surveys of drug use among young people Pharmacy needle and syringe survey: hepatitis C risk and access to sterile injecting equipment in pharmacies Post-treatment outcomes study: exploration of psychosocial impacts following completion of interferon-based treatment for hepatitis C virus infection Staying safe: How do long term drug users avoid hepatitis C infection? The real deal in hepatitis C prevention: automatic influences on injecting behaviour University of New South Wales hepatitis C vaccine initiative: knowledge of and willingness to participate in vaccine trials
University of New South Wales. School of Psychology
	Functional neuroanatomy of contextual control of drug-relapse
University of New South Wales. School of Public Health and Community Medicine
	Reducing tobacco use in prisons: a randomised controlled trial
University of Notre Dame Australia
	Fitzroy Valley liquor restriction report: an evaluation of the effects of a six month restriction on take-away alcohol relating to measurabale health and social benefits and community perceptions and behaviours.
University of Queensland
	Effect of alcoholism and chronic tobacco use on gene expression in the corticolimbic system Parents Under Pressure Program: results from a randomised controlled trial Pre-synaptic dopamine function in early abstinence from alcohol The role of cognitive behaviour therapy in cessation of long term benzodiazepine use and outcome at 6 months
University of Queensland. School of Psychology
	Alcohol expectancies, drinking refusal self-efficacy and drinking behaviour in Asian and Australian students.
University of Tasmania
	Mental illness, substance use, and people with complex needs
University of Tasmania. Menzies Research Institute
	Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) study
University of Western Australia. Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health
	Family interventions to reduce tobacco smoke exposure of Pilbara Aboriginal children
University of Western Sydney
	Midlife Women's Recovery from Alcohol Dependence in Australia Researching with women in recovery from alcoholism: choosing abstinence and long-term recovery
Vietnamese Community in Australia (SA Chapter)
	Vietnamese drug users treatment program
Westmead Hospital, Sydney
	Cannabis, Vomiting and Compulsive Bathing
Wintringham
	Older people with acquired brain injury and associated complex behaviours: a psychosocial model of care that supports long-term residential care needs

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