| 8.15 – 8.45am |
REGISTRATION |
| 8.45 – 9.00am |
Welcome to Country - Nick Abraham |
| 9.00 – 9.05am |
Welcome
Professor Simon Lenton – Outgoing NDRI Director |
| 9.05 – 9.10am |
Curtin Faculty of Health Sciences Address
Professor Gavin Pereira – Dean of Research, Health Sciences, Curtin University |
| 9.10 – 9.50am |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ALCOHOL – A GLOBAL PROBLEM NEEDING GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
Professor Sir Ian Gilmore – University of Liverpool, Alcohol Health Alliance UK Chair |
| 9.50 – 10.05am |
Stigma, other barriers and facilitators to care engagement among people who inject with an invasive infection
Dr Sam Colledge-Frisby – NDRI Research Fellow |
| 10.05 – 10.20am |
Experiences of Aboriginal women accessing post-release supports in Perth
Emma Tufuga – Former NDRI Researcher |
| 10.20 – 10.50am |
MORNING TEA |
| 10.50 – 11.05am |
People who smoke methamphetamine and interactions with police
Dr Shelley Walker – NDRI Research Fellow |
| 11.05 – 11.20am |
Imprisonment among people who use methamphetamine in Victoria, Australia
Dr Michael Curtis – NDRI Research Fellow |
| 11.20 – 11.35am |
Intimate partner violence during pregnancy: Pregnancy, fetal and infant health impacts and evidence-based intervention approaches
Dr Nyanda McBride – NDRI Associate Professor and Prevention and Early Intervention Program Leader |
| 11.35 – 11.50am |
Trends and gender differences in young people’s drinking in Australia
Emma Vieira – NDRI Research Officer and NDRI PhD Scholar |
| 11.50am – 12.05pm |
Growing alcohol affordability in Australia and how this can be addressed through minimum unit pricing
Dr Nic Taylor – NDRI Research Fellow |
| 12.05 – 12.20pm |
Stakeholder perspectives on the roles of vested interests in alcohol policy development
Julia Stafford – NDRI PhD Scholar and Alcohol Program Manager, Cancer Council WA |
| 12.20 – 1.10pm |
LUNCH |
| 1.10 – 1.50pm |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: NEW SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS AND OTHER EMERGING DRUGS - THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AND LOCAL IMPLICATIONS
Professor Paul Griffiths – New NDRI Director and Outgoing European Union Drugs Agency Scientific Director |
| 1.50 – 2.05pm |
Assessing oral health related quality of life in a cohort of people who inject drugs in Melbourne
Shady Abdelsalam – NDRI PhD Scholar |
| 2.05 – 2.25pm |
Nitrous oxide: Update on survey trends, clinical presentations, and regulatory responses in WA
Dr Jodie Grigg – NDRI Research Fellow, Dr Jessamine Soderstrom – Emergency Physician, Clinical Toxicologist, Royal Perth Hospital and Neil Keen – Director of the Public Health Regulation Directorate |
| 2.25 – 2.45pm |
A cluster RCT of a school-based Vaping intervention: Development, study protocol, teacher insights and findings
Leen Blackburn – Former NDRI Researcher and Lena Niklasson – NDRI Research Assistant (with firsthand insights from Head of Health at independent high school) |
| 2.45 – 3.15pm |
AFTERNOON TEA |
| 3.15 – 4.45pm |
EXPERT PANEL: WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE AOD POLICY AND PRACTICE IN 2025 AND BEYOND
The AOD community works well together to inform, influence and improve AOD policy and practice. Panellists will consider what they see as the coming challenges and opportunities in AOD and reflect on what have we learned, and what can we improve, to best respond. The format will be 5-minute opening statements by each panellist followed by discussion and Q & A.
Panel members:
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| 4.45 – 4.50pm |
Panel facilitator summary
Professor Steve Allsop – Panel Chair |
| 4.50 – 4.55pm |
Closing remarks
Professor Simon Lenton – Outgoing NDRI Director and Professor Paul Griffiths – New NDRI Director |
| 5 – 6.30pm |
SYMPOSIUM NETWORKING EVENT (IN-PERSON) |