APSAD Darwin 2022

Thank you to everyone who attended the APSAD Conference 2022.

A special thank you goes to our committee, reviewers, speakers, sponsors and supporters.

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Conference Conveners:

Cassandra Wright - Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin
Peter Burnheim - Chief Executive Officer at the Association of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies, Northern Territory
Sarah Clifford - Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin (Student Convenor)

Scientific Advisory Committee:

Amy Peacock- Associate Professor and Program Lead for Drug Trends at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney
Anke van der Sterren - Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA)
Annalee Stearne - Research Associate / PhD Candidate, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Briony Larance - University of Wollongong
Caroline Salom - Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland
Colleen Blums - Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia
David Newcombe - Associate Professor of Alcohol and Drug Studies The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jackie Hallam - Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Council (Tas Inc)
Jake Docker - Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL)
Janie Sheridan - The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Janni Leung - The University of Queensland
Jeff Buckley - Director at the Insight, Queensland Health
Jocelyn Jones - National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Kate Senior - Drug and Alcohol Services, SA Health
Kylie Lee - Deputy Director at the Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Health and Alcohol, University of Sydney
Leanne Hides - School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
Lynette Bullen - Bloomfield Hospital, Western New South Wales Local Health District
Mark Daglish - Associate Professor at the University of Queensland and Director of Addiction Psychiatry at Royal and Women’s Hospital Brisbane
Mark Robinson -Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) , The University of Queensland
Michael Farrell - Director at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW
Michael White - Executive Director South Australian Network of Drug and Alcohol Services (SANDAS)
Molly Carlyle - Lives Lived Well Research Group, University of Queensland
Natasha Reid - Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland
Renee Bittoun - Professor at Notre Dame and Avondale Universities
Stephanie Tzanetis - Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL)
Victoria Cock - Clinical Director at the Drug and Alcohol Services, SA Health (DASSA)

APSAD acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and Owners of the lands and waterways throughout Australia, paying our respects to Elders past, and present.

APSAD recognises the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the ACT and surrounding region. APSAD acknowledges that other people and families also have a traditional connection to the lands of the ACT and region and we respect this connection to country.