The Dean’s Lecture Series is UNSW Medicine’s signature event and one of the largest faculty-based events on campus. The free lectures seek to debate and highlight the world’s most topical health challenges. This lecture's theme is the 'rising...
An innovative collaboration between researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New South Wales has won a...
Congratulations to Dr Sarah Larney who has been awarded a four year $304,000 NHMRC Early Career Fellowship to continue her research on treatment of heroin users in prison and after release....
Cocaine use among Sydneysiders is spotlighted in today's (October 27) the(sydney)magazine. Professor Shane Darke and Paul Dillon lend their voices to the discussion, drawing...
This is the second National Cannabis Conference, following the inaugural conference in Sydney in 2009. The topic areas have been chosen to respond to the developing evidence-base on issues such...
An innovative study aimed at reducing smoking rates in socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and a landmark study of heroin dependence have been awarded major National Health and Medical...
Use of ice (crystal methamphetamine) by drug users in Australia increased significantly between 2010 and 2011 according to research on emerging drug trends by the National Drug and Alcohol...
Professor Shane Darke’s new book, The Life of the Heroin User: Typical beginnings, trajectories and outcomes, should be required reading for politicians and policy makers, said Dr Geoff...
The price and taxation of alcohol in Australia, and a family-based alcohol intervention strategy for Aboriginal communities, were the subjects explored by the winning posters at this year’s...
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre’s Annual Symposium 2011 will focus on one of the biggest challenges facing the alcohol and other drug sector: integrating research evidence into...