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Research Description

Broadly, prevention policy and practice relating to harms from legal and illegal drugs.
Specifically, epidemiological and policy research on patterns of alcohol use and related harms.

Interdisciplinary Research

My Centre links with many other disciplines in the health and social sciences.

Health Related Research

All of my research interests relate to health in some way - see above.

Research Keywords

Community Interaction

Community Projects

I am the new Director of the Centre for Addictions Research of B.C. and am working to develop research programs in the local community and other parts of B.C.

Community Collaborations

I am likely to have collaborators in government and non-government agencies in the future.

International Involvement

International Research

An international emergency room study involving 12 countries and supported by the W.H.O.
A review of prevention strategies for harm from substance use.
An international review with collaborators in the U.S.A. and Australia on the health benefits of alcohol in moderation.

General International Activities

I am a member of the Kettil Bruun Society for social and epidemiological research on alcohol.

Countries lived/worked in

Australia and the U.K.