Dr Katinka van de Ven is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Rural Criminology, UNE, and a Visiting Fellow at the Drug Policy Modelling Program, UNSW. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Performance Enhancement & Health and the Director of the Human Enhancement Drugs Network (HEDN).

Dr Yarbakhsh is ATODA’s Workplace Development and Research Officer. She has a background in social anthropology and obtained a PhD from the Australian National University in 2017. Dr Yarbakhsh has undertaken policy-relevant research in Australia and overseas and has published widely in the disciplines of Anthropology, Indigenous Studies and Communication.

Courtney is a Sector and Workforce Development Officer at the Queensland Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (QNADA). Courtney holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Psychological Science (with Honours) from the University of Queensland.

Robert is CEO for NADA and is responsible for representing the interests of the NSW non-government AOD sector across policy, sector development, and research. Robert has worked in the AOD sector for over 15 years across the government and NGO sectors. He holds qualifications in public health and community management.

As a Research Fellow in Addiction Studies, Annette oversees research in online and telephone services at Turning Point. Her interests lie in the experience of care, particularly access to care. This health services focus, plus Annette’s clinical experience, offers a unique perspective on the experiences of people seeking help.

With a 25 year career spanning the Tasmanian private, public and not-for-profit sectors, Alison’s focus at the ATDC has been on establishing an independent organisation representing people with a lived experience of drug use, increasing funding for services, improving data access and addressing community stigma towards Tasmanians who use drugs.