Session 4C - Women & Alcohol
Tracks
Track 3
| Tuesday, October 11, 2022 |
| 3:45 PM - 4:55 PM |
| Waterfront 2 |
Details
In-Person only Session
Speaker
Dr Belinda Lunnay
Research Associate
Torrens University
Leveraging sober curiosity to support affluent midlife women toward alcohol reduction
3:45 PM - 3:57 PMBiography
Dr Belinda Lunnay is a postdoctoral researcher with qualitative expertise and extensive experience researching the contexts and conditions that shape alcohol consumption in Australia. She is particularly interested in social class and how life chances including the conditions of COVID-19 shape possibilities for reducing alcohol toward ill health prevention.
Ms Peta Stragalinos
Research Assistant
Turning Point
Alcohol consumption among an Australian cohort of women eligible to participate in the national breast screening program
3:57 PM - 4:09 PMBiography
Peta Stragalinos is a research assistant at Turning Point's Clinical and Social Research team working across several NHMRC and VicHealth-funded randomised controlled clinical trials and culture change projects. She has an interest in understanding the sociocultural factors that influence substance use and developing interventions to reduce harms.
Ms Peta Stragalinos
Research Assistant
Turning Point
Women’s experiences of an alcohol brief intervention in the breast screening setting: A qualitative study
4:09 PM - 4:21 PMBiography
Peta Stragalinos is a research assistant at Turning Point's Clinical and Social Research team working across several NHMRC and VicHealth-funded randomised controlled clinical trials and culture change projects. She has an interest in understanding the sociocultural factors that influence substance use and developing interventions to reduce harms.
A/prof Sandra Kuntsche
Senior Research Fellow
Centre For Alcohol Policy Research
‘Ripple’ - An online intervention aiming to reduce alcohol use in middle-aged women: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial
4:21 PM - 4:33 PMBiography
Trained in psychology and focused on gendered aspects of alcohol use I have over 20 years of experience. My most recent research focuses on women’s drinking and interventions aiming to reduce risky alcohol use.
Ms Maree Patsouras
Phd Student
Centre For Alcohol Policy Research
“We were all stuffed.” Working mother’s alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 lockdowns: A qualitative analysis.
4:33 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Maree Patsouras is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research (CAPR), focusing her PhD thesis on alcohol use among working mothers.
Chair
Annalee Stearne
Research Associate
National Drug Research Institute
