Poster Tour: Drug trends and truth-telling
Tracks
Track 3
| Thursday, October 31, 2024 |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Exhibition Hall |
Details
Chair: Stephanie Tzanetis, Directions Health
Speaker
Dr Chris Holmwood
Addiction Medicine Specialist
University of Adelaide
The South Australian Drug Early Warning System (SADEWS) – A ‘room with a view’ to drug trends
2:40 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Dr Holmwood is an Addiction Medicine Specialist previously Director of Clinical Partnerships at DASSA. His professional interests have been the improvement in the way mainstyream services meet the needs of people with substance use related problems.
Dr Greg Smith
Therapist
University of Melbourne
Contributions to mainstream practice: Reflections on mainstream and Aboriginal-controlled services
2:45 PM - 2:50 PMBiography
I am an Indigenous Australian. I have a history of lived experience with alcohol and other drugs and completed a residential rehabilitation program with the organisation that I now work for (Ngwala Willumbong). I have a Certificate IV in AOD and am currently studying for a Diploma of Mental Health.
Associate Professor Caroline Salom
Principal Research Fellow
The University of Queensland
Evaluating the Queensland Drug Checking Services: Framework and Methodology
2:50 PM - 2:55 PMBiography
Caroline is an epidemiologist and evaluation specialist with a focus on alcohol and other drugs, mental health and disadvantage. Her research and cross-discipline collaborations centre on the service systems that support people who experience problems in these areas.
Mr Peter Baird
Peer Support Worker
Each
Peer drift within an ATOD team; Navigating the challenges of peer drift within a clinically designed ATOD team
2:55 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Peter Baird - Peer Support Worker with Project HOPE and THRIVE Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug counselling team.
Life experience of comorbidity, forensic, rehabilitation and counselling, and then education and training in AOD & Mental Health has qualified Peter for his role as Peer Support Worker.
Abbey Diaz
Australian National University
Butt It Out: Structural changes to implement routine nicotine cessation screening and treatment in an AOD service
3:00 PM - 3:05 PMBiography
Poster Tour Chair
Stephanie Tzanetis
Cantest Coordinator
Directions Health
