Dr Hutchinson’s major research interest is in understanding the developmental origins of mental and behavioural disorders. She has worked as a Clinical Psychologist specialising in perinatal adjustment and child development. She has a particular interest in understanding the causes and consequences of alcohol and other substance use exposure on development.

Bek Petrovic is the Fieldwork Coordinator at the Burnet Institute, overseeing field-based research activities and data collection for the Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study (SuperMIX) and the Understanding Methamphetamine Use in Victoria Study (VMAX).

Dr Natasha Reid is a Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist at the Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland

Rosemary White is the Health Programs Manager – National Campaign at the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education. Rosemary has worked in drug and alcohol services, child protection and mental health services in frontline and health promotion roles. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science (Psychology), and Bachelor of Social Work.

Sophie is the Chief Operating Officer for the National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, NOFASD Australia. Sophie has held positions in frontline services and senior management, across a range of sectors to include the AOD sector. Sophie has lived experience of FASD and engages with many living experience advocates.

Joanna works as an Evaluation Coordinator of the national alcohol and pregnancy campaign at the Health Policy Centre, SAHMRI. This centre undertakes programs of research in public health, specialising in tobacco control, obesity prevention. Completed honours in Psychological Science at The University of Adelaide. Current PhD candidate at Flinders University.

Dr Nicholas Taylor has worked within the field of alcohol policy research since 2015. Much of his research has focused on reducing violence in nightlife settings, and on how pricing policies have influenced alcohol consumption and related harms in the Northern Territory.

Parker Blakey has worked as a data analyst with the Australian Government since 2016, and on the National Drug Strategy Household Survey since 2019. He now leads the National Durg Strategy Household Survey analysis and reporting, and specialises in generating prevalence estimates from alcohol and other drug-related datasets.

Jack is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney. His current research focuses on the health outcomes of people using cannabis and other illicit drugs, improving cannabis use measures, and the implications these findings have for Australian drug policy.

Kasun is a biostatistician by background and he is a senior research officer attached to behaviours and health risks group at Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia. Currently, he applies his knowledge on statistical methods with his enthusiasm on public health oriented research on people who use alcohol and other drugs.