Professor Nadine Ezard is an Addiction Medicine Specialist (MBBS, BA, MPH, PhD, FAChAM) and a founding Fellow of the Australian Chapter of Addiction Medicine. Nadine has been the Clinical Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney since 2012, and the inaugural Director of the National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED) since 2018. Nadine has more than 30 years of clinical and research experience in addiction medicine and public health practice in Australian and international contexts, working for WHO, UNHCR, and UNODC. She is an internationally recognised researcher in substance use and its translation into consumer-focused harm-reduction public health interventions, models of care and policy for vulnerable populations. Her current research focusses on working with people who use stimulants and related drugs to develop new and effective interventions.

Stephanie Tzanetis, CanTEST Program Coordinator at Directions Health Services and Executive Officer for Pill Testing Australia, brings extensive harm reduction experience. As a consumer representative for NCCRED’s advisory group and prompt response network, she provides critical insights into challenges posed by emerging novel psychoactive substances.

Miss Ricciuti is a Research Assistant for the Tobacco Research Group from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. She has worked on Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) and the development of various follow-up studies on smoking cessation. She has a background in anthropology and qualitative research.

Lisa is a Registered Nurse passionate about contributing to developing robust processes that deliver client-led goals and experiences, increasing self-determination in healthcare. With a background in statewide program management, chronic pain, aged care, and culture change. Lisa completed a Master of Addictive Behaviours in 2022.

Sasha (she/her) is a PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at The Matilda Centre, University of Sydney, researching the epidemiology and prevention of mental ill-health and substance use among LGBTQA+ youth. She collaborates with national and international community, clinical, and research experts to advance LGBQTA+ affirming models of harm reduction.

Leanne Hides is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and is Deputy Director of the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research at the University of Queensland.

Dr Ting Xia is a Research Fellow with Monash Addiction Research Centre at Monash University with a focus on the use of linked primary health data and hospital data to evaluate the impact of policy changes on opioid prescribing.