Dr Suzie Hudson is an accredited mental health social worker with a PhD who has worked in the AOD, MH and FMH fields for over 25 years. A clinical leader and current Clinical Advisor at NSW Health, Suzie is an Adjunct Associate Lecturer at NDARC, and is a community-based therapist.

My name is Irene Roy and I am a final year medical student at Monash University. I am currently doing a placement up in sunny Mildura, getting involved in the wild and wonderful world of rural medicine. I aim to pursue Addiction Medicine alongside Rural Generalism in the future.

Sue Hailstone is the Consumer Liaison Officer at the NSW Ministry of Health's Centre for Alcohol and Other Drugs.

James is responsible for leading research and policy analysis on areas of strategic priority for VAADA. James manages three projects and contributes to VAADA policy and research output. James has a PhD in Criminology from the University of Melbourne and is an Honorary Research Fellow.

For more than 15 years James has worked in policy and research roles within government, non-government organisations and universities in Australia, Scotland and Hong Kong. James has a long history of working in member-based organisations and has a passion for improving health and wellbeing outcomes for people who use drugs.

Liam is a postdoctoral research fellow with NCCRED and NDARC, working primarily on the design and conduct of clinical trials for pharmacological treatments for methamphetamine use disorder and withdrawal. His research interests include sleep and substance use, treatments for substance use disorders, harm reduction and mixed methods research

Dr Amber Domberelli is the Research Manager for the AOD Service in the Mid North Coast LHD. Amber is a registered pharmacist and has substantial experience with Opioid Agonist Treatment. Much of her research has involved illicit substance use and she has recently completed her PhD on microdosing with psychedelics.

Dr Catherine Foley is a psychologist and researcher with the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Catherine has a clinical background in mental health, substance use, and trauma. Her research has a focus on working alongside communities and health providers in diverse locations to co-design and evaluate holistic health services

Anke is the Deputy CEO at the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA). Anke is a social scientist with over 25 years’ experience in research and evaluation in the areas of alcohol and other drugs, tobacco, blood borne viruses and workforce development.

Dr Elisabeth Yarbakhsh is the Workforce Development and Research Officer at ATODA. Elisabeth has a PhD in anthropology from the Australian National University and has published widely across a diverse range of topics.