Session 1A | Voices and Practices That Transform AOD Care
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| Monday, November 10, 2025 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Pyrmont Theatre |
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Chair: Jill Rundle
Speaker
Dr Matthew Stevens
Senior Research Fellow
The University of Adelaide
The ASSIST in Pitjantjatjara: A randomised crossover validation study for use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
11:00 AM - 11:10 AMBiography
Matthew Stevens is a senior research fellow at the University of Adelaide. He is interested in the identification, prevention, and treatment of addictive and substance-use behaviours. His current role at the University of Adelaide School of Biomedicine is focused on improving AOD screening and intervention using the ASSIST.
Dr Victoria Cock
Clinical Director
Drug And Alcohol Services Of South Australia
Care without barriers: pioneering a comprehensive mobile outreach service in Adelaide, South Australia, to ensure care and treatment for all
11:10 AM - 11:20 AMBiography
Dr Cock is an Addiction Medicine Specialist and Clinical Director of DASSA. Since graduating as a doctor in 1998 in South Africa she has spent her career advocating for and providing health care to marginalised communities in a variety of settings across the world.
Ms Anna Mcvinish
Clinical Nurse Consultant
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
The Soft Stigma of “Hard to Reach”: Practice Points that Communicate Welcome
11:20 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
Anna McVinish works as a specialist AOD clinician, was the nurse clinical lead for Australia’s first trial of SIOT and subsequently travelled to survey heroin-assisted treatment models internationally as part of a Churchill Fellowship. She also works at MSIC, is passionate about drug checking, harm reduction and healthcare rights.
Ms Yasmin Allen-Davidian
Clinical Neuropsychologist
seslhd d&a service
Deconstructing our Ways of Working - Functional Assessments for Disability Services
10:30 AM - 10:35 AMBiography
Yasmin is a Clinical Neuropsychologist with a passion for supporting societies most vulnerable, those with a lived experience of DV, childhood trauma and repeated incarceration.
Sophie Carse
Psychologist
St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Co-Presenter: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Group for Clients with Substance Use Disorder: A Pilot Intervention
10:35 AM - 10:40 AMBiography
Sophie Carse is a clinical psychologist working in the Drug and Alcohol Service at St Vincent’s Hospital providing outpatient support to individuals experiencing substance use and co-occurring mental health challenges.
Ms Dorota Kuchar
Counsellor
St Vincent's Alcohol & Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Group for Clients with Substance Use Disorder: A Pilot Intervention
10:35 AM - 10:40 AMBiography
Dorota is a counsellor with the St Vincent’s Hospital Stimulant Services, an outpatient service supporting individuals in addressing their stimulant use.
APSAD 2025
Session 1A Q&A
11:50 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Chair
Jill Rundle
CEO
Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (WANADA)