Concurrent Session 2B: Alcohol
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| Monday, November 13, 2017 |
| 4:20 PM - 5:20 PM |
| Grand Ballroom 3 |
Speaker
Dr Amy Pennay
PhD, Research Fellow
Centre For Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
Comparing media representations of youth drinking at high and low periods of consumption
4:20 PM - 4:35 PMBiography
Amy Pennay is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University. She works on studies of drinking cultures; social and cultural contexts of alcohol use, and issues relating to alcohol policy.
Dr Jacqui Homel
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Griffith University Mt Gravatt Campus
Parental Influences on Adolescents’ Alcohol Use
4:35 PM - 4:50 PMBiography
Dr Homel’s research focuses on (i) the role of family and community in the development of alcohol use during early adolescence and (ii) developmental trajectories of substance use from adolescence to young adulthood. Also of special interest is the statistical modelling of complex longitudinal processes
Professor Paul Dietze
Program Director
Burnet Institute
Are Self-Reported Pressures To Change Drinking Behaviours Related To Changes In Consumption By Young People?
4:50 PM - 5:05 PMBiography
Paul Dietze is Program Director for the Behaviours and Health Risks Program at the Burnet Institute with over 20 years' experience in researching patterns of alcohol and other drug use and harm in Australia.
Dr Tina Lam
Research Fellow
National Drug Research Institute
Experience Of Harm From Others’ Drinking Amongst Risky Drinking Adolescents Across Australia
5:05 PM - 5:20 PMBiography
Tina Lam is a postdoctoral research fellow from the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University. She is currently the national coordinator for the 'Young Australians Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS)', and her research interests include drug treatment systems, alcohol policy, and the context of risky alcohol use.
Chair Person
Delyse Hutchinson
Senior Research Fellow
Deakin University
