Professor Suzanne (Suzi) Nielsen is the Deputy Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre. She has published > 180 peer-reviewed publications in the alcohol and other drugs field. She has been a registered pharmacist for over 20 years, specialising in the treatment of substance use disorders in community and specialist drug treatment settings in Australia and the United Kingdom. Her current research focuses on upscaling opioid treatment and overdose prevention, and on understanding the impact of opioid policy on prescribing and opioid-related harm. Her work has directly contributed to changed policy (for example, the rescheduling of codeine) and practice (for example, increased pharmacy naloxone supply). Suzi holds honorary appointments at the Burnet Institute, Turning Point, UNSW and Alfred Health, and is a consultant for the World Health Organization contributing to the work of the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence and international surveillance of emerging substances.

Sarah is a PhD student with Menzies School of Health Research. Her work focuses on the relationship between alcohol use and harms, and how policies can impact these outcomes. She has a background in health promotion.

Amy Peacock is an Associate Professor, Program Lead of Drug Trends, and Deputy Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales.

Dan Anderson-Luxford is a PhD student at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research. His work covers alcohol content in media, alcohol marketing, alcohol's harm to others and understanding the contextual factors associated with alcohol use.

Joanna is a research assistant at the Burnet Institute conducting outreach fieldwork with people who inject drugs and coordinates the Victorian Drug Trends program.

Olivia is a second year PhD candidate at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Her primary research interest is the prevention of infectious disease among people who inject drugs.

Lana Simpson (she/her) is a clinician working in Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Services in Northern Sydney Local Health District. She is currently completing her Clinical Neuropsychology Registrar program, and has a particular interest for incorporating cognitive rehabilitation into substance use treatment

Samuel Brookfield is a postdoctoral research fellow at the UQ School of Public Health, working to integrate critical social science and public health research methods. Sam has published research on homelessness and natural disaster response, access to sexual health services for sex workers, methamphetamine recovery, and qualitative methods.