Session 1A - SUBSTANCE USE IN PREGNANCY & PARENTS
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Monday, November 13, 2023 |
10:50 AM - 12:40 PM |
Hall L |
Speaker
Dr Natasha Reid
Senior Research Fellow
The University of Queensland
Revising and updating Australia's guidelines for assessment and diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: novel approaches to development of diagnostic criteria
10:50 AM - 11:05 AMBiography
Natasha is a Senior Research Fellow & Clinical Psychologist from University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, Child Health Research Centre. Her research is focused on prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of FASD.
Dr Siyu Qian
Research Project Officer
Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
Examining the documentation of alcohol use in maternal records of SUPPS clients who identify alcohol as the primary substance of concern
11:05 AM - 11:10 AMBiography
Dr Qian is the Research Project Officer at the ISLHD Drug and Alcohol Service. She has coordinated more than 30 drug and alcohol research projects. Her research is multidisciplinary in nature and is published in fields of drug and alcohol, health informatics, health services research and nursing management.
Dr Melissa Jackson
Clinical Research Coordinator
HNELHD Drug & Alcohol Clinical Services
Smoking in women attending substance use in pregnancy antenatal services: Cost-consequence analysis of an intensive, remotely delivered cessation programme.
11:10 AM - 11:25 AMBiography
Melissa is a research coordinator with HNELHD Drug and Alcohol Services. Her PhD focused on tobacco treatments for maternal substance use populations and is currently managing a vaporised nicotine treatment for OAT clients. She is a provisional psychologist and tobacco treatment specialist with interests in youth vaping and TMS treatment.
Ms Izabel Gibson
A/ Manager
NSW Ministry of Health
Policy to Practice: Implementing the ‘Reducing the effects of smoking and vaping on pregnancy and newborn outcomes’ policy directive across NSW
11:25 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
Izabel works in the Clinical Policy and Engagement Team in the Centre for Population Health, NSW Ministry of Health. She has Bachelors degrees in Law and Psychology, and a Masters in Public Health. Izabel has 10 years experience in health program management including internationally with the UNODC, and private organisations.
Associate Professor Delyse Hutchinson
NHMRC Leadership Fellow
Deakin University
Parental cannabis use during preconception and pregnancy: Longitudinal associations with infant birth outcomes.
11:30 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Delyse Hutchinson is a Clinical Psychologist and NHMRC Leadership Fellow. Her major research interest is in understanding the developmental origins of mental and behavioural disorders. She has a particular interest in understanding the causes and consequences of alcohol and other substance use exposure on development.
Professor Elizabeth Elliott
Distinguished Professor Paediatrics and Child Health
University of Sydney
Caregiver experience of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnosis and the impact of FASD on families
11:45 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Elizabeth Elliott is a Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney and Consultant Paediatrician at the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Westmead. She heads the NSW FASD Assessment Service, FASD Hub Australia, and FASD Australian Registry, and Chairs the National FASD Advisory Group.
Dr Aimee Brownbill
Policy And Research Manager
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
Alcohol in digital environments: FARE’s advocacy on the online sale and promotion of alcohol in Australia.
12:00 PM - 12:15 PMBiography
Policy and Research Manager, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.
Aimee is responsible for researching and advising on alcohol policy. She is currently leading a portfolio of work on digital marketing by harmful industries such as alcohol, gambling and highly processed unhealthy foods, exploring potential avenues for regulation in this space.
Professor Anita Gibbs
Criminology And Social Work Faculty
University Of Otago
Living in the Fire: The impacts of Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA) on Caregivers of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
12:15 PM - 12:20 PMBiography
Anita undertakes research in the field of FASD at the University of Otago, where she has been since 1999. She actively contributes to media, blogs and podcasts in the hope of seeing positive changes for families where FASD is an issue. She is a caregiver of a youth with FASD.
Dr Kelly McNamara
PhD Candidate/Obstetrics and Gynaecology Fellow
University Of Sydney/CCLHD
Rapid Access Pathway for Contraception in Metropolitan and Regional Drug and Alcohol Services
12:20 PM - 12:25 PMBiography
Kelly McNamara is a clinician researcher, undertaking a PhD at the University of Sydney and is the final year of training in obstetrics and gynaecology with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists at Gosford Hospital. Kelly is a conjoint lecturer at the University of Newcastle.
Dr Zoe Walter
Lecturer
The University of Queensland
Investigating parent beliefs, strengths, and perceptions of behaviours that parents utilise to protect their children from their substance use
12:25 PM - 12:40 PMBiography
Dr Zoe Walter is a Lecturer in Health Psychology at The University of Queensland. Research interests include transdiagnostic risk and protective factors (such as emotion regulation, social support, group belonging) on mental health, substance use, and other health behaviours.
Technical Host
Room One
Touchpoint