Professor Nadine Ezard is an Addiction Medicine Specialist (MBBS, BA, MPH, PhD, FAChAM), inaugural Director of the Australian National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED), and Clinical Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney. Her clinical work serves people with a variety of substance use disorders in inpatient, outpatient and community settings, and strives to embed research into clinical practice. Nadine has more than 30 years of clinical and research experience in addiction medicine and public health practice in Australian and international contexts including for the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. She is a worldwide recognised researcher in substance use and its translation into consumer-focused harm-reduction public health interventions, models of care and policy for marginalised populations.