Concurrent Session 5Db: Policy, Systems & Workforce
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| Wednesday, November 11, 2026 |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
| Rottnest |
Speaker
Dr Rose Crossin
Senior Lecturer
University Of Otago, Christchurch
Exploring public perceptions on drug policy using deliberative workshops
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
Rose is a Senior Lecturer in the Dept of Public Health, University of Otago, Christchurch. Her research focusses on ways of understanding, measuring and reducing drug harm from a public health perspective.
A/Prof Sally Nathan
Associate Professor
UNSW Sydney
Framing drug policy reform: Third-sector advocacy and the 2024 New South Wales Drug Summit
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM
Sally is a public health social scientist who partners with non-government organisations to improve health equity for young people. New knowledge through this research is used to improve health equity through advocacy with a focus on youth, drug and alcohol and Aboriginal health and well being,
Professor Anne-Marie Laslett
Professor
La Trobe University
Can storytelling about and counting of alcohol’s harm to others change national and global policy beyond 2030?
2:45 PM - 2:50 PM
Anne-Marie is an NHMRC Emerging Leader at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, renowned for her research on Alcohol's Harm to Others, Secretary of the Kettil Bruun Society for Epidemiological and Social Research on Alcohol, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research.
APSAD 2026
Session Q&A
2:50 PM - 3:00 PMChair
Anke van der Sterren
Deputy CEO
Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT
