Emma is the Head of Inclusion and Peer Engagement at Scottish Drugs Forum. This involves overseeing the award winning Addiction Worker Trainee Project as well as peer research and user involvement work. Prior to this Emma worked as the National Training and Development Officer (Harm Reduction and Emergency Responses) which involved developing and facilitating training in a range of areas including bacterial infection and drug use as well as injecting equipment provision. She chaired the Scottish Needle Exchange Workers Forum from 2014-2018. Emma has recently completed a Masters in Public Health which involved a research project looking into loneliness and social isolation in males with problem drug use in Glasgow. Since joining SDF, Emma has been involved local and national outbreaks of bacterial and viral infections amongst people who use drugs. This has involved attending the Incident Management Teams developed to respond to the outbreaks, developing staff and service user resources and offering face to face briefings. Emma previously worked with Turning Point Scotland as a development manager, developing Homeless and Housing First services in the west of Scotland, supporting individuals in active addiction and at various points in their recovery journey. She was part of the team that developed the Housing First service initially in Glasgow and then in other areas in the west of Scotland. She has worked in a number of services in various capacities including HMP Barlinnie as an Enhanced Addiction Caseworker.