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Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Studies Information
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Studies [ATOD Studies] From Semester 1, 2010, the Addiction Studies program is now named the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Studies. It can be studi...

QADREC Mailing List
QADREC mailing list To apply to be included on QADREC's mailing list to keep up to date with its research, training, and educational activities, emaily.flanagan@sph.uq.edu.au ...

Ethnic Drug Users in Australia Seminar Feb 1st
Ethnic Drug Users in Australia: A minority within a minority Tuesday February 1st, 2011 12.30 - 1.30pm Room 113, Level 1, Public Health Building School of Population Health, UQ, Herston Road Herston QLD 4006

Underage Drinking Seminar Powerpoint UPDATE
  QADREC offers its' sin...

Ralph Hingson presentation NOW AVAILABLE as pdf
Follow the link to view the presentation given by Ralph Hingson (Sc.D., MPH) at the latest QADREC seminar   USA Approaches to Preventing Underage Drinking: A consideratio...

Mortality after release from custody (MARC)
Funding - $430,000, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), 2007-2010. Project Team Chief Investigators: Dr Stuart Kinner*€, Prof Konrad Jamrozik (deceas...

IDRS
The IDRS is an ongoing collaboration with the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), University of New South Wales (UNSW).   Funding - $63,509 from the Australian Government Department o...

ATOD Summer Semester 2012
3 new exciting Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Studies Summer Semester 2012 courses commencing November 26th 2012

Drug use by a community sample of young amphetamine-type stimulant users in South-East Queensland: A longitudinal study
This project is a collaboration between (QH), the (CMC) and QADREC.   Background  Drug Use by a Community Sample of Young Amphetamine Users in South-East Queensland will document the natural history ...

EDRS
The EDRS is an ongoing collaboration with the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), University of New South Wales (UNSW).  Background  The EDRS is an annual, national drug market...

UPCOMING Seminar on Alcohol Management in Indigenous Communities
Alcohol Management Plans in Indigenous Communities Wednesday February 20th 12-1pm

Recent QADREC Publication
AOD Treatment Agencies: Does Religious Affiliation Influence Service Delivery?

Young Adults Alcohol Use Disorder Seminar October 29th
Young Adults who Experience and Alcohol Use Disorder: A Life Course Model Wednesday October 29th, 2010 2.00 - 4.00pm Room 113, Level 1, Public Health Building School of Population Health, UQ, Herston Road Herston QLD 4006

Inside Out Seminar Series October 13th
Wednesday October 13th, 2010 2 - 4pm Room 113, Level 1, Public Health Building School of Population Health The University of Queensland, Herston Herston QLD 4006

Time Change for Seminar Series 29th October
Please note that the  Young Adults who Experience and Alcohol Use Disorder: A Life Course Model Seminar held on the 29th October has been changed from 2.30-4.30pm to 2 - 4pm.

Recent Info on ATOD Studies
For those of you considering study - Semester 2 2011 begins July 25th Courses offered in Semester 2: HPRM7005 - Assessment and Intervention for Substance Misuse INDH7001 - Substance Use and Misuse among Indigenous People ...

Underage Drinking Seminar March 30th 2011
USA Approaches to Preventing Underage Drinking: a consideration of policy alternatives Date: Wednesday March 30th, 2011 Time: 1.30 - 3pm

Methamphetamine Seminar March 31st 2011
Methamphetamine: epidemiology, psychosis and treatment outcomes Date: Thuesday March 31st, 2011 Time: 12.00pm - 1pm

Underage Drinking Seminar
Most recent QADREC seminar with Ralph Hingson powerpoint presentation now available as a pdf

Queensland injecting drug survey (QuIDS)
Queensland injecting drug survey (QuIDS)

QADREC Annual Report 2010
The latest QADREC annual report for 2010 is now available 2010 Annual Report    To view past QADREC annual reports please follow the links below

MUSP
Researchers – Jake Najman, Gail Williams, Michael O’Callaghan, William Bor, Rosa Alati, Reza Hayatbakhsh, Abdullah Mamun, James Scott, Alexandra Clavarino, Divey Rattan   Background...

Passports to advantage: Health and capacity building as a basis for social integration
Funding - $1,445,000 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), 2007-201...

An Evaluation of Illicit Drug Court Diversion and Police Diversion Programs 2009
Researchers: Leith Morris; Clinton Kempnich; Jake Najman.   Funding – $156,500, from Queensland Health, June 2008 – October 2009.   Backgrou...

Amphetamine Type Stimulants: Treatment Outcomes – Mental and Physical Health
This study is a collaboration with DRUG ARM Australasia.   Funding - $100,000from Drug Arm, 2009 – 2010.    Researchers - Jake Najman, Leith Morris, Andrew Conro...

Opioid, analgesic and psychostimulant prescription use in Queensland and Australia
Opioid, analgesic and psychostimulant prescription use in Queensland and Australia

QADREC Annual Report 2011
The most recent QADREC Annual Report is now available

PUBLICATIONS 2010 - 2011
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Website Changes
QADREC's website will undergo several changes in the next few months including enhancement of information, improved navigation and other changes. This is to improve the quality of information for our website visitors. If you have any suggestions f...