Research Roundup
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Welcome to the October edition of?Turning Point’s Research Roundup newsletter.
In this edition:?
Workplace drinking: The unwritten “labour” of employees’ roles
Researchers investigating workplace drinking cultures have proposed a different way of conceptualising work-related drinking that could transform workplace policies and procedures relating to alcohol.
“Insofar as work-related drinking involves the production of social relations, identities, and atmospheres that create value for organisations, it can be understood as a particular kind of labour,” explains Research Fellow Dr Tristan Duncan, a co-author of the study.
New AODstats data sets: Hospital admissions, serious road injuries and liquor licenses
New AODstats data sets are now available, with Bulletin #8 focussed on Victorian hospital admissions in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years. Findings show?that over half of AOD-related hospital admissions were due to alcohol.?
The ISBRA and?APSAAR World Congress on Alcohol and Addictions?
Turning Point researchers recently presented to a field of international experts about their?latest advances in understanding and treatment of addiction and alcohol harms.?
Click below for a wrap-up from?Executive Clinical Director, Professor Dan Lubman.?
Turning Point at the 2024 Australian Public Health Conference
Research Officer Naomi Beard recently attended the conference with the support of a Margaret Hamilton Traveling Scholarship. She presented?preliminary findings?into demographic, time and geographic characteristics of suicide and self-harm-related ambulance attendances in Queensland in 2021 and 2022.
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PhD scholarship:? Health4Her program?
Applications are now open for?a PhD scholarship of $35,013 per annum, working in the?Health4Her alcohol and breast cancer research program. The successful applicant will join our diverse, multi-disciplinary clinical research team and work within Turning Point’s supportive research student program.
Why complete a Master of Addictive Behaviours?
“Many of my clients use substances, and I wanted to build on my existing knowledge and practice in the area of addiction,” said?Julie Monteiro, a?Community Health Registered Nurse?who works in an assertive outreach capacity with people experiencing homelessness.
New publications
New edition available: the Oxford Handbook of Addiction Medicine
The third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Addiction Medicine is now available, with a new chapter on Digital Health Approaches for Addiction written by Turning Point's Head of Research and Workforce Development?Professor Victoria Manning.
With an editing team led by John Saunders, the handbook provides practical guidance on the clinical management of people with addiction disorders, drawing on the latest advances in pharmacology, neurobiology, psychology, and epidemiology and public health.
Research Participation Opportunities
The following research studies are currently?open for participants?
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