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2022 MARC Symposium
This one-day symposium will bring together world-leading addiction researchers from across Monash and the broader sector.
Date and time
Location
The Pavilion, Monash University (Caulfield campus)
Level 8, building H 900 Dandenong Road Caulfield North, VIC 3145 AustraliaRefund Policy
About this event
The 2022 MARC Symposium will bring together world leading addiction researchers from across Monash University and the broader sector to discuss and address harms relating to alcohol, other drugs and gambling in the context of three key themes:
1) Data for impact
2) Transforming practice
3) Changing the conversation
EVENT PROGRAM
FROM 9.00AM REGISTRATION AND ARRIVAL TEA & COFFEE
9.30 - 9.45AM WELCOME & SETTING THE SCENE: Prof Dan LUBMAN AM, Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre
9.45 - 10.30AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Prof Alison RITTER, University of NSW - “Why we need to stop thinking in simple binaries to advance drug policy"
10.30 - 12.00PM DATA FOR IMPACT | CHAIR: Chris CARTER, CEO North Western Melbourne PHN
DATA FOR IMPACT | MAIN PRESENTATIONS
• Prof Paul DIETZE – “Using cohort data to conduct natural experiments of intervention effects: the case of supervised injecting facilities and COVID-19”
• Dr Jennifer SCHUMANN – "Emerging Drugs Network of Australia – Victoria: an illicit drug early warning system informed by clinical casework and forensic toxicology"
• Dr Rowan OGEIL – "The utility of ambulance data in identifying new and emerging AOD harms"
• A/Prof Suzanne NIELSEN/Dr Ting XIA – 'Using primary care data to understand the impact of opioid policy"
DATA FOR IMPACT | ORAL PRESENTATIONS
• Michael CURTIS – "Understanding the impact of opioid substitution therapy programs on drug use, health service utilisation, morbidity and mortality among young people who inject drugs following release from prison"
• Dr Romi HAAS – "Opioid prescription for musculoskeletal complaints in general practice: a longitudinal database study"
• Jessica KILLIAN – "AODstats: New and improved interactive features assisting AOD policy planning and intervention"
• Monica JUNG – "Prescription opioid use during COVID-19 pandemic in Australia – a nation-wide study"
• Dan MYLES – "Community views towards electronic gambling machines: policy and responsibility"
12.00 - 1.00 PM LUNCH
1.00 - 2.30PM TRANSFORMING PRACTICE | CHAIR: Dr Alison DWYER, Chief Medical Officer, Eastern Health
TRANSFORMING PRACTICE | MAIN PRESENTATIONS
• Dr Paul LIKNAITZKY – "Clinical Psychedelic Research: Principles, Potentials, Pitfalls"
• Dr Michael SAVIC – “Hospo Drinking Cultures”: Animating alcohol culture change amongst male hospitality workers"
• Dr Liz STURGISS – "The REACH project - implementing alcohol brief interventions in general practice"
• A/Prof Dennis PETRIE – "Evaluating funding decisions to support smoking cessation"
TRANSFORMING PRACTICE | ORAL PRESENTATIONS
• Louisa PICCO – "What factors influence pharmacists’ decision to dispense opioid prescriptions?"
• Alex ROBINSON – "Goal Management Training +: A proof-of-concept pilot trial for treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder"
• Dr Jasmin GRIGG – "Effectiveness of a standalone telephone-delivered intervention for reducing problem alcohol use: a randomised clinical trial"
• A/Prof Joe DOYLE – "Testing and treating hepatitis C in community pharmacies for people injecting drugs or using opiate agonist therapy"
• Dr Leanne FRANCIA/Amelia BERG - "Transforming Practice: Meaningful Collaborations with Lived Experience Peer Researchers in Alcohol and Other Drug Research"
• Melis SELAMOGLU - "Perceptions of Australian general practitioners on e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid"
2.30 - 3.30PM AFTERNOON TEA & POSTER SESSION
3.30 - 4.15PM CHANGING THE CONVERSATION | PANEL DISCUSSION | MODERATOR: Mietta GIBSON, Chair, MARC Advisory Board
• Ms Fiona PATTEN MP, Leader of the Reason Party
• Prof Alison RITTER, Director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP), University of New South Wales
• A/Prof Charles LIVINGSTONE, Head of the Gambling and Social Determinants Unit, Monash University
4.15 - 5.15PM AWARDS, NETWORKING & REFRESHMENTS
Abstract submissions have now closed.
Registrations close at 5pm on Wednesday, 11 May 2022.
Places for the symposium are limited. If you are no longer able to attend, please advise us by emailing marc.info@monash.edu so we can allocate your place to another delegate. If you are a no-show at the event and have not advised us, you will be charged a $60 non-attendance fee.
* While masks are not mandatory, we strongly recommend wearing them whilst indoors at the event.
*All attendees are required to show proof of vaccination upon registering.