APSAD Sydney 2016 Conference
 
*program subject to change
30/10/2016 - Sunday
8:00 am - 5:30 pmRegistration Opens
Pre-function Area
9:00 am - 12.30 pmWorkshop 1: ASHM & Kirby Institute: Preparing patients for interferon-free direct-acting antiviral therapy in the drug and alcohol treatment setting
Wharf Room 3
Prof Gregory Dore, Head, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia
A/Prof Adrian Dunlop, Area Director, HNE Health
Richard Hallinan, Addiction Medicine Specialist, The Byrne Surgery
10.00 am - 1:00 pmWorkshop 2: NUAA Knows How: Passport to harm reduction
Wharf Room 2
Mary Harrod, CEO, NUAA
1:00 pm - 5.00 pmWorkshop 3: Addressing methamphetamine use and co-occurring issues
Wharf Room 3
2.00 pm - 5.00 pmWorkshop 4: NUAA:Stigma and Discrimination Workshop
Wharf Room 2
Mary Harrod, CEO, NUAA
5.00 pm - 7.30 pmSponsored Workshop: Codeine Dependence - Differences and Challenges
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Suzanne Nielsen, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
Dr Christian Rowan



31/10/2016 - Monday
8:00 am - 5:30 pmRegistration Opens
Pre-function Area
8:30 am - 11:00 amOpening Plenary & Keynote 1 & 2
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Chairperson: Anthony Jackson, Operations Manager, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
8:30 am - 9:15 amOpening Plenary
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Lynda Berends, President, APSAD
Welcome to Country, Uncle Allen Madden
The Hon. Prudence Jane Goward, MP, Minister for Mental Health; Medical Research, Assistant Minister for Health
Anthony Jackson & Michael Farrell, Conference Co-Convenors

9:15 am - 10:00 amKeynote 1: Politics - Friend of Enemy?
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Gallop, Director, Graduate School of Government, The University of Sydney
Chairperson: Anthony Jackson, Operations Manager, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
10:00 am - 10:15 amPoster Highlighting Session
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3

Presenters Name Presentation Title
Antoinette Poulton The Identification of at-risk alcohol consumption patterns: Retrospective Surveys versus a Smartphone Application 
Alex Bird Embedding Community Participation into Alcohol and Other Drug Service Provision and Policy
Tina Lam Sleep Problems Amongst Risky Drinking Australian Adolescents
Scott Griffiths Anabolic Steroid Use and Body Image Psychopathology in Men: Delineating Between Appearance- Versus Performance-Driven Motivations
Janni Leung Gender Differences in Binge Drinking in 278 Countries – A Meta-Analysis by Global Regions
John Kearley Who Returns for Naloxone Replenishment? Real World Analysis of Clients Returning For Naloxone at The Kirketon Road Centre
Nadine Ezard A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Lisdexamfetamine for the Treatment of Methamphetamine Dependence: The LIMA Study Protocol 
10:15 am - 11:00 amKeynote 2: HCV Primary Prevention in People Who Inject Drugs (Pwid): Observed and Modelled Impact
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Professor Matthew Hickman, Public Health and Epidemiology and Honorary Public Health Consultant, Bristol City Council and Public Health England
Chairperson: Anthony Jackson, Operations Manager, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District


11:00 am - 11:30 amMorning Tea
Maritime Ballroom 4
11:30 am - 1:00 pmConcurrent 1A: Hepatitis C Treatment
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Chairperson: Jason Grebely, Researcher, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia
Concurrent 1B: Treatment Providers
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Chairperson: A/Prof Nadine Ezard, Clinical Director, Alcohol & Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Concurrent 1C: Methamphetamine Populations
Wharf Room 3
Chairperson: Courtney Breen, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre UNSW
Concurrent 1D: Epidemiology & Special Populations
Wharf Room 2
Chairperson: Rebecca Jenkinson, Post Doc Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
11:30 am - 11:45 amSYMPOSIUM: Enhancing access to hepatitis C treatment for people who use drugs
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Sarah Larney, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia
Prof Gregory Dore, Head, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia
A/Prof Adrian Dunlop, Area Director, HNE Health
Prof Margaret Hellard, Head, Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute


Changes in Opioid Prescribing after an Educational Intervention for Early-Career Physicians: A Pragmatic Trial in Primary Care
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Simon Holliday, GP, Albert St Medical Centre, Taree

Abstract

SYMPOSIUM: Monitoring psychostimulant use and online markets: data from the EDRS and DNet
Wharf Room 3
Courtney Breen, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre UNSW
Rachel Sutherland, Research officer/doctoral candidate, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
Joe Van Buskirk, Research Officer, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre


The Pitfalls of Prevalence Estimation: The Case of Regular and Dependent Methamphetamine Use in Australia
Wharf Room 2
Paul Dietze, Professor, Burnet Institute


11:45 am - 12:00 pmThe Clinical Impact of the Brain Disease Model of Addiction: A Mixed-methods Study Exploring AOD Treatment Providers’ Attitudes
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Anthony Barnett, PhD Candidate, Monash University


Alcohol, Nicotine and Illicit Drug Testing in Wastewater in Victoria
Wharf Room 2
Belinda Lloyd, Head of Research and Workforce Development, Monash University and Turning Point


12:00 pm - 12:15 pmWork Development Orders: A Significant Role in the Treatment of Patients with Drug and Alcohol Problems ….Or Money for Jam?
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Pip Bowden, Psychology and Counselling Manager, Drug Health WSLHD


Prison Based Treatment for Alcohol and Related Other Drug Use among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Men
Wharf Room 2
Michael Doyle, PhD Candidate, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia


12:15 pm - 12:30 pmBreakthrough Ice Education for Families: What the Families Have Taught Us
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Dr. Naomi Crafti, Manager, Turning Point

Methamphetamine Use in Rural Australia: Patterns, Prevalence and Correlates of Use in Non-Metropolitan Vs Metropolitan Users
Wharf Room 3
Ann Roche, Director, National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University


An Evaluation of Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) in Prison on Risk of Mortality in Period Immediately after Prison
Wharf Room 2
Michael Farrell, Director, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia


12:30 pm - 12:45 pmRole of AOD Workers in Facilitating Access to Hepatitis C Care
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Nicole Wiggins, Hepatitis Awareness Project Officer, AIVL


Evaluation of A GP and Drug & Alcohol Shared Care Program Using Health Outcomes of Clients in South Eastern Sydney
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Hester Wilson, Staff specialsit in addiction, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District


Perceptions of ‘Ice’ and the ‘What Are You Doing on Ice’ Campaign Among Young People
Wharf Room 3
Megan Lim, Post Doc Research Fellow, Burnet Institute


Measuring the Impact of OST in Reducing Blood Borne Virus Transmission in Prisons
Wharf Room 2
Belinda Lloyd, Head of Research and Workforce Development, Monash University and Turning Point


12:45 pm - 1:00 pmQ&A
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Transferring patients from Methadone to Buprenorphine: the development and evaluation of practice guidelines
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Nicholas Lintzeris, SESLHD, NSW Health / The University of Sydney


Turning Tina: Online Peer-Based Harm Reduction Resource for PLHIV Using Crystal Methamphetamines
Wharf Room 3
Nic Holas, Co-founder, The Institute of Many (TIM)


Diagnosis-Based Emergency Department Alcohol Harm Surveillance: What Can It Tell Us About Acute Alcohol Harms At The Population Level?
Wharf Room 2
Genevieve Whitlam, Epidemiologist, NSW Ministry of Health


1:00 pm - 2:00 pmLunch
Maritime Ballroom 4
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmKeynote 3: Cannabis as Medicine in Australia: Where are we now, where are we heading where might we end up?
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Professor Nicholas Lintzeris, Director, Drug and Alcohol (D&A) Services in South East Sydney Local Health District
Chairperson: Michael Farrell, Director, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmLate Breakers Session 1
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Chairperson: Michael Farrell, Director, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia
2:45 pm - 2:50 pmNational Alcohol Indicators Project - Bulletin 15. Trends in Estimated Alcohol-Attributable Assault Hospitalisations in Australia 2003/04 To 2012/13
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Eveline Lensvelt, Research Associate, National Drug Research Institute - Curtin University


2:50 pm - 2:55 pmThe Global Burden of Amphetamine Use Disorders 1990-2015: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Janni Leung, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

Abstract

2:55 pm - 3:00 pmA Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Barriers to Accessing Methamphetamine Treatment
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Craig Cumming, Research Officer, Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia


3:00 pm - 3:05 pmPrediction of Periconceptional Alcohol Use from Adolescence aand Young Adulthood: A 20-Year Prospective Cohort Study
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Delyse Hutchinson, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University


3:05 pm - 3:10 pmWhy Parents Supply of a Sip in Early Adolescence: Bad Parenting or Protecting their Child?
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Monika Wadolowski, Project Manager, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia


3:10 pm - 3:15 pmPeople who inject drugs (PWID) and police working in partnership to promote harm reduction and reduce drug related arrests
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Mark Goodhew, Registered Nurse, Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre


3:15 pm - 3:20 pmPreparing Prescription Opiates for Injection: Understanding Preferences and Practices
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Lise Lafferty, PhD Candidate, UNSW Australia


3:30 pm - 4:00 pmAfternoon Tea
Maritime Ballroom 4
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmConcurrent 2A: Alcohol, Cannabis & Psychoactives
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Chairperson: Craig Rodgers, Addiction Medicine Staff Specialist, Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital
Concurrent 2B: Populations
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Chairperson: A/Prof Nadine Ezard, Clinical Director, Alcohol & Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Concurrent 2C: Lived Experience, Treatment & Peers
Wharf Room 3
Chairperson: Nicole Wiggins, Hepatitis Awareness Project Officer, AIVL

Concurrent 2D: Treatment
Wharf Room 2
Chairperson: Michael Doyle, PhD Candidate, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia
4:00 pm - 4:15 pmInvited Speaker: Personalizing Topiramate Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Professor Henry R. Kranzler, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine

Abstract

Presentation
Harms Associated with Injection of Pharmaceutical Opioids in Australia
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Lisa Maher, Program Head and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia


SYMPOSIUM: Lives of Substance: Experiences of Addiction, Dependence or Drug Habit in Australia
Wharf Room 3
Chairperson: Professor Carla Treloar, Centre for Social Research in Health, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Suzanne Fraser, Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
David Moore, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Kiran Pienaar, Research associate, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Ella Dilkes-Frayne, Research Assistant, Monash University


Kiran Pienaar - Presentation

Suzanne Fraser - Presentation

Ella Dilkes-Frayne - Presentation

David Moore - Presentation





Does Cognitive Bias Modification Training During Alcohol Withdrawal Reduce Craving?
Wharf Room 2
Victoria Manning, Senior Research Fellow, Turning Point


4:15 pm - 4:30 pmAdapting the Flags - Developing a Systematic Process for Identifying High-Risk Patients Receiving Opioid Substitution Treatment
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Anthony Winmill, Pharmacist, Drug and Alcohol Clinical Services in the Hunter New England Local Health District


Involuntary Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: 6 Month Outcome
Wharf Room 2
Lynette Bullen, Senior Drug and Alcohol Outreach Worker, Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment Unit, Bloomfield Hospital, Orange NSW

4:30 pm - 4:45 pmSurvey of Australians Knowledge, Perception and Use of Cannabis for Medicinal Purposes
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Peter Gates, Senior Research Officer, NCPIC


Dry and Wet Generations: What Happens when a Population Turns Around on Drinking?
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Robin Room, Centre Director, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University


Sustained-Release Preparations of Naltrexone for the Treatment of Alcohol and Opioid Dependence: Current Status
Wharf Room 2
Linda Gowing, Affiliate, University of Adelaide


4:45 pm - 5:00 pmMedicinal Cannabis Use and Driving by Clients of NSW Health Cannabis Clinics
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Melissa Jackson, Research officer, Hunter New England Health


Alcohol: From Mesopotamia to Modern Iraq
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Mustafa Al Ansari, PhD Candidate, The University of Sydney


Exploring the Overlap between Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment and Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS)
Wharf Room 2
Tim Beard, Acting Group Head, Housing and Specialised Services Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare


5:00 pm - 5:15 pmNovel psychoactive substances and mental health: changes in drug related psychiatric admissions associated with the arrival and departure of headshops.
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Bobby Smyth, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin


Q&A
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Peer Support Improves Outcomes and Treatment Access in Opioid Substitution (OST) Settings
Wharf Room 3
Mary Harrod, CEO, NUAA

The Clinical Outcome and Quality Indicator (COQI) Framework Project: Assessing Validity and Inter-Rater Reliability of the Client Complexity Rating Scale
Wharf Room 2
Rachel Deacon, Honorary Research Officer, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District


FOOD FOR THOUGHT PRESENTATION: 5:16 pm - 5:20 pm Creating a Digital Harm Reduction Tool for LGBTI People Experiencing Co-Occurring Issues with Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Simon Ruth, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian AIDS Council


5:15 pm - 5:30 pm Prevalence of Parental Alcohol Supply and Adolescent Alcohol Use in 45 Low and Middle Income Countries
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Gary Chan, Research Fellow, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland


5:15 pm - 5:30 pm "Our Stories" Making Recovery Visible
Wharf Room 3
Suzy Morrison, Consumer project Lead, Matua raki addiction workforce development centre
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm Barriers to stimulant treatment access for women who use methamphetamine in inner Sydney: A Qualitative Story
Wharf Room 2
Kathryn Van Gordon, St Vincent's Hospital


FOOD FOR THOUGHT PRESENTATION: 5:22 pm - 5:26 pm Caring for the Carers: Supporting Parents and Partners of Those with Alcohol or Other Drug Disorders
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Robert Tait, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute



5:45 pm - 6:55 pmDrug and Alcohol Review Editorial Board Meeting - By invitation only
Wharf Room 1
5:40 pm - 7:10 pmAustralasian Opioid Treatment Program Managers AGM - By invitation only
Wharf Room 3
7:00 pm - 9:00 pmDrug and Alcohol Review Reviewers Cocktail Party - By invitation only
L'Aqua, Darling Harbour

01/11/2016 - Tuesday
7:30 am - 5:00 pmRegistration Opens
Pre-function Area
7:30 am - 8:45 amAPSAD Early Career Researchers Networking Breakfast
Wharf Room 4 & 5
9:00 am - 9:45 am2016 James Rankin Oration/Keynote 4: Motivational Interviewing and CBT to Reduce Substance Use Problems and Improve Mental Health and Well-Being
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Professor Amanda Baker, Senior Researcher, University of Newcastle
Chairperson: Lynda Berends, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health and Social Research, (CHaSR)


9:45 am - 10:30 amKeynote 5: Treating Comorbid Mental and Substance Use Disorders: Latest Australian Clinical Trial Findings
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Professor Maree Teesson, Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use (CREMS)
Chairperson: Lynda Berends, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health and Social Research, (CHaSR)

10:30 am - 11:00 amMorning Tea
Maritime Ballroom 4
11:00 am - 12:15 pmConcurrent 3A: Special Populations: Women
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Chairperson: Elizabeth Hotham, Program Director Bachelor Pharmacy, School Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia
Concurrent 3B: Special Populations
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Chairperson: Rebecca MacBean, CEO, Qld Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies
Concurrent 3C: Tobacco & Nicotine
Wharf Room 3
Chairperson: Peter Kelly, Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong
Concurrent 3D: Clients with Complex Issues
Wharf Room 2
Chairperson: Professor Nicholas Lintzeris, Director, Drug and Alcohol (D&A) Services in South East Sydney Local Health District
11:00 am - 11:15 amWORKSHOP: Becoming Gender Responsive: A Workshop on Engaging Women Accessing Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Suzie Hudson, Clinical Director, Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA)
Ciara Donaghy, Program Manager, Network of Alcohol ad other Drugs Agencies (NADA)


Typology of Substance Use Among a Cohort of Street-recruited Illegal Polysubstance Users and its Association with Mortality
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Linn Gjersing, Researcher, Norwegian Institute of Public Health


SYMPOSIUM: Opportunities for addressing smoking in substance abuse treatment
Wharf Room 3
Peter Kelly, Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong
Isabella Ingram, Student, School of Psychology, University of Wollongong
Jess Hazelton, Research Assistant , University of Wollongong


SYMPOSIUM: Cognition in Drug and Alcohol Services
Wharf Room 2
Lauren Monds, Researcher, SESLHD, NSW Health / The University of Sydney
Raimondo Bruno, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania
Jo Lunn, IOC Project Officer, WHOS
Nikki Ridley, Clinical Neuropsychologist, SESLHD, NSW Health
Elizabeth Lawrence
Alison Turvey



11:15 am - 11:30 amFactors Associated with Higher Risk Alcohol use in Older Adults in the United Kingdom in 2015
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Sarah Wadd, Director Substance Misuse and Ageing Research, University of Bedfordshire


11:30 am - 11:45 amAddressing the Inclusion of Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients in Bed Based Alcohol and Other Drug Services in Victoria
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Rei Alphonso, Care Recovery Co-ordinator, VAC


11:45 am - 12:00 pmThe Triple B Pregnancy Cohort Study: Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Developmental Outcomes in Infants at 12-Months of Age
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Delyse Hutchinson, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University


Physical Health and Opportunities for Intervention among Men Who Use Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs (Pieds)
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Briony Larance, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre


12:00 pm - 12:15 pmHow Do Services Use Resources Developed for Pregnant Women Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs?
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Courtney Breen, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre UNSW


Be a Brother; Insights from an Innovative, Health Promotion Project to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young African-Australian Men
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Emma Saleeba, Manager, Alcohol and Tobacco, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation


Tobacco Treatment in Drug and Alcohol Settings: When Quitting May Not be the End-Point but a Gateway to Quitting
Wharf Room 3
Renee Bittoun, Head, Smoking Research Unit, Brain Mind Centre, University of Sydney

Predictors of Treatment Completion at a 6-Month Residential Rehabilitation Service for Women with Substance Use Disorders and Their Children
Wharf Room 2
Carolyn Day, Associate Professor, Discipline of Addiction Medicine


12:15 pm - 1:15 pmLunch
Maritime Ballroom 4
1:15 pm - 2:00 pmKeynote 6: Marginalised and Misunderstood? The Patterns and Impacts of Substance Use among Sexual Minorities
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Dr. Adam Bourne, Lecturer - Sigma Research, Department of Social & Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chairperson: Simon Ruth, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian AIDS Council

2:00 pm - 2:15 pmPoster Highlighting Session
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Chairperson: Simon Ruth, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian AIDS Council

Presenters Name Presentation Title
Jason Grebely A Liver Health Promotion Intervention Integrating Non-Invasive Liver Disease Screening In Drug and Alcohol Settings: The Liverlife Study
Matthew Dunn The Non-Medical Use Of Prescription Stimulants by Australian University Students for Cognitive Enhancement
Alexandra Voce (Methamphetamine & psychostimulants) Correlates of Transient versus Persistent Psychotic Symptoms among Dependent Methamphetamine Users
Gail Gilchrist (Injecting drug use) Influences on Blood Borne Virus Risk Behaviours by People Who Inject Drugs in the UK: A Qualitative Exploration
Marina Nelson (Pharmaceuticals consumption) Web Survey of use of Study Drugs by WA Tertiary Students– First Results
Basma Al Ansari Extent of Alcohol Prohibition in Civil Policy in Muslim Majority Countries: The Impact of Globalization
2:15 pm - 3:00 pmKeynote 7: Global Alcohol Policy and the Reduction of Attributable Harm
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Dr Jürgen Rehm, Director, Social and Epidemiological Research (SER) Department; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Chairperson: Simon Ruth, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian AIDS Council

3:00 pm - 3:45 pmPoster Session
Maritime Ballroom 4 & Pre-Function Area
3:45 pm - 4:00 pmAfternoon Tea
Maritime Ballroom 4
4:00 pm - 5:00 pmConcurrent 4A: Harm Reduction
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Chairperson: Mary Harrod, CEO, NUAA
Concurrent 4B: Special Populations: LGBTI
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Chairperson: Nicolas Parkhill, Chief Executive Officer, ACON
Concurrent 4C: Alcohol Harms & Partner Violence
Wharf Room 3
Chairperson: Suzie Hudson, Clinical Director, Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA)
Concurrent 4D: Mental Health & Substance Use
Wharf Room 2
Chairperson: Professor Maree Teesson, Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use (CREMS)
4:00 pm - 4:15 pmBuilding the Evidence for Effective Harm Reduction: Where is Gambling?
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Anna Thomas, Manager, Australian Gambling Research Centre, Australian Institute of Family Studies


Party Drug Use within Gay Community Networks in an Online Cohort of Gay and Bisexual Men
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Toby Lea, Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW


"As Soon as there was no Alcohol it was just like it Never Happened” Women’s Experiences of Alcohol-Related Partner Violence
Wharf Room 3
Ingrid Wilson, PhD Candidate, Judith Lumley Center, La Trobe University


SYMPOSIUM: Cutting Edge Assessment and Prevention Strategies for Mental Health and Substance Use
Wharf Room 2
Chairperson: Professor Maree Teesson, Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use (CREMS)
Dr Louise Mewton, Australian Rotary Health Postdoctoral Fellow , National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Matthew Sunderland, Research Fellow , National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia
Brad Shaw, Research Assistant , University of New South Wales


4:15 pm - 4:30 pmThe Feasibility of User-Submitted Drug or Pill Testing Services in Australia
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Monica Barratt, Research Fellow, University of New South Wales


Attitudes towards Illicit Drug Use among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia: Evidence for Normalisation?
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Toby Lea, Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW


Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence by Men Receiving Substance Use Treatment in England: A Mixed Methods Study
Wharf Room 3
Gail Gilchrist, Senior Lecturer, King's College London. National Addiction Centre


4:30 pm - 4:45 pmThe Integration of Harm Reduction Strategies into Abstinence-Based Therapeutic Communities: A Case Study of WHOS (We Help Ourselves)
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Carolyn Stubley, Nurse Manager, WHOS (We Help Ourselves)


Drug use and sex: the importance of asking the right question in sexual-risk behaviour surveillance among gay and bisexual men
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Kathleen Ryan, PhD Student Organisation Burnet Institute, Burnet Institute


Child Protection Outcomes During and Following a Targeted Parenting Program
Wharf Room 3
Amanda Brown, Research Coordinator, Hunter New England Health Drug and Alcohol Clinical Services


4:45 pm - 5:00 pmUsing Systems Science to Support Decision Making to Reduce Alcohol Related Harms
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Michael Livingston, Research Fellow, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University

Help-Seeking For Alcohol and Drug Use by Australian Lesbian Bisexual and Queer Women: Data from the SWASH Survey
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Rachel Deacon, Honorary Research Officer, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District


Establishing the Connection: Informing Service Responses to Co-Occurring Sexual Victimisation Trauma and Alcohol and Other Drug Use
Wharf Room 3
Rebecca Jenkinson, Post Doc Research Fellow, Burnet Institute


5:10 pm - 6:45 pmAPSAD Annual General Meeting - open meeting
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
7:00 pm - 11:00 pmConference Dinner incorporating the APSAD Awards for Excellence in Science, Research and Practice
Darling Island Wharf, Doltone House

02/11/2016 - Wednesday
8:00 am - 3:20 pmRegistration Opens
Pre-function Area
9:00 am - 9:50 amAPSAD Early Career Award Winner/Keynote 8 Substance Use & Mental Illness in Young People: Using Comorbidity to Investigate & Evaluate Novel Prevention Strategies
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Dr Louise Mewton, Australian Rotary Health Postdoctoral Fellow , National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Chairperson: Kim Gates, Executive Director, NTAHC

Presentation

9:50 am - 10:35 amKeynote 9: Healing from the Ground Up
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Ms June Oscar, CEO, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre
Chairperson: Kim Gates, Executive Director, NTAHC

10:35 am - 11:00 amMorning Tea
Maritime Ballroom 4
11:00 am - 12:15 pmConcurrent 5A: Alcohol Treatment & Policy
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Chairperson: Geoffrey Lohmeyer, Manager SEWB, Sunrise Health Service
Concurrent 5B: Take Home Naloxone
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Chairperson: Simon Lenton, Director, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Concurrent 5C: Cannabis Psych
Wharf Room 3
Chairperson: Allison Salmon, Research Manager, Sydney MSIC
Concurrent 5D: HCV & OST
Wharf Room 2
Chairperson: Suzy Morrison, Consumer project Lead, Matua raki addiction workforce development centre
11:00 am - 11:15 am Changes in Attitudes to Alcohol Policy in Australia: An Age, Period, Cohort Analysis
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Michael Livingston, Research Fellow, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University


11:00 am - 11:45 pm SYMPOSIUM: Take-home naloxone - key issues for scale up and expansion into different settings
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Paul Dietze, Professor, Burnet Institute
Nicholas Lintzeris, SESLHD, NSW Health / The University of Sydney
Suzanne Nielsen, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW


11:00 am - 11:15 am Psychosocial Interventions for Cannabis Use Disorder
Wharf Room 3
Peter Gates, Senior Research Officer, NCPIC

11:00 am - 11:15 am Exposure to Opioid Substitution Therapy Following Hepatitis C Notification: Implications for Provision of Antiviral Therapies in Drug Treatment Settings
Wharf Room 2
Sarah Larney, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia


11:15 am - 11:30 am Social Marketing: Taking Us Beyond ‘Awareness Raising’ On Alcohol Harms
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Amy Smith, Communications Officer, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education


11:15 am - 11:30 am Kronic in the Clinic: The use of Synthetic Cannabinoids by NSW Cannabis Clinic Clients
Wharf Room 3
Melissa Jackson, Research officer, Hunter New England Health


11:15 am - 11:30 am Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir with and without Ribavirin in Patients with HCV Genotype 1 Infection Receiving Opioid Substitution Therapy: Phase 3 ION Trials
Wharf Room 2
Jason Grebely, Researcher, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia


11:30 am - 11:45 am Can a New Form of Inhibitory Training Reduce Heavy Drinking?
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Janette Smith, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales


11:30 am - 11:45 am Guidelines on the Management of Co-Occurring Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health Conditions: An Evidence-Based Resource for AOD Workers
Wharf Room 3
Christina Marel, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre


11:30 am - 11:45 am The Dog Ate My Daclatasvir: Real-Life Experiences Delivering Direct Acting Antivirals to Marginalised, Homeless, and Active Drug Users at KRC
Wharf Room 2
Dr Phillip Read, Acting Director , Kirketon Road Centre


11:45 am - 12:00 pm A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of Oral Varenicline versus Oral Naltrexone for the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Mark Montebello, Medical Manager, SESLHD, NSW Health


11:46 am - 11:51 am FOOD FOR THOUGHT PRSENTATIONS: Supporting Safe Social Media Practice by Consumers and Service Providers
Wharf Room 3
Paul Aiken, Evaluation & Communications Team Leader, UnitingCare ReGen

11:45 am - 12:00 pm Expanding HCV testing in General Practice for People Who Inject Drugs
Wharf Room 2
Kerryn Butler, Research Officer, NDARC


11:45am - 12:00am Knowledge of Naloxone and Take-Home Naloxone Programs among a Sample of People Who Inject Drugs in Australia
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Paul Dietze, Professor, Burnet Institute


12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Effects of alcohol tax changes on monthly per capita beer consumption and government revenue in Australia, 1989 to 2015
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Brian Vandenberg, PhD Candidate, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University


12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Overdose Knowledge and Perceptions of Take-Home Naloxone for Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Suzanne Nielsen, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW


11:57 am - 12:03 pm Leading Innovation in Drug and Alcohol in NSW.
Wharf Room 3
Antoinette Sedwell, Drug and Alcohol Network Manager, Agency for Clinical Innovation


12:00 pm - 12:15 pm The Impact of Reformulated Oxycontin® in Australia: Key findings from the National Opioid Medications Abuse Deterrence (NOMAD)
Wharf Room 2
Briony Larance, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre


12:03 pm - 12:09 pm Kicking Down Silos; Using Social Work to Strengthen the Links between Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Other Community Based Interventions
Wharf Room 3
James Clarke, Social Work, St. George and Sutherland Drug & Alcohol Service


12:09 pm - 12:15 pm Workplace interventions can be effective: Evidence from the Workplace Reduction of Alcohol-related Harm Project (WRAHP)
Wharf Room 3
Ken Pidd, Director, NCETA (Flinders University)


12:15 pm - 1:00 pmLunch
Maritime Ballroom 4
1:00 pm - 2:00 pmConcurrent 6A: Interventions
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Chairperson: Michael White, Executive Officer, SANDAS
Concurrent 6B: Alcohol & Social Media
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Chairperson: Robert Tait, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute
Concurrent 6C: Alcohol Harms
Wharf Room 3
Chairperson: Robin Room, Centre Director, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
Concurrent 6D: Alcohol and Methamphetamines; Factors to consider
Wharf Room 2
Chairperson: Catherine Quinn, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, QUT
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm“It Just Becomes More Normal When It's Talked About.” A Qualitative Analysis of Workplace Alcohol and Drug Interventions
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Jacqui Cameron, Project Manager, NCETA (Flinders University)

Who ‘Likes’ Drinking? Alcohol Marketing On Social Media and Relationship with Alcohol Consumption among Young Australians
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Megan Lim, Post Doc Research Fellow, Burnet Institute


SYMPOSIUM: Harms from others’ drinking, in Australia and globally – intimate impacts and policy responses
Wharf Room 3
Anne-Marie Laslett, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University; Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe Un
Orratai Waleewong, PhD student, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University; Victoria, School of Population and Global H
Heng Jiang, Research Officer, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
Oliver Stanesby, Research Officer, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University


SYMPOSIUM: Personality Risk Profiles and Drinking – Moderators to Consider
Wharf Room 2
Catherine Quinn, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, QUT
Leanne Hides, Deputy Director, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Queensland University of Technology
Nina Pocuca, PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology


1:15 pm - 1:30 pmDeveloping a Workforce Development Plan for the NSW Non Government Alcohol and Other Drugs Sector
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Sianne Hodge, Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies


Developing an iPad app to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to describe their drinking
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Kate Conigrave, Addiction Medicine Specialist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital


1:30 pm - 1:45 pmCan you Teach Alcohol and Drug First Aid? (Yes, You Can)
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Ann Roche, Director, National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University


Feasibility and Outcomes of a Web-Based Program Targeting Psychotic-Like Experiences among Young Cannabis Users
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Leanne Hides, Deputy Director, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Queensland University of Technology


1:45 pm - 2:00 pmIs Cannabis A Substitute Or A Complement To Alcohol? A Study of Recreational Drug Use Employing Self-Reports and Biological Markers
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, Head of department, Norwegian Institute of Public Health


Use of Multiple Needles/Syringes per Injecting Episode: Potential Parameter Inclusion within Measures of Coverage
Wharf Room 4 & 5
Daniel O'Keefe, PhD Candidate, Burnet Institute


Patterns of Health Service Utilisation in a Cohort of Chronic Methamphetamine Users
Wharf Room 2
Rebecca McKetin, Curtin Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University


2:05 pm - 2:50 pmLate Breakers Session 2
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Chairperson: Anthony Jackson, Operations Manager, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
2:05 pm - 2:10 pmEmploying Public and Expert by Experience Researchers (Peers) in Substance Misuse and Ageing
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Maureen Dutton, Public and Expert by Experience Researcher (PEER), University of Bedfordshire


2:10 pm - 2:15 pmShould Buprenorphine for Opioid Substitution Therapy be Continued During the Perioperative Period? A Systematic Review
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Vinod Thomas, Intern Pharmacist, SA Pharmacy, Flinders Medical Centre (SALHN)


2:15 pm - 2:20 pmResults from the Mobile Intervention for Drinking in Young People Study: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Cassandra Wright, PhD Student, Burnet Institute


2:20 pm - 2:25 pmCan Drug Purity Account for the Increasing Load of Methamphetamine Identified in Australian Wastewater Monitoring Studies?
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Raimondo Bruno, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania


2:25 pm - 2:30 pmThe Global Burden of Alcohol: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Max Griswold, Research Scientist, The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations


2:30 pm - 2:35 pmWhat Does the Automatically Collected Data Tell Us Two Years after Installing the First Syringe Dispensing Machines in Victoria?
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
David Jacka, Addiction Medicine Specialist, Monash Health


2:35 pm - 2:40 pmCounting the costs of over-the-counter codeine-containing analgesic misuse as measured by data related to hospital admissions to a tertiary teaching hospital
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Jacinta Johnson, Specialist Pharmacist / Lecturer in Pharmacy, Flinders Medical Centre / University of South Australia


2:50 pm - 3:20 pmClosing Plenary Session
Maritime Ballroom 1/2/3
Poster Prizes, Late Breaking Session
Lynda Berends, President, APSAD
Anthony Jackson & Michael Farrell, Conference Co-Convenors
Matthew Dunn & Rebecca Jenkinson, 2017 Conference Convenors