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That's a wrap! 🎉 6 weeks with our bright summer research students who worked on projects ranging from AI in health promotion to gaming and vaping with our NCYSUR team.

The March edition of Connections is now available at connections.edu.au. There's a new look and easier navigation but we're still sharing the latest research, news and events from Australia's national AOD centres NDARC, UNSW, NDRI Curtin, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research and NCETA. Happy reading

🔓Tobacco smoking in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis Habte Belete, Tesfa Mekonen, Jason P. Connor, Gary Chan, Leanne Hides, Janni Leung Bahir Dar University UQPsych UQ News NCYSUR, UQ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

Come and see my little talk at the pub on 'The Social Life of The (Addicted) #Brain' where I try to get a bit 'more than human' in looking at #addiction and alcohol/drug consumption - May 20th Brisbane Brewing Company- pintofscience.com.au/event/the-alte… pinging UQPsych National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research

The prevalence & correlates of self-reported cannabis use for medicinal, dual & recreational motives in Australia: NDSHS 22/23 Danielle Dawson Gary Chan Daniel Stjepanović Valentina Lorenzetti (she/her) Wayne D. Hall, Janni Leung National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research UQ News Australian Catholic University #NDSHS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

Understanding Drug and Alcohol Staff Perspectives on the Barriers and Facilitators to Drug Checking: A Qualitative Study Nina Pocuca, Brodie C. Dakin, Cheneal Puljević, Cameron Francis, Daniel Stjepanović, Tony Barnett, Leanne Hides onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

Children who engage in daily social media use may have a greater alcohol consumption at age 17 to 18, University of Queensland research has found. ncysur.centre.uq.edu.au/article/2024/1…

Our annual national research symposium in 2024 was a remarkable event uniting leading academics, researchers, and industry professionals worldwide. We look forward to the next edition as we continue to push the boundaries of knowledge and innovation. #NCYSUR #NCYSUR2024

We’re thrilled to share our work on youth substance use with Trish Clancy and Kim Williams from the Department of Health and Aged Care at #NCYSUR. Thank you for the visit and valuable discussion on research-policy collaboration.

Congratulations to #NCYSUR PhD candidates Jack Chung and Dani Dawson for being awarded by CPDD to present their research on youth substance use. 🎉 #ResearchInnovation

Study by Ben Johnson et al. found that TikTok users’ portrayal of prescription stimulants were predominantly positive, emphasizing improved lifestyles, which may influence medication demand #NCYSUR bit.ly/45NBHh9

Dr Carmen Lim shares her research on how Australians are talking about vaping on online forums at CPDD conference #NCYSUR

🚨 New study 🚨 Drs Dr Joshua Trigg , Tianze Sun 孙天则 and I wrote about the rise of #Cigfluencers in Tobacco Control Our study shows how social media is fuelling a subtle yet powerful resurgence of smoking as cool, aesthetic, and nostalgic. 🔗 tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/…

New research by #NCYSUR Jack Chung and Giang Vu showed that Peer influence drives youth vaping epidemic uq.edu.au/news/article/2…

On 7 news yesterday: #NCYSUR studies uncovered significant adolescent vaping trends, including an increase of young people not knowing what they’re vaping, and those with friends who vape are 15 times more likely to use e-cigarettes themselves. facebook.com/share/v/1AhYB5…

From the international mail bag - An article of our Professor Wayne Hall: folkhälsan först - Drugnews drugnews.se/2025/07/01/pro… Public health first! #NCYSUR

#NCYSUR Research Fellow, Dr Carmen Lim wrote an article in the The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand in response to Ahpra’s clampdown on unsafe prescribing : 🔗 theconversation.com/medicinal-cann…

Check out this Conversation article on Cannabis use disorder by #NCYSUR Dani Dawson and colleagues theconversation.com/what-is-cannab…

Medicinal cannabis is big business. But the latest clampdown won’t curb unsafe prescribing - by #NCYSUR Dr Carmen Lim

Meet the NCYSUR Team: Dr Tesfa Yimer