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Wholesome iso content: my mum mailed me some cuttings of newspaper articles she thought I’d like to read 🥺

This is most excellent news: State's second safe injecting room to open opposite Queen Vic Market theage.com.au/politics/victo… via The Age Monash Addiction Research Centre

New from me and Suzanne Nielsen PhD MPS in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand today: "People who use drugs face unique challenges under hard lockdown. The government's support is vital" theconversation.com/people-who-use…

I haven’t felt this flat since I started following the Melbourne Football Club when I was born.

Yay! Our paper looking at injecting-related harms among PWID in Aus has been published in @DrugAlcoholDep - we found that 45% of PWID were re-using their needles which was associated with more severe IRID. M U S T improve NS coverage sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I'M BACK, BABY!!!

Our paper looking at concordance between self report and actual HCV status amongst PWID in Sydney and Canberra just published in Drug&AlcoholReview. Over 1/4 couldn’t accurately report their status, highlighting need for simplified testing and practical counselling.

The language & concepts deployed in this article on the possibility of another Melbourne supervised injecting facility is extremely damaging, stigmatising & harmful. Referring to people in this way generates & exacerbates harms, puts lives at risk & more. Ping AOD Media Watch.

did i do this right #Tokyo2020

Woohoo our paper led by Daisy Gibbs is out! Australia is making great progress toward Hepatitis C elimination & we found high testing and treatment uptake among our sample of people who inject drugs. However, still some groups missing out. Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.drug…

Open Access - #COVID19 #vaccine acceptability among people in Australia who inject drugs: Update from the 2021 #IDRS interviews #PWID Olivia Price Amy Peacock NDARC, UNSW Burnet Institute NDRI Curtin Monash University Kirby Institute, UNSW Harm Reduction Vic University of Tasmania onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

No one: Me: 2022 Oscar Outfits as Public Health Graphs

48% of drug injectors hesitant against C19 Vax. Great work by Olivia Price determining the spectrum of hesitancy Characteristics of resistance 👱young age 🏘️unstable housing 👩‍⚕️GP attendance Most likely to change behaviour = TRUST > convenience publichealthaus.bsky.social #CDIC2022 NDARC, UNSW

Had the best time at the publichealthaus.bsky.social #CDIC2022 conference spreading the word on prioritising people who inject drugs for vaccination, hearing from others working on increasing vaccine uptake among different marginalised populations, and making new pals 🥲

Proud of our team for publishing 2 systematic reviews in the Lancet Glob Health on the prevalence of injecting drug use and the coverage of harm reduction interventions for PWID thelancet.com/journals/langl… thelancet.com/journals/langl…

Me and Olivia Price presenting on findings from the systematic reviews investigating global epi of injecting drug use at the #HR23 - sparking a convo about critical gaps in info from LMIC that need ~resources~ to fill

New US analysis finding states with indicators of greater potential need for treatment have the most restrictive laws on opioid treatment programs, raising concerns about unmet need Open access doi.org/10.1016/j.drug…

Twitter (currently known as X) comeback. Learning from the best Dr Kirsten Banks #WomenInSTEM

Podcast 8: Early Career Researchers at #LxAddictions24. Dominique Lopez, Jorge Martins and Olivia Price talk ECRs: pre-conference networking, mentor programme, ECR track, e-poster award and more 🎧👇shows.acast.com/addictions-edi…