Drug Policy Modelling Program @dpmp-unsw.bsky.social The Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP), based at the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW Sydney, generates timely and relevant insights, ideas, and interventions to address current drug policy issues.
Mathias Luderer @adhd-sud.bsky.social Psychiatrist, addiction specialist 🗣️
Head of addiction services, university hospital Frankfurt, Germany 🌆
Addiction Commissioner State Medical Association Hesse⚕️
Board member DG Sucht 👨🏻🔬
Board member ICASA network (ADHD+SUD) 💪🏻
View are my own
Abi Stevely @abi-stevely.bsky.social Research Fellow in the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) at The University of Sheffield. My research focuses on alcohol epidemiology and public health policy evaluation. they/them.
Zoe Clarke @zoelclarke.bsky.social Public Health Practitioner and Researcher working across local authority and academia. Interested in applied public health research and the commercial determinants of health. Based in Sheffield. She/her.
Daniel O’Brien @dcobrienyeg.bsky.social PhD student in counselling psychology at University of Calgary. Research in substance use, harm reduction, youth & families, public health
Dr Evelyn Hearne @evhearne.bsky.social PhD, Public Health Researcher LJMU. Drug sociologist. Lived experience. Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion. LGBTQIA+ 🌈Mother of Cats😻
ISSDP @issdrugpolicy.bsky.social The International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) is a society of scholars committed to advancing #DrugPolicy research. Affiliated @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social.
For more information go to https://www.issdp.org/
Gary C. K. Chan @garyckchan.bsky.social Associate Professor, specialised epidemiology, public health, and biostatistics. University of Queensland
Student, learning about artificial intelligence, RMIT University
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse @ajdaajournal.bsky.social A venue for researchers to disseminate clinically relevant research findings and innovative perspectives in the field of addiction. Publisher @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Learn more: linktr.ee/ajdaasocialmedia
M-BRIGHT Study @m-bright-study.bsky.social Mental health capacity Building and strengthening In Global Health systems. Building capacity in mental health in Vietnam & Cambodia https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres/centre-for-public-health-and-policy/global-public-health-unit/m-bright/
NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental health @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health, based at UCL and King's, funded to provide evidence to inform policy. Views not those of the DH or NIHR. @nihr.bsky.social
Website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/research/mental-health-policy-research-uni
Tricia McQuarrie @triciamcquarrie.bsky.social Interested in Implementation Science and Addiction Science
@zoewelch.bsky.social @zoewelch.bsky.social
Collective Voice @collective-voice.bsky.social The national alliance of charities that provide drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services in England. https://www.collectivevoice.org.uk/
Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney and Lecturer at Curtin University. Researching HIV, PrEP, critical data studies, mpox, gender, sexuality. Sociologist & qualitative health researcher. A bit queer. He/him
Holly Mathias @hollymathias.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Family Science at the University of Alberta. Interested in all things related to substance use, rural health and families. Bluenoser 🌊
Victoria Canning @vcanning.bsky.social Zemiology / Torture Abolition / Refugee Rights
Professor of Criminology / Director of Harm, Crime & Criminalisation Research Centre, Lancaster / Associate Director @ Border Criminologies / Co-Chair @ Statewatch.
Camping, dogs & sea swimming otherwise.
Dr Emma L Davies @dremmadavies.bsky.social Associate Professor in Psychology at Oxford Brookes University. My research explores thoughts, feelings, and behaviours related to alcohol consumption and works towards breaking down barriers to support. I am a parkrun volunteer and enthusiast at weekends.
Crew: mind altering @crew2000.bsky.social Edinburgh, Scotland | Charity est 1992 (SC021500) | Reduces harm and stigma associated with drugs (including alcohol)| Neither condemn/condone; we give info, advice, support to reduce risks and harms.
Adrian Farrugia @adrianfarrugia.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University. Health sociologist with a focus on alcohol and other drugs.
https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/a2farrugia
Carla Treloar @carlatreloar.bsky.social
APSAD DAR @apsad-dar.bsky.social The official journal of APSAD, DAR is the Asia-Pacific's leading multidisciplinary journal addressing issues related to alcohol and drug-related problems.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14653362
Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA) @cahma.bsky.social 30+ years of advocacy for people who use drugs and drug treatment services. Peer run organisation - nothing about us, without us.
Dr Rowan P. Ogeil @rowanogeil.bsky.social Strategic Lead, National Addiction and Mental Health Surveillance Unit (NAMHSU), Turning Point | Senior Research Fellow, Monash University | Sleep, addiction, AOD, substance use | Views are my own.
Yvette Mojica-Perez @yvettemp.bsky.social Research officer at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University. Interested in alcohol research, alcohol's harms to others and survey research
Cass Hopkins @casshopkins.bsky.social She/her, PhD candidate at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, based in the Bega Valley, NSW
Belinda Lunnay @belindalunnay.bsky.social
Victorian Substance Use Research Forum (VSURF) @vsurf.bsky.social A multidisciplinary research forum on alcohol & other drugs, other consumption practices & health more broadly. Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
https://vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com/
Hannah Pitt @hannahpitt.bsky.social Public health researcher exploring the impact of the commercial determinants of health on children and young people.
Dr Simone McCarthy @simonemccarthy.bsky.social Research Fellow, Deakin University. Researching the gendered impacts of gambling harm and the commercial determinants of health
NHMRC CRE on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame @cretobacco.bsky.social NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame https://tobacco-endgame.centre.uq.edu.au/
(Reposts do not imply endorsement)
A/Prof Emily Stockings @emilystockings.bsky.social A/Prof. Author. Speaker. PhD. Mum^3.
Program Lead Smoking, Vaping & Mental Health
The Matilda Centre, University of Sydney
https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/emily-stockings.html
Jacqui Cameron @jacquic.bsky.social Associate Professor living and working on beautiful Dharawal country, Researching #KT; #DomesticViolence; #AOD; #MH. Teaching #SW Co-Chief-editor Advances in Dual Diagnosis and Co-convenor Australia Realist Research Group.
Prof Coral Gartner @coralgartner.bsky.social Director, Tobacco Endgame Centre of Research Excellence. ARC Future Fellow. She/her. Public health professor, The University of Queensland, Australia
Annette Peart @annettepeart.bsky.social Senior research fellow
Monash Addiction Research Centre @monashaddiction.bsky.social Dedicated to finding solutions that transform the way we think about and respond to addiction.
Louise Mewton @louisemewton.bsky.social A/Prof at the Matilda Centre, USYD. Understanding, classifying and preventing risky alcohol use across the lifespan.
Hannah Carver @drhannahcarver.bsky.social Associate Professor in Substance Use/Co-Director SACASR, Uni of Stirling. Interested in substance use, public health, inequalities, qualitative research.
@profdavidnutt.bsky.social @profdavidnutt.bsky.social
Zoë Dodd @zoedodd.bsky.social Anti drug war activist, anti-capitalist, harm reduction. Co-organizer with Toronto Overdose Prevention Society. Committed to living in a better world. Free 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/saveoursites
Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social International Public Speaker.
Harm Reduction and Recovery advocate.
Survivor of addiction, gangs and homelessness.
Telling my story.
Matt Wall @mattwall.bsky.social Psychologist & fMRI-nerd.
🧠 + psychedelics, cannabis, sex hormones. Instrument botherer.
The secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.
My stuff: https://linktr.ee/mbwall
My vids: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChaSxw9NuBrAFN3zjLQRbPg
David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social Senior fellow in public health and health inequalities at The King's Fund (https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/). Bit of a magpie, don't necessarily agree with those i (re)share. Also over at twitter @davidjbuck.
Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social I’m a journalist who covers drugs, clubs, and culture
Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social Public Health, Commercial Determinants of Health, Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
IMS @phi-ims.bsky.social Integrated Monitoring System: data reporting for drug, alcohol & syringe exchange services. Delivered by LJMU, Public Health Institute, Liverpool UK. https://ims.ljmu.ac.uk/info
Chris Retzler @cretzler.bsky.social
Mental Health Research Incubator @mhrincubator.bsky.social Research career development support and multidisciplinary networking opportunities for researchers and professionals working in mental health.
GROW programme for postdocs - applications open February each year
@zoeswithenbank.bsky.social @zoeswithenbank.bsky.social
Parvati Perman-Howe @ppermanhowe.bsky.social Postdoc alcohol researcher in the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG), University of Sheffield. May post about cats.
NIHR @nihr.bsky.social National Institute for Health and Care Research - we fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.
Impact, Innovation, Investment, Inclusion
Adrian Brown @adebrown.bsky.social Previously closed down on The Bad Place. This is for my day job.
Alcohol Care Teams in UK hospitals and related substance use and mental health issues.
Work in the NHS for CNWL at LNWUH Northwick Park.
Previously known at the Paddington Alcohol Test.
Mike P @mikewp.bsky.social Still trying to make a difference in the worlds of drugs, alcohol, and justice. Spurs fan, gig goer, frustrated golfer, husband, dad and sometime worker
Ant Lehane @antlehane.bsky.social Policy Lead @Cranstoun_org / Comment @politics_co_uk / interested in policy related to drugs and alcohol, criminal justice, young people and housing
Olivia Maynard @oliviamaynard.bsky.social Psychologist at Uni of Bristol interested in drug use and harm reduction.
Mattha Busby @matthabusby.bsky.social Drugs, power, culture and health
@guardian @wired @rollingstone @vice @playboy @gq @menshealthmag @atmos
matthabusby.net Signal: matthabusby.93
Emma Wincup @drewincup.bsky.social Qualitative Insight Manager at Joseph Rowntree Foundation researching poverty and destitution.
Theo Di Castri @theodicastri.bsky.social Historian of the Social Sciences, Education & Drugs/Drug Policy
Convenor of Post-Prohibition: Research, Pedagogy & Action, CRASSH Network
Junior Research Fellow, Homerton College, University of Cambridge
Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social Professor in Social Work & Social Policy @ La Trobe University. Sociologist of alcohol & drug use. Everyone's views are only partially their own.
Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social Sociologist of leisure and consumption; alcohol, drinking culture & pubs; men and masculinity (wellbeing, identity & relationships).
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/social-policy-studies/staff/thomas-thurnell-read/
Abi Rose @abirose9.bsky.social Reader in Psychology. Alcohol researcher. Special interest in girls' and women's alcohol use, health, and wellbeing. Mum of two time pixies. Personal views. She/her.
Release: Drugs, The Law & Your Rights @releasedrugs.bsky.social UK's centre of expertise on drugs and drug law. Global reports on decrim and racist policing. Campaigning for rights of people who use drugs.
Need advice? Contact 020 7324 2989/ ask@release.org.uk
Gabriel Caluzzi @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher with the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research at La Trobe University. Interested in alcohol, drugs and youth/health sociology (he/him)
HRB National Drugs Library @hrbdrugslibrary.bsky.social Facilitating evidence informed policy and practice through our online research repository and other resources and services.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/
Adam Holland @holla-adam.bsky.social (he/him)
Public Health Consultant researching drugs and stigma at the University of Bristol
Policy Research Unit in Addictions @nihr-pruaddictions.bsky.social Research unit at King's College London focusing on policies across addiction prevention, treatment, harm reduction and recovery. Directed by Prof Leonie Brose and Prof John Holmes.
🌐: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/nihr-policy-research-unit-in-addictions
John Marsden @johnmarsden.bsky.social Addiction journal Editor-in-Chief
Head - Addictions Dept, King’s College London
Melissa Oldham @melissaoldham.bsky.social Principal Research Fellow and Griffith Edwards academic fellow in the UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group. Interested in behavioural science, alcohol harm reduction and digital interventions
Professor Jason Ferris @jasonferris22.bsky.social Substance Use (alcohol and other drugs) Epidemiologist, Harm Reduction Advocate, Data Scientist, Collaborative 😊
Bernd Werse @cdrffm.bsky.social Professor for Social Work @ Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Social research on drug use and drug policy
Board member @ ESSD-research.eu and schildower-kreis.de
Harm Reduction International @harmreductionintl.bsky.social We envision a world in which drug policies uphold dignity, health and rights. We use data and advocacy to promote harm reduction and drug policy reform.
hri.global
Sadie Boniface @sadieboniface.bsky.social Principal Research Fellow and Research Lead @ucl-cbc.bsky.social
Behaviour Change, Behavioural Science, Public Health, Prevention, Inequalities, Research Culture
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/12021-sadie-boniface/about
@reinoutwiers.bsky.social @reinoutwiers.bsky.social
London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C @ljwg.bsky.social A harm reduction group focused on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C in people who use drugs in London.
We manage the Hackney-based SWERVE Harm Reduction Hub.
Dr Claire Davey @clairedavey.bsky.social Researcher of women’s alcohol (non-) consumption and online recovery modalities, particularly women's use of online sobriety communities. Currently writing a book about it.
Ian Hamilton @profianhamilton.bsky.social Addiction specialist, write for the Independent, BMJ, The Conversation, ByLine Times
Niki White @nikiwhite.bsky.social PhD | Research interests: gendered vulnerabilities to harms, imprisonment, drugs, policy & trauma; Criminology Lecturer; host @transformpod; open to collab
LEAP UK @ukleap.bsky.social We’re LEAP UK, part of Law Enforcement Action Partnership. Working together with communities for social justice solutions.
Jarrett Blaustein @jarrettblaustein.bsky.social Associate Professor and Director of Education at ANU RegNet | Associate Editor of Policing & Society | Researching adaptive policing responses to climate change
Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Research #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also crazy about anti-fascism, atheism, Prince, professional cycling, politics, the news, live comedy and music. #academicsky (1st-gen)
Gill Buck (Borg-Olivier) @gillybuck.bsky.social Associate Professor of Social Work, Uni of Chester. #UKRIFLF Researcher of lived-experience led criminal justice. Widnesian with Maltese sparkle. Views mine. https://imaginejustice.co.uk/
Vivian Geiran @vgeiran.bsky.social Social Worker. Chair of Irish Association of Social Workers and Ana Liffey Drug Project. Board member, Cuan (DSGBV Agency). Member, International Penal & Penitentiary Foundation. Former Director, Irish Probation Service.
Jamie Banks @milkwknives.bsky.social Drugs & Alcohol Historian | Research Fellow @lshtm.bsky.social
| "Kicking the Habit" - Addictive Sponsorship in British Sport | Managing Editor @History of Pharmacy & Pharmaceuticals
Colin Angus @victimofmaths.bsky.social Professor of Alcohol Policy in the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (@SARG-SCHARR), graph drawer, data botherer, cake eater, incompetent cyclist and intermittent birder.
Richard Purves @richardpurves.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social Marketing and Health, University of Stirling.
Angela McShane @angelamcshane.bsky.social Historian of 17th cent polito-pop, intoxicants and material culture
Now Hon Reader at Uni of Warwick
Formerly Head EM Studs V&A/RCA History of Design
Head of Research Wellcome Collection
Finishing a book and slightly insane as a consequence.
Douglas Small @drdouglassmall.bsky.social Drug Historian. Author of ‘Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930’. Histories of Victorian medicine & science. #c19th #medhums
he/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Website: https://douglassmall.com
Dr Christina Wade 👻🍺 @braciatrix.bsky.social Award-winning Beer Historian & Author | PhD | Writing About Beer, Folklore, History, & Power| Author: FILTHY QUEENS & THE DEVIL'S IN THE DRAUGHT LINES Order Filthy Queens: https://tinyurl.com/Ninebeanrowsbooks
Gordon Hay @drgordonhay.bsky.social Academic - drugs, alcohol, statistics
Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social Consultant in Public Health at Bradford Institute for Health Research. Interested in quantitative research methods and mental health
James Morris @jamesmorris24.bsky.social Research interests: alcohol, addiction, stigma, framing.
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=FHUc5jkAAAAJ&hl=en
The Alcohol Problem Podcast host
https://alcoholpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Kat Smith @profkatsmith.bsky.social Professor of Public Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde. Co-Director of the Centre for Health Policy & Co-Lead of SHERU (the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit). Interested in research, advocacy and policy to reduce inequalities.
Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social Professor in Applied Public Health Research. Head WHO collaborating centre for policy research on the determinants of health equity.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-health/staff/benjamin-barr/ . Was once an anthropologist, maybe I still am.
Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Systems Innovation at the University of Alberta's School of Public Health.
Edmonton/Treaty 6. 🇨🇦. ichwp.ca.
Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social Freelance journalist and co-author of Beer Breaks in Britain: www.philmellows.com, @BeerBreaks.bsky.social, @drinkingstudies.bsky.social, @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
Royal Society for Public Health @rsph.bsky.social We are an independent charity working to build a healthier future in the UK and across the world.
Visit our website: rsph.org.uk
Becky McKeown @beckymckeown.bsky.social Senior Partnerships Manager at Drinkaware | MSc. Student in Contemporary Drug and Alcohol Studies at UWS | Chair of Surrey Drug and Alcohol Care | MBA Quantic School of Business |