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Invited Speakers - SSA Annual Conference 2022


Society Lecture

We are delighted that Professor Dr Gabriele Fischer, head of the Addiction Clinic at Medical University of Vienna will give this year's Society Lecture.

Gabriele Fischer

Society Lecture 2022: Substance use disorder under special consideration of Human Rights treaties

Addiction Controversies

No- and low-alcohol products and marketing

Emily Nicholls

The expanding 'NoLo' alcohol market: regulation and the need for further research

Richard Piper

'NoLo' drinks and their potential to remove harm

John Holmes

The no/lo drinks market: how to maximise the public health benefit and minimise the potential for harm

Learning from ambulance data to prevent drug-related deaths: a collaboration with the Scottish Ambulance Service

Jim Lewsey

Ambulance call-outs to drug overdoses in Scotland, 2013-2021: Demographics & clinical presentation

Allison Ford

Ambulance clinicians' experiences of drug overdose call outs and the barriers and facilitators to optimal clinical care: a qualitative interview study

Niamh Fitzgerald

Repeat callers and hotspots in ambulance call-outs to opioid overdoses: opportunities for prevention including potential value of live data

Developing adversity and trauma-informed practice in substance use services

Sarah Stacey

Group and individual trauma-focussed therapies for people who use substances

Mariam Cheema

Trauma-informed spaces in substance use services

Sam Wheeler

Adversity and trauma-informed practice training for substance use treatment staff

Managing alcohol problems in marginalised groups

Elena Dimova

Managing alcohol problems among LGBTQI+ people in Scotland

Andrea Mohan

Managing alcohol problems in primary care: a service for low engagers from deprived areas

Hannah Carver

Managing alcohol problems among people experiencing homelessness in Scotland

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity: Research in the service of public policy

Looking at the main themes and findings of the third edition (pub. July, 2022) of Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity. The book critically reviews advances in alcohol research that have direct relevance to the development of effective, evidence-based alcohol policies at the local, national and international levels.

Thomas Babor

Strategies and interventions: What the evidence says

Sally Casswell

The global nexus of commercial interests in alcohol products and the need for a global response

Wearable devices and other technologies for detecting overdose: Low tech to high tech

Alberto Oteo

Scoping of overdose alert and response technologies (ODART) and views of those at risk

Hadi Daneshvar

Overdose prevention: low tech options and responder applications in the Scottish context

Alexis Roth

UnityPhilly: developments of a local smartphone application that facilitates community response to opioid overdoses and related testing of a wearable biosensor

Basak Tas

Wearable overdose detection devices in people who use heroin: exploring effectiveness and acceptability

Reflections on interdisciplinary and international collaborations in the Middle East: Culture, context, and ethics in addiction

Jenny Scott

Ethical and methodological considerations in cross-cultural research in the addictions field

Christina Steenkamp

Crossing boundaries: An interdisciplinary collaboration on drug addiction and violent conflict in the Middle East

Mayyada Wazaify

'A mosaic is a conversation': The beauty, shapes, opportunities, and challenges of international collaboration in addiction research

SSA-sponsored

Featuring this year's SSA Fred Yates prize-winner - Dr Claire Garnett, graduating SSA Academic Fellow, Dr Inge Kersbergen and recipient of our Post-doctoral transitional development award, Dr Erikas Simonavicius.

Dr Inge Kersbergen

Size reductions as nudge interventions to reduce alcohol consumption

Erikas Simonavičius

Detecting at-risk tobacco smokers through the history of their past treatment events

Dr Claire Garnett

The development, refinement and evaluation of the alcohol reduction app, Drink Less

Creative arts in recovery: Personal reflections and artwork

A special exhibition of recovery artwork.

Karen Megranahan

Creative arts in recovery: Personal reflections and artwork

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