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2014 NHMRC Success

A project grant titled ‘Rates, patterns and determinants of alcohol’s harm to others: a cross-national comparative study’ with Professor Robin Room as CIA received funding for $ 298,000.

Dr Amy Pennay was also awarded an Early Career Fellowships in the area of Public Health for her project titled ‘Reducing alcohol-related harms in the night-time economy’.

Global Alcohol Policy Conference, Seoul, 2013

From local action to global change

Prof Room, Dr Callinan, and Dr Laslett presented at the third Global Alcohol Policy Conference in Seoul, South Korea. The conference is a meeting place for policymakers, advocates and researchers, the three day program included more than 120 presentations in 32 plenary and concurrent sessions.

While there, CAPR researchers attended meeting’s for the international Alcohol’s Harm to Others and International Alcohol Control Study Projects.

Diverging trends in consumption and harm

An increase in consumption in the heaviest drinkers and concurrent decrease in lighter drinkers can partially explain an increase in harms from alcohol without an increase in overall consumption. To read more about Dr Michael Livingston’s work on this Click Here