A Celebration of Women in Addiction
A request for nominations for a new SSA-supported project from Drs Sharon Cox and Sally Marlow
A request for nominations for a new SSA-supported project from Drs Sharon Cox and Sally Marlow
Congratulations to Dr Andrew McAuley, Senior Epidemiologist in the Sexual Health and Blood-Borne Virus Team at Health Protection Scotland and Senior Research Fellow within the School of Health & Life Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University, and winner of the 2018 Fred Yates prize for his broad-based contribution to the addiction field, through addiction research on both alcohol and drug related harms and harm reduction policy initiatives; research findings; and through policy advisory positions.
Student-led Research - Miss C Hindocha from UCL - Cannabidiol reverses attentional bias to cigarette cues in dependent cigarette smokers
Research - Dr Emma Ward UEA - An ethnographic observational study of support given in vape shops to people using e-cigarettes to quit smoking
Evaluation/Audit - Miss Stephanie Dargan NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde - Alcohol related deaths; A Glasgow city cohort
The Board are pleased to announce that existing Board members Professor Sir John Strang, Dr Daphne Rumball and Professor Ann McNeill have been re-elected for a further three year term at this year’s AGM in Newcastle.
Congratulations to Dr Andrew Jones, Lecturer in addiction and motivation at the University of Liverpool winner of the 2017 Fred Yates pize for his contribution to addictions research in the area of disinhibition and alcohol use.
Read the full SSA June Newsletter.
Dr Sally Marlow, (former SSA PhD Student) explores why so many musicians of the post-war era turned to heroin.
Do you want to study an addictions subject at university? Up to £2,500 available per annum (or £4,500 when taking courses of more than a single module)
Full details and application forms on this page: www.addiction-ssa.org/funding/bursaries