Topic: Rainbow to Riches: A Rainbow Recovery Program Presenter: Hayley King, AOD Team Leader. Thorne Harbour Health Hayley King, talk about Thorne Harbour Health and its unique approach. Tuesdays with Nexus is a monthly interactive online session. It is an invitation to connect professionally and share information. Register at the link below.
Topic: The role of Cohealth Sobering Centre as a response to public intoxication. Speaker: Greg Denham, Community Partnership Facilitator, Cohealth. Greg has been actively involved in drug policy for over 25 years with local, national and international experience in harm reduction and has been a strong advocate for evidence informed policy and practice. Tuesdays with
Topic: "Not Just Antabuse – CAPA: Community Access to Pharmacotherapy for Alcohol" Speakers: Dr Paul McCartney & Dr Dean Membrey, Addiction Medicine Specialists, cohealth If you have prescribers in your service, this talk may be particularly relevant for them to attend. Tuesdays with Nexus is a monthly interactive online session. It is an invitation to
Topic: Harm Reduction Victoria and the role of their Peer Workforce Presenters: Jane Dicka and Brit Chapman Peer Workers, Harm Reduction Victoria Tuesdays with Nexus is a monthly interactive online session. It is an invitation to connect professionally and share information. Register for Tuesdays at Nexus at the link below.
Drug checking: What can Australia's Victoria learn from Canada's Victoria? Hosted by Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT, Swanston St, Melbourne. Co-hosted by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Harm Reduction Victoria, Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association, Yarra Drug and Health Forum and the Victorian Substance Use Research Forum When: Tuesday 20th August, 4-5:30pm, followed by
Unlock Your Future at Turning Point's Student Open Night! Join us on Wednesday, 28 August, 4 to 8pm at 110 Church Street, Richmond, to explore educational pathways in addiction sciences. Learn about our comprehensive range of programs – including internships, scholarships, postgraduate courses, and PhD projects – in collaboration with Monash University. Highlights of the
Topic: The increasing prevalence and harms of new synthetic drugs Presenter: Associate Professor Dimitri Gerostamoulos Head, Forensic Sciences & Chief Toxicologist, Forensic Services, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University Tuesdays with Nexus is a monthly interactive online session. It is an invitation to connect professionally and share information. Register for Tuesdays at
Overview HEPReady Essentials Online is designed for health and community workers who want a basic overview of viral hepatitis and liver health, or would like to refresh their knowledge. This training is delivered regularly throughout the year, with sessions delivered fully online. It covers new treatments, stigma and discrimination, a lived experience perspective, as well
The Victorian Substance Use Research Forum (VSURF) are pleased to invite you to our *online* October webinar where Dr Kasun Rathnayake from the Burnet Institute will be presenting work examining changes in the price and purity of methamphetamine and heroin in Melbourne, Victoria between 2009 and 2020. Please email vicsubstanceuseresearchforum@gmail.com to be added to the
Topic: MIND Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub Abbotsford: providing psychosocial supports for people experiencing mental health concerns and life stressors including substance use. Presenter: Callum Fleming, Lead Practitioner, Mental Health & Wellbeing Hubs, Mind Australia Tuesdays with Nexus is a monthly interactive online session. It is an invitation to connect professionally and share information. Register for Tuesdays
