#NCYSUR Prof Wayne Hall is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for the 6th year in a row! This recognises Wayne’s continuing global impact over the best policy options in responding to potential harms from cannabis, alcohol, tobacco, opioids and stimulants. Congratulations!

Ben Johnson at #NCYUSR highlights in game spending as a potential risk for people playing video games. ""It might be like 'this is 500 gems'. You lose sight of how much things cost and how much you're spending on the game." "

The holiday season is a time for celebration, but it can also bring increased health and social risks when it comes to alcohol and cannabis use. See our #NCYSUR article for tips on staying safe: news.uq.edu.au/2025-12-pour...

#NCYSUR Benjamin Johnson said many games are designed to obscure a person’s perception of real money and in-game currency. “We hope this research will highlight game-related financial harm as a real issue, as it can be often overlooked.

#NCYSUR poster on trends of vaping in Australian college students over time

Meet the NCYSUR Team: PhD student Jack Yiu Chak Chung

ABC interviewed with our own #NCYSUR Carmen Lim   www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Meet the NCYSUR Team: PhD student Benjamin Johnson

NCYSUR Symposium 2024 | Recap Research fellow Tianze Sun and PhD candidate Ms Giang Vu provide an overview of vaping trends and policies in both the Australian and global contexts, quoting Prof Coral Gartner. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Qu... #NCYSUR

Hiring psychologists, a great opportunity for anyone that has recently graduated from a masters of psychology/clinical psychology.   The ad is currently live on: • UQ Careers • LinkedIn  Please share to anyone you think might fit the build!

NCYSUR Team Spotlight: Senior Research Assistant Sarah Yeates

NCYSUR Symposium 2024 | Recap Professor Keith Humphrey explores the growing public health challenge posed by synthetic addictive drugs, and discusses strategies for response and prevention. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnSD... #NCYSUR

A Survey of Australian Mental Health Professionals You are invited to complete a short survey about how mental health professionals use AI tools (for example, ChatGPT) in therapeutic work. uniofqueensland.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#NCYSUR Gary Chan discusses missing data in NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Meaningful Outcomes in Substance Use Treatment (MO CRE) Early Career Researcher Mentorship and Development Meeting.

NCYSUR Symposium 2024 | Recap Ben Johnson analyses depictions of prescription stimulants on TikTok and explains the potential impacts of these portrayals. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-y... #NCYSUR

Abstract submissions have been extended to Dec. 15 and registrations are open for the 2026 International Society for #Drug Policy (ISSDP) conference, hosted by NDRI in Perth 30 June-2 July. Visit issdp.org to submit an abstract and access early bird rates #ISSDP2026

NCYSUR Team Spotlight: PhD student Habte Belete Gobie

NCYSUR Symposium 2024 | Recap Dr. Gabrielle Campbell sheds light on gambling behaviours among young people presenting to alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUdj... #NCYSUR

Meet the NCYSUR Team: Dr. Gabrielle Campbell

#NCYSUR presentations at #APSAD25! Tara & Sophia spoke separately on the prevalence and characteristics associated with problem gambling behaviour, and recent suicide ideation, respectively, among people entering alcohol and other drug treatment!

Another poster presentation from our team! Chloe Alcorn presented her research poster this week at APSAD 2025. She presented findings on the awareness of and attitudes towards drug checking services within Australian university students who attend residential colleges. #APSAD25

Isha Chawla presenting her research poster at APSAD 2025. Her findings confirm existing literature that lower academic performance and problem drinking measures are significantly associated with vaping behaviours among university students. #NCYSUR #APSAD25

MCRI Murdoch Children's Research Institute collaborates with #NCYSUR and NDARC UNSW et al. to study patterns of alcohol use disorder by following 2000 adults from 1998-2021. Paper here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Well done Jack Chung for your presentation at #APSAD25! #NCYSUR is so proud of u, buddy.

#NCYSUR Poster tour 136 at #APSAD - Caitlin McClure-Thomas examines profiles of people exposed to cannabis advertising in the International Cannabis Policy Study (ICPS)

#NCYSUR Poster tour at #APSAD25 - daily cannabis use increased in Australia

Fun at #APSAD25

Fun at #APSAD25

#NCYSUR poster 68 is on social norms towards smoking and vaping in the International Tobacco Control Study #APSAD25

#NCYSUR poster on e-cigarette use at #APSAD25

#NCYSUR poster 146 at #APSAD

Posters 136 and 138 #NCYSUR #APSAD25 are part of PhD work by Caitlin McClure-Thomas on exposure to cannabis-related content on social media

#NCYSUR poster 147 at #APSAD25 on mass media vaping education campaigns

#NCYSUR poster 99 at #APSAD25 uses an interesting method to investigate potential under-reporting of smoking

Actual #NCYSUR poster 52 at #APSAD25 on non-medical prescription stimulant use

Is this #NCYSUR poster 53 at #APSAD25?

#NCYSUR poster 50 at #APSAD25

#NCYSUR is excited to be at #APSAD25

Trivia happening at the main hall #APSAD25

NCYSUR Symposium 2024 | Recap Dr. Tesfa Yimer presents findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis exploring the longitudinal relationship between cannabis and tobacco use. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-ke... #NCYSUR

Meet the NCYSUR Team: Professor Wayne Hall

NCYSUR Team Spotlight: Professor Leanne Hides

Meet the NCYSUR Team: PhD student McClure-Thomas

Meet the NCYSUR Team: Dr. Tianze Sun

Meet the NCYSUR Team: PhD student Yan Yee Lee

NCYSUR Symposium 2024 | Recap Professor Wayne Hall reviews the short-term public health impacts of cannabis legalisation in North America, drawing on emerging evidence from recent policy changes. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk3h... #NCYSUR

Meet the NCYSUR Team: PhD student Jiaxin Li

Are the advertised benefits of de-alcoholised red wine evidence based? #NCYSUR systematically reviewed published evidence. See our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Meet the NCYSUR Team: Professor Jason Connor

NCYSUR Symposium 2024 | Recap Professor David Hammond delivered a presentation on international trends in vaping, offering valuable insights into global patterns, policies, and public health implications. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=egZY... #NCYSUR