Ecolider Consultores seeks for our client, important partner agency of SENAME, professional Youth Infant Psychologist with experience in working with NNA that present problematic alcohol and drug use, to join the Multidisciplinary Team of its Residential Program located in the city of Concepción.

*Tuesday to Saturday from 11:30 to 20:30 hrs.

Main Responsibilities:
-Develop and implement preventive activities according to the group of adolescents, depending on the
these being at the individual, group and family level.
-Plan and execute intervention processes in addiction treatment at the group level such as
family level.
-Manage the network for adequate assisted and effective reference if needed based on the
the needs of active consumer users.
-Make progress reports of case management and implementation.
-Any other functions entrusted to you by your hierarchical or technical headquarters or that are necessary for the
achievement of the objectives and/or the proper functioning of the Residence.

Requirements:
- Psychologist Titled
- Experience 1 year with Youth Infant population in the field of alcohol and drug use.
- Desirable SENAME network experience

This position is located in the Programme Office in Burkina Faso (POBFA) with duty station in Ougadougou and operates under the Regional Office for West and Central Africa (ROSEN) in Dakar, Senegal, Division for Operations (DO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The Programme Officer (West Africa) will work under the direct supervision of the Regional Representative of ROSEN and the  substantive technical supervisory guidance of the Programme Officer (Drug Dependence Treatment), of the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS), Drug Prevention and Health Branch (DHB), Division for Operations (DO) based at headquarters Vienna, Austria. S/he will also liaise and cooperate closely with all relevant substantive UNODC headquarters (HQ) Sections and the Regional
Section for Africa and the Middle East (RSAME) of the Division for Operations (DO).

The Centre for Alcohol Policy and Research are eager to work with Honours, Masters or PhD students interested in any topic related to alcohol consumption and harms, policy or drinking cultures. We can work with people working in a wide range of disciplines including:

Current PhD Projects:

• Teenagers are drinking less: An examination of the factors shaping recent developments in youth drinking cultures (qualitative component)
• Alcohol consumption and the role of interpersonal and household influences within Australian households
• Teenagers are drinking less: An examination of the factors shaping recent developments in youth drinking cultures (quantitative component)
• Transdermal alcohol measurement technology validation
• Attitude towards non-drinkers in Australia and the relationship to problematic alcohol use

The University of Bristol have an exciting new opportunity for a talented researcher to join the CRUK Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme (ICEP) on a project entitled “Towards improved causal evidence and enhanced prediction of cancer risk and survival” at the University of Bristol to work on smoking cessation in relation to cancer risk and progression.

The postholder will be responsible for designing, planning, executing and disseminating Mendelian Randomization analyses to:

i) evaluate the effects of nicotine and non-nicotine constituents of smoking on cancer incidence and cancer progression, and

ii) evaluate the effect of stopping smoking on cancer progression.

They will also conduct work integrating DNA methylation to investigate the potential health effects of e-cigarette use and for predicting future risk of cancer.

This post will be based within the Mental Health and Addictions Research Group at the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York.

The group, in collaboration with the Tobacco and Alcohol Group at University College London, has been awarded a large research grant in the area of tobacco smoking and mental illness.

The overall aim of the programme is to assess the feasibility, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation and reduction in people with mental illness.

The Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow are looking to recruit a Research Associate to make a leading contribution to two projects: The first is the ESRC-funded SPARC (Social Practices in Alcohol Research Collaboration) project, a quantitative social science/epidemiological project on stability and change in British drinking culture.

SPARC is in its final 9 months and the successful candidate will be expected to be able to hit the ground running by contributing to the analysis of complex repeat cross-sectional market research drinking diary data and the writing research publications exploring the effects of external events such as policy or the pandemic on drinking habits.

Drugs Research Network Scotland are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Research Coordinator to support the developing work of the DRNS.

This post is a unique opportunity to move the DRNS into the next phase in which supporting ambitious and large-scale collaborative projects will be a priority.

Research management experience is required, and knowledge or involvement in drug dependence, addictions, drug policy and health service research are highly desirable.

A minimum of Masters or MRes level degree is essential, as is the ability to communicate confidently and effectively through all communication systems, excellent planning and organisational skills, and a particular eye for detail. This role would suit someone who enjoys crafting clear research proposals from initial networking and collaboration, to study design and preparation of the application. 

Programme Officer (Treatment of Drug Use Disorders) - Temporary, P3 (Temporary Job Opening)

This position is located in the Regional Office for Eastern Africa (ROEA) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The Programme Officer (Treatment of Drug Use Disorders) will work under the overall guidance of the Regional Representative of ROEA and the direct supervision of the Programme Officer (HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care) at ROEA as well as the supervisory guidance of the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS), Drug Prevention and Health Branch (DHB), Division for Operations (DO) at UNODC headquarters.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of an international team led by the Nicotine Research Group in the Addictions Department at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London to review the safety aspects of e-cigarettes/vaping devices.

The purpose of the role is to help complete a comprehensive evidence update on e-cigarettes commissioned by Public Health England focusing largely on safety aspects, but will also include chapters on policy and prevalence of use of e-cigarettes in England.

The Post

The aims of the project

The Drugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS) is funded by the Scottish Government to help inform policy and practice that will reduce the harms associated with drug use in Scotland. We are committed to the meaningful involvement of people with lived/living experience of drug use, and affected family members, throughout our work. We engage with a wide range of stakeholders to:

• develop collaborative research projects to address key information needs. These collaborations include people with lived/living experience, affected family members, academics, health and care service providers, service planners and decision/policy makers.
• secure funding to deliver these projects across Scotland, the rest of the UK and internationally.
• share learning from our and other peoples’ research to help inform the Scottish response to problem drug use.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Research Coordinator to support the developing work of the DRNS. This post is a unique opportunity to move the DRNS into the next phase in which supporting ambitious and large-scale collaborative projects will be a priority. Research management experience is required, and knowledge or involvement in drug dependence, addictions, drug policy and health service research are highly desirable. A minimum of Masters or MRes level degree is essential, as is the ability to communicate confidently and effectively through all communication systems, excellent planning and organisational skills, and a particular eye for detail. This role would suit someone who enjoys crafting clear research proposals from initial networking and collaboration, to study design and preparation of the application. 

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic person to work on an Economic and Social Research Council funded project which explores the nature, creation, impact and regulation of gendered alcohol brand and nightlife marketing in the age of ‘contemporary feminism’. 

The research aims to improve our understanding of how such marketing affects alcohol use, and experiences of the night-time economy, with the aim of engaging with key stakeholders (e.g. young people, NGOs, policy makers, industry) to help make venues healthier, safer, and more inclusive. It will examine the gendered nature of alcohol brand and nightlife industry marketing and how this has changed in recent years as a result of the re-emergence of feminism(s), and the increasing use of ‘cause marketing’ by brands. 

The Opportunity  

• 3-Year Full time, Fixed-term opportunity
• Sydney, Australia based
• Applicants will be required to have full working rights for the duration of the contract

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow plays a key role at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) but will also work collaboratively with other UNSW centres on initiatives of the NHMRC Advancing the health of people who use drugs: hepatitis C and drug dependence (ASCEND) program grant.

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will work closely with senior researchers at NDARC, contributing to a number of projects relating to drug dependence epidemiology, treatment, and surveillance.

Full job description.

The appointee will participate in an ambitious project over two years to explore the interactions of English local governments with harmful commodity industries such as food which is considered unhealthy, alcohol, tobacco and gambling industries.

The aim of the proposed work is to better understand the nature and extent of such interactions in local government, explore stakeholder views on this issue and the need for guidance, and present the evidence in the format of potential guiding principles for local authority interactions with corporations that market products that are damaging to health.

The project utilises mixed methods and includes evidence synthesis, primary data collections from local authorities, data analysis and interviews with stakeholders.  

The Yale School of Medicine is seeking a full-time faculty member at the rank of Instructor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Program in Addiction Medicine and the Section of General Internal Medicine.

This individual will be considered Core faculty in the Program in Addiction Medicine with primary responsibilities on the inpatient Yale Addiction Medicine Consult Service. The individual should be passionate about hospital-based Addiction Medicine and medical education.

A full time Research Assistant post is available in the TobaccoTactics team providing research support to the STOP project (see below).

TobaccoTactics.org is a unique academic resource that summarises research and monitoring findings on the tobacco industry and its allies in an evidence-based and user-friendly format. It is used globally by politicians, civil servants, journalists and advocates.

You will be required to edit and update existing content as well as research and develop new profiles for the TobaccoTactics website, a unique academic resource that explores how the tobacco industry influences policy and public health in the UK, the EU and internationally. We are particularly interested in someone who can analyse the operation of multinational corporations.

THE STOP PROJECT

STOP (Stop Tobacco Organisations & Products) is a global tobacco industry watchdog, established with $15m funded from Bloomberg Philanthropies. It is a partnership between the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control, Thailand, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, and Vital Strategies, New York.

As such it brings together the global leaders in in tobacco industry monitoring and research, advocacy, accountability and communication. This unique combination ensures our research is widely and effectively communicated and maximally impactful.

We will be leading the tobacco industry monitoring and research arm of the work. With a focus on low and middle income countries, we will be extending the scale, geographic reach and responsiveness of our current research.

Within the University of Bath, the STOP team will be based within the Tobacco Control Research Group and include staff from different faculties, departments and research centres

A two-year postdoctoral fellowship position is available for individuals interested in a career conducting research on recovery support services for adults with substance use disorders. The fellow will work directly with Drs. Ashli Sheidow and Michael McCart, two accomplished clinical investigators, in achieving the aims of NIH-, foundation-, and state-funded research projects.

This postdoctoral fellow will primarily work on a NIDA-funded Initiative (R24DA051950) focused on two populations:

(1) emerging adults and

(2) adults of any age involved with the justice system.

This Initiative seeks to advance research on the efficacy/effectiveness of recovery support services, specifically peer supports and recovery residences, by

(1) identifying priority research areas,

(2) increasing the number of early career investigators in this field,

(3) providing funds and guidance for pilot studies, and

(4) conducting dissemination and outreach to the larger field. Including individuals with lived experiences (i.e., in recovery from substance use and/or formerly involved with the adult or juvenile justice system) in all Initiative activities is a high priority. Beyond the Initiative activities, integration into other projects will be based on the fellow’s interests and training needs. 

CNWL Addictions is a well-established NHS provider offering a wide range of high-quality drug and alcohol treatment interventions to diverse and multicultural populations.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust are looking for an experienced Service Coordinator/ NMP who will primarily be prescribing controlled drugs and managing a small caseload of substance misuse client at our Cobbold Road site.

Queen's University Belfast are recruiting for a Research Fellow in Systems Biology and Disease Models.

The long-term objective of the research is to define the genetic architecture of OUD in a rodent model and uncover new insights into this disease pathophysiology. To accomplish this, we are using a rat behavioural model of excessive opioid intake that exhibits both face and construct validity for dysregulated drug intake associated and opiate dependence.

This is a four-year Research Associate role to work on the National Institute for Health Research funded ADEPT (Using complexity science and digital technology to improve co-morbid Alcohol use disorder and DEpression Prevention and Treatment) study. 

ADEPT aims to use complex systems approaches to better understand the challenges experienced by patients with co-occurring heavy drinking and depression, and their service providers

Title

Alcohol Consumption and Mental Health Literacy in Young People

Project Description

According to the Global Drug Survey, nearly half of young people with existing mental health conditions increased their alcohol consumption during COVID-19 lockdown. Reasons for this included feeling depressed and anxious. Drinking for coping reasons is associated with long term problems (Holahan et al, 2001), and a vicious circle of excessive drinking and poor mental health. 

Mental Health Literacy (MHL) includes understanding how to obtain and maintain positive mental health, knowledge of help-seeking options, and decreasing stigma. Higher levels of MHL may be linked to lower levels of mental ill health, and may serve to encourage more healthy coping strategies. However, the field of MHL is currently characterised by “conceptual confusion and methodological inconsistency” (Mansfield et al, 2020, p11) and many interventions to improve MHL lack a theoretical basis, and focus on mental ‘disorder’ rather than mental ‘health’. 

This studentship will involve initial scoping research to inform the development of an intervention, which focuses on the potential of improving MHL. This work could start by exploring the relationship between MHL, alcohol consumption and coping strategies. Our research group values co-production and employs systematic frameworks in intervention development. 


The successful application will join the Children and Young People Network at Oxford Brookes. 

As part of their Studentship, any successful applicant will be required to undertake up to 6 hours undergraduate teaching a week during semesters without further remuneration. Training will be given.