I’ve not always voted labour. But I do find it hard to imagine anyone sound of mind looking at the last 13 years: Brexit, austerity, the inner workings of the government during Covid, Liz Truss, THIS chart, etc, and thinking, tell you what, let’s give him a few more.

Listen to Prof Carol Emslie of SubstanceUse@gcu and I on Clyde Built Radio with Amy the founder of Good Clean Fun, a sober nightlife event in Glasgow. We had some really interesting discussion, all v relevant to my PhD. I’m lucky to have this partnership! on.soundcloud.com/4Hxht

“Increased risk of non-fatal overdose associated with non-prescribed benzodiazepine use in Scotland, UK” by Andrew McAuley et al (2023) via International Journal of Drug Policy. Do you have issues with unregulated benzos in your drug supply?

Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#International #DrugPolicy

Really lovely to have shared some of the key findings of my PhD study today at INHSU! Thanks for all of the questions and lovely feedback as well.

A week to go until INHSU 2023! Very excited to be giving an overview of the key findings of my PhD, which focuses on a qual exploration of HCV reinfection in the DAA era. If you’re interested in hearing more about my research, I’m presenting in Session V on the Friday!

Research fellow post in Stirling working on an RCT in homelessness and substance use. 39-month contract, closes on the 1st November, details below 👇🏾

In our latest blog, Dave Whiteley explains why his increasing anger at the alcohol industry targeting the LGBTQ+ communities with marketing led to carrying out a scoping review.

'Be angry at an industry that says it’s our ally, while simultaneously...

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📢 Published today (open access), our scoping review exploring how the alcohol industry targets #LGBTQ + people. deborah Rickards-Hill Elena Dimova SubstanceUse@gcu

Performing solidarity? A scoping review of alcohol marking to sexual and gender minorities. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Six pages of comments from reviewer 2, most of which miss the point of the entire paper.

Rebuttal is my new favourite word.

I grew this from a seed. Its possibly my proudest achievement of 2023.

An open-ended senior research fellow post...I know, what the actual? Alcohol researchers assemble...

Danger of dog take-off on the walk today.

Mass media campaigns are an effective way to increase distribution of take home #naloxone .

Great look at the effectiveness of the 'How to Save a Life' campaign in Scotland led by Kirsten Trayner 👇🏾

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Mortality rates among people successfully treated for #HCV are high compared to the general population.

Great work from colleagues at GCU highlighting the need for ongoing support for people who have been treated with DAAs. Let's look beyond SVR12...

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BMJ STI call for papers for a special issue on #viralhepatitis . Deadline is March 2024 so bags of time, more details here 👇🏾

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Fell asleep chewing her chew, now doing a good Cheech & Chong impression.

This is great from Dion Kagan and team 👇🏾, thinking beyond a medical cure for people living with #HCV and exploring the lingering experience of illness after the treatment's done...
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July in Scotland...😏

Morning.

Looking forward to getting started with this. Currently with ethics, but hopefully will be recruiting soon. LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people of Scotland...watch this space! 👀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿