Speakers Biographies
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Professor Ann Roche
Director
She has developed numerous educational programs and resource materials, including a course in Addiction Studies delivered in distance education mode and offering eight separate alcohol and drug-related subjects, the Queensland Needle Availability Training package, which contains an award winning video, a training program on Smoking and Indigenous Australians, a National Needle Availability Training Package and a comprehensive program designed for frontline workers dealing with alcohol and drug issues.
Brian Francis
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Brian Francis M SocHlth, has wide-ranging experience as a counsellor, health promotion officer, lecturer and manager. He has extensive expertise in therapeutic approaches to drug and alcohol treatment, harm minimization, HIV/Hepatitis C, the criminal justice system and the management of community welfare services.
Brian lectures at Macquarie University in the Department of Psychology’s Postgraduate Social Health and Applied Psychology Program, developing and leading workshops on Harm Reduction, Best Practice in Residential Drug Rehabilitation, Substance Narratives, Strengths Perspectives, Invitational Practices, Counselling Skills and Court Diversion Programs. He also has 3 years experience working as a MERIT caseworker and has coordinated a post release residential service for ex-prisoners.
Brian began working in drug and alcohol, harm reduction and HIV in 1992 when he conducted a national needs assessment for the transgender community and set up the Transgender HIV Outreach Project for Tiresias House (now known as The Gender Centre). Other projects he has led include: safe sex/safe using health promotions; boarding house socialization project; secondary outlet needle exchanges and community festivals.
Brian is currently developing training packages on Dual Diagnosis and Crime Diversion Programs for Macquarie University and NSW Health.
Professor John Daly
RN, PhD, FRCNA, University of Western Sydney (UWS).
Professor Daly is a member of the Nurses & Midwives Board, New South Wales, the Chair of the Council of Deans of Nursing(ANZ), and Deputy Chair/Chair Elect of the Global Alliance for Nursing Education & Scholarship.
KRISTY DELANEY
Until recently, Kristy Delaney has been working as the Executive Director of Youth Action and Policy Association (YAPA). The Youth Action and Policy Association NSW is the peak community group working in the interests of young people and youth services in NSW. YAPA strives to achieve social justice for young people, including the appropriate provision of services for young people.
- YAPA strives to achieve social justice for young people, including the appropriate provision of services for young people. The role of YAPA is to:
- Monitor and respond to government policies and proposals affecting young people
- Promote and advocate on issues affecting young people and youth services
- Bring young people and youth workers together to act on issues affecting them
- Work to raise a positive profile of young people in the media and in the community
- Provide training, forums and conferences
Kylie Bailey
Ms Kylie Bailey is a Clinical Psychologist who has practiced psychology in Australia for nine years. She is also a PhD candidate, researching the comorbidity of alcohol, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Ms Bailey was initially employed in the welfare industry in 1993 as a Dementia Care worker and then by the Department of Community as a case manager in the Disability Services Team in 1994.
In this role, she worked on some child protection matters and one to one with a people with a disability. Ms Bailey has been employed as a case manager for people with an acquired brain injury and then as an outpatient counsellor for a Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation service.
Whilst working at the Rehabilitation service Ms Bailey was interviewed by NBN news and a working party for the Drug Summit. In 1998 Ms Bailey commenced employment with Central Coast Area Health Service as a psychologist for the Alcohol and Other Drug Service, and ceased in 2007.
During this employment period she was regraded to Clinical Psychologist; presented at various Area Health inservices; conducted many group and individual treatment sessions; and supervised psychologists, intern psychologists and nurses.
Ms Bailey has also developed an adolescent group treatment manual for young people and conducted a pilot study on it’s effectiveness. She was then the chief author in the publication of this pilot study. In 2003 Ms Bailey was employed as a Lecturer by the University of Newcastle to co-ordinate the Graduate Certificate, Master and Masters (Hons) of Health Science (Drug and Alcohol Studies), via distance learning mode.
Ms Bailey continues this role and is now also employed as a supervisor at the Psychology Clinic, University of Newcastle, to supervise both the Master of Health and Clinical Psychology Masters students. Ms Bailey has been invited as a guest lecturer for the Master of Health and Clinical Psychology programs (since 2003) and has presented at two conferences.
Lynne Magor-Blatch
MAPS, MACCP, B.A. (Hum. & Soc.Sci.), M.Psych (Forensic), Grad.Dip.App.Psych., Dip.Teach. (Sec).
Lynne has more than 30 years experience within the Alcohol and Other Drug field, including her current position; and as Interim and Assistant Manager of the ACT Health, Alcohol and other Drug Policy Unit; psychologist and counsellor; teacher at school, TAFE and university level, where she developed course materials for Clinical Masters in Psychology focusing on working with clients with substance use issues; and as a policy officer and consultant.
She has experience within the Mental Health field as Secretariat Manager to the National Mental Health Working Group and the National Comorbidity Taskforce, in crisis counselling and intervention, child and adolescent mental health and forensic services.
Lynne has extensive experience in program development, particularly in the area of diversion initiatives for offenders through police and early court intervention, and within the TC arena, having initiated the development of the Karralika Family Program and a number of community-based services operated by ADFACT. She has publications in international and Australian journals, has presented at national and international conferences, and undertaken research with offender and forensic populations.
Lynne is the National Convener of the Australian Psychological Society’s Psychology and Substance Use Interest Group.
Marilyn Hadfield
Marilyn Hadfield is a working as a consultant on the MERIT Postgraduate Module and Placement Scheme currently being developed by Macquarie University.
After completing a Master of School Counselling at Macquarie University in 1989, Marilyn worked in western Sydney and northern Sydney as a school counsellor and specialist migrant counsellor, providing counselling services to students and their families from a wide range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Over recent years she worked as a Senior Education Officer for the NSW Department of Education and Training, coordinating strategies and developing resources to support students at risk of drug related harm.
Matt Stubbs
Manager, Ted Noffs Institute
Matt has a wide range of experience in youth work and drug and alcohol work. He has held various positions in both Government and Non-Government organisations in NSW.
Matt holds an Honours Degree in Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Drug Dependence from Macquarie University. He also holds Associate Professional Certification from Cornell University, USA, in Therapeutic Crisis Interventions.
In his position as Manager of the Ted Noffs Institute, Matt is involved in assisting staff of TNF meet their professional development needs and also acts as Director of Clinical Services in the absence of Dr John Howard. He develops and facilitates workshops for many external organisations such as the NSW Police Service; a number of area health services; youth agencies and registered training organisations.
Matt has also developed training packages for Frontline Workers as part of the National Illicit Drug Strategy and a number of learning tools for TAFE. He was the lead author of the Youth Chapter of a recent Monograph entitled “Models of Intervention and Care for Psychostimulant Users” (Monograph No. 51). Matt has also been integral in the development and subsequent application and interpretation of the assessment tools currently being used by the Ted Noffs Foundation.
Michelle Dickson
Michelle works with Narrative Therapy in her counselling work with children, families and Indigenous communities. She enjoys bringing Narrative ways of working to her teaching and research.
Michelle’s current research interests include exploring issues related to the professional journeys of Indigenous Health Workers, issues concerning alcohol and other drugs and families, professional development of allied health workers, and identity. She respects and marvels at the way her four children keep her feet feeling the grass between her toes, and remind her to always take time to smell the roses.
Michelle can be contacted by email at michelle.dickson@psy.mq.edu.au.
Paul Haber
He has led the consultation-liaison drug and alcohol service at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for 9 years and has considerable clinical experience in managing pain in hospitalised drug dependent people. He has also been involved in medical teaching for more than 15 years.
Professor Hamilton
Re teaching & training: Professor Hamilton has been involved in training or teaching throughout her career, including early days training of volunteer Lifeline counsellors in the late 1960s, undergraduate and postgraduate social work, psychology, dental, medical, education, law and other students when full-time at the University of Melbourne (1976-1994), appointed as the Coordinator of Alcohol and Drug Education in Medical Schools (CADEMS) there in the late 1980s; developer of computer-based learning modules for medical students, Chair of various Curriculum Committees, Chair of Social and Behavioural Human Research Ethics Committee at the University of Melbourne; founder of the Education and Training Unit at Turning Point, higher degree examiner – various including three years as external examiner, Trinity College, Dublin (2001-04); reviewer of various Centres (Education & Research).
Professor Robert Batey
AM
Professor Robert Batey AM is currently Chair of Medicine at Bankstown Hospital a teaching hospital of the UNSW. He is also Clinical Advisor to NSW Health in Addiction Medicine, a position he has held for 3 years. He has worked in the fields of Hepatology and Addiction Medicine for the past 30 years following training which was gained at Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals and at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
He chairs the National Hepatitis C Subcommittee of MACASHH – the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Aids, Sexual Health and Hepatitis to the Australian Government.
His current roles involve clinical, research, administrative, teaching and service planning responsibilities.
Associate Professor Sandra Jones
DirectorBA MBA(Marketing) PostGradDipHlthProm MPH PhD
- Influence of mass media on health behaviours
- Health behaviour change
- Social marketing
- Perception of cancer risk, screening and treatment
- Behavioural decision theory applied to lifestyle choice
- Alcohol advertising