- Professor & Deputy Director, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Professor Dennis Gray is a Deputy Director at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University, and a leader of the Institute’s Aboriginal Research Program. He is an eminent researcher in this area and has a long history of conducting collaborative research with Aboriginal community-controlled organisations. Professor Gray has published extensively on Aboriginal substance misuse issues and has been invited to give presentations on his research in various national and international forums. His most recent work has focused upon the provision of alcohol and other drug services and on enhancing options for the management of alcohol- and cannabis-related problems in Aboriginal community-controlled health services. His research has had demonstrable outcomes at the national, state/territory and regional/local levels. He is a member of the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee, his research team was awarded the 2006 National Alcohol and Drug Award for Excellence in Research, and in 2010 – in recognition of his significant contribution to the alcohol and other drugs field – he was named on the National Drug and Alcohol Honour Roll.
Experience
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1992–presentProfessor, National Drug Research Institute
Education
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1982University of Hawaii, PhD - Medical Anthropology
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1980University of Hawaii, MPH - International Health
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1978University of Western Australia, MA - Anthropology
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1974University of Western Australia, BA - Anthropology & History
Publications
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2012Symons M, Gray D, Chikritzhs T, Skov S, Saggers S, Boffa J, Low J. A longitudinal study of influences on alcohol consumption and related harm in Central Australia: with a particular emphasis on the role of price. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University: Perth. [ISBN 978-0-9873641-0-4],
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2012Gray D. Is the demand for alcohol in Indigenous Australian communities ‘price inelastic’? Drug and Alcohol Review 31(6): 818–812.,
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2011Gray D, Wilkes E. Alcohol restrictions in Indigenous communities: an effective strategy if Indigenous led., Medical Journal of Australia 194 (10): 508
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2010Gray D, Stearne A, Wilson M, Doyle MF. Indigenous-specific Alcohol and Other Drug Interventions: Continuities, Changes and Areas of Greatest Need. ANCD Research Paper 20. Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs. [ISBN 9781877018237],
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2010Gray D. The Northern Territory Emergency Response and cannabis use in remote Aboriginal communities. (Refereed letter to the Editor.), Medical Journal of Australia 192 (10): 555.
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2010Gray D, Wilkes E. Addressing and preventing harmful alcohol and other drug use. Closing the Gap Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australian Institute of Family Studies.,
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2009Gray D, Saggers S. Indigenous health: the perpetuation of inequality. In Germov J (ed) Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology (4th edn). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. pp.156–174. [ISBN 9780195562811],
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2009Pascal R, Chikritzhs T, Gray D. Estimating alcohol-attributable mortality among Indigenous Australians: towards Indigenous-specific alcohol aetiologic fractions., Drug and Alcohol Review 28: 196–200.
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2008Gray D, Saggers S, Atkinson D, Wilkes E. Substance Misuse. In Couzos S, Murray A (eds) Aboriginal Primary Health Care: An Evidence-Based Approach 3rd edn. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Ch 20: 755–787. [ISBN 9780195551389],
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2007Saggers S, Gray D. Social determinants of health: defining what we mean. In Carson B, Dunbar T, Chenhall R, Baille R. (eds) The Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health. Sydney: Allen & Unwin Ch 1:1–20. [ISBN 978-74175-142-0],
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2006Gray D, Jackson Pulver L, Saggers S, Waldon J. Addressing indigenous substance misuse and related harms., Drug and Alcohol Review 25: 183–188.
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2005Gray D, Saggers S. The evidence base for responding to substance misuse in indigenous minority populations. In Stockwell T, Gruenewald P, Toumbourou J, Loxley W. Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The Evidence Base for Policy and Practice. Chichester: Wiley & Sons. Ch 6.7: 381–393. [ISBN 0 470 09227 0],
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2004Gray D, Saggers S, Atkinson D, Strempel P. Substance Misuse and Primary Health Care Among Indigenous Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Review: Consultant Report No 7. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Aging [ISBN 0 642 82501 7],
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2004Clough AR, d'Abbs P, Cairney S, Gray D, Maruff P, Parker R, O'Reilly B. Emerging patterns of cannabis and other substance use in Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory: a study of two communities., Drug and Alcohol Review 23: 381–390.
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2004Strempel P, Saggers S, Gray D, Stearne A. Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Projects: Elements of Best Practice. ANCD Research Paper 8. Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs. [ISBN 1 877018 09 0],
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2003Gray D, Saggers S. Substance misuse. In Thomson N (ed) The Health of Indigenous Australians. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Ch 7: 158–185. [ISBN 0 19 551220 0],
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2002Saggers S, Gray D. Theorising Indigenous health: a political economy of health and substance misuse., Health Sociology Review 10(2): 21–32.
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2002Gray D, Sputore B, Stearne A, Bourbon D, Strempel P. Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Projects: 1999–2000. ANCD Research Paper 4. Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs. [ISBN 1 877018 03 1],
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2002Gray D, Saggers S, Hulse G, Atkinson D. An approach to substance misuse problems among Indigenous Australians. In Cape G, White J, Hulse G (eds) Management of Alcohol and Drug Problems. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Ch 17: 310–327. [ISBN 0 19 551331 2],
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2000Gray D, Chikritzhs T. Regional variation in alcohol consumption in the Northern Territory., Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 24(1): 35–38.
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2000Gray D, Saggers S, Sputore B, Bourbon D. What works? A review of alcohol misuse interventions among Aboriginal Australians., Addiction 95(1): 11–22.
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2000Gray D. Indigenous Australians and liquor licensing restrictions (invited and refereed editorial)., Addiction 95(10): 1469–72.
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2000Gray D, Saggers S, Atkinson D, Sputore B, Bourbon D. Beating the grog: an evaluation of the Tennant Creek liquor licensing restrictions., Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 24(1): 39–44
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1998Saggers S, Gray D. Dealing with Alcohol: Indigenous Usage in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1998. [ISBN 0 521 62977 2],
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1991Saggers S, Gray D. Aboriginal Health and Society: The Traditional and Contemporary Aboriginal Struggle for Better Health. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1991. [ISBN 1 86373 057 5],
Honours
2010 National Drug and Alcohol Award - Significant contribution to the reduction of harms from alcohol and other drug use.
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