More Australians over 50 are drinking and taking drugs than ever before. Here’s why that can be a problem.
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Professor of Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
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Research Leader, Critical and Ethical Mental Health research group, Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide University
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Professor and Director of the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University
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Deakin Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Health, Deakin University
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Research Fellow, UNSW
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Head, Behavioural Epidemiology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Adelaide University
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director of Doherty Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Manager, University of Sydney and Honorary Assistant Professor, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University
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Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, Australian Women and Girls' Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland
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Research officer, National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University