LxAddictions24: Early career researchers

The official Lisbon Addictions podcast brings you a catch-up conversation with consultant Dominique Lopez, and poster prize winners Eman Mshari and Ebtesam Saleh.Dominique Lopez worked on the early career researcher programme for Lisbon Addictions 2024.Eman Mshari is a pharmacist from Kuwait, who is currently pursuing her PhD in pharmacology and toxicology at King's College London.Ebtesam Saleh is a pharmacist and a doctoral candidate at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin. She was awarded the Fred Yates Prize in 2023 by the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) in recognition of her significant and specific contributions to the addictions field.The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Feb 34min

The official Lisbon Addictions podcast brings you all the talks, events, seminars from day three of the Lisbon Addictions conference.Ben Scher is an SSA funded PhD Student at Oxford University.Dr Elle Wadsworth is a researcher based at the University of Bath and at RAND Europe. Rob Calder is Head of Communications and Operations for the Society for the Study of Addiction.Zoe Swithenbank is a researcher at Liverpool John Moores University.The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25 Okt 202422min

The official Lisbon Addictions podcast brings you all the talks, events, seminars from day two of the Lisbon Addictions conference.Ben Scher is an SSA funded PhD Student at Oxford University.Dr Elle Wadsworth is a researcher based at the University of Bath and at RAND Europe. Rob Calder is Head of Communications and Operations for the Society for the Study of Addiction.Zoe Swithenbank is a researcher at Liverpool John Moores University.The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24 Okt 202416min

Elle talks to Vanda about her upcoming session at the Lisbon Addictions conference. Vanda Felbab-Brown is a Senior fellow in Foreign Policy at The Brookings Institution.Dr Elle Wadsworth is a researcher based at the University of Bath and at RAND Europe. The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Okt 20244min

The official Lisbon Addictions podcast brings you all the talks, events, seminars from day one of the Lisbon Addictions conference.Ben Scher is an SSA funded PhD Student at Oxford University.Dr Elle Wadsworth is a researcher based at the University of Bath and at RAND Europe. Rob Calder is Head of Communications and Operations for the Society for the Study of Addiction.Zoe Swithenbank is a researcher at Liverpool John Moores University.The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Okt 202418min

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Paul Griffiths about his role throughout Lisbon Addictions and specifically in convening the 'Open Track'. Elle and Paul discuss the launch of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) and how it has changed since being known as the EMCDDA. They talk about EUDA’s work at the boundary between science, practice and policy at a European level. They also talk about collaborating with the Institute on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (ICAD) to organise the Lisbon Addictions conference.Paul explains the role of the conference's many co-producers in bringing the scientific programme together, going through the themes for each day at the conference, the plenaries and the two debate sessions designed to encourage discussion among conference attendees. One debate will be on 'why are we not doing better at reducing drug-related deaths?', and one on 'how can the voices of people with lived experience, clients and communities impacted by drug use better inform clinical practice, research and the policy agenda?'."We're all getting really excited to welcome again a lot of people to Lisbon.... it's going to be a busy week for everyone but I hopefully a fun and productive one!"Dr Paul Griffiths is the scientific director of the EU Drugs Agency (EUDA, formerly the EMCDDA). Dr Elle Wadsworth is a researcher based at the University of Bath and at RAND Europe. The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11 Okt 202428min

In this episode, Dr Rob Calder talks to Dr Ina Koning from European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR) about her work as a co-producer for Lisbon Addictions. Rob and Ina discuss the EUSPR track's focus on prevention. They cover interventions, treatment, and the wide range of outcomes, substances and behavioural addictions. They also discuss how these can change according across populations including young people, families and professionals.They also talk about the process of putting together sessions for Lisbon Addictions before sharing some pointers for first-time attendees at Lisbon Addictions.“Because of the huge variety of topics, the huge variety of sessions and talks, there's always something of interest going on.”Ina Koning is an Associate Professor in clinical child and family studies at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.Rob Calder is Head of Communications and Operations for the Society for the Study of Addiction.The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 Sep 202417min