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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director, SA Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide
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Research Associate, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Windsor
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Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor & Director of The Matilda Centre. Chair, Australia's Mental Health Think Tank, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
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Professor, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
