Cassandra Wright

Dr Cassandra Wright is a public health researcher, with qualifications in health promotion, public health and epidemiology. She holds an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award on alcohol policy in the Northern Territory. Her work at Menzies is specifically focused on priority populations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She is a Senior Research Fellow on the LEARNT study, which examines the impacts of Banned Drinker Register, Minimum Unit Pricing and other policy interventions in the Northern Territory.

Prior to her appointment at Menzies, she worked at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research in Melbourne as a Research Fellow. She completed her PhD at the Burnet Institute (enrolled through Monash University). Her PhD focused on interventions to reduce alcohol consumption among young people.

Dr Wright has research expertise in alcohol; young people’s health; digital interventions; sexual health and health promotion programs. She uses mixed research methods and frequently uses participatory approaches to research and developing health promotion activities. She is an experienced evaluator and has led evaluations on programs ranging from local-level prevention activities to state-wide health programs.

She is the Northern Territory Representative for the Australasian Professional Society for Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD).