Suzanne Nielsen

Media and digital literacy are key to disrupting disinformation.

--clapping back/arguing just helps to amplify bad faith accounts & false material

--don't share "funny" disinfo to dunk on it; some will still believe it

--BLOCK, REPORT, and tell others to do same *without* sharing disinfo content

Dr Ting Xia

So very proud that Dr Ting Xia and Dr Tina Lam PhD at the @monashaddiction.bsky.social were awarded an NHMRC Ideas Grant, leading work 'Transforming opioid poisoning surveillance through novel technologies'. I can't wait to see this project come to life! So happy to see big wins for this team.

Suzanne Nielsen on LinkedIn: 'Everyone was freaking out, screaming': Naloxone nasal spray may save lives Know anyone heading to a music festival this weekend? Could be a great time to read this article out by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) today (and…

Yes, its me talking about naloxone again! Know folks who take unregulated drug? The best time to learn about naloxone is now. Have naloxone? Do you have it on you? Check out this article in the ABC and share with anyone who might find it useful. @monashaddiction.bsky.social

Fantastic!

Suzanne Nielsen on LinkedIn: #naloxone We have now seen a number of cases where falsified oxycodone contains nitazenes or other potent opioids, in Australia and overseas. If you are buying…

Falsified pharmaceutical opioids that look like regular oxycodone pills found to contain strong opioids has now been reported in many countries... we need drug checking and harm reduction, and we also need to make sure that peoplewho need prescription opioids can access them through medical channels

'This will save lives' - Ireland's first supervised drug injection centre to open this December Merchants Quay Ireland said the facility will host medical staff who can “intervene when overdoses happen”.

IRELAND’S FIRST EVER medically supervised drug injection facility (MSIF) is set to open in Dublin in December, according to the charity overseeing the service.#harmreduction saves lives. www.thejournal.ie/supervised-d...

Hello in different langauges

Well hello, everyone! it seems like a good time to be over here. Keen to follow people who are interested in reducing drug related harm including harm reduction and treatment related related research. Hit me up!

MNHS researchers awarded $53million in NHMRC Investigator Grants Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences researchers have been successful in obtaining 29 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants valued at over $53 million, the h...

Some good news to finish the year. It was just announced that I was lucky enough to receive 5-years NHMRC Investigator Grant funding to continue my work on preventing opioid-related mortality. Bring on 2024! Can't wait to start this work!

'Many more would still be alive': Why Aaneke wants more Victorians to have access to naloxone At just 24, Aaneke has lost multiple loved ones to drug overdoses. She and addiction experts are now calling on the Victorian government to do more to ensure the life-saving drug naloxone can be acces...

It seems hard to believe that in 2023 we are struggling with basic #naloxone supply in Melbourne, Australia. There are no legal barriers, yet we have a lack of stock and complicated access systems (despite the requirement for a prescription being removed in 2016)... progress is so painfully slow

This! 👇 But hoping this time round to somehow do something/different better - already finding new content and liking the vibe

Surround yourself with people who fight for you in rooms you aren't in.

Choose your supervisors carefully. #AcademicSky

I'm proud to represent MARC, one of the 77 organisations that have supported this call for drug checking in Victoria, Australia, aligning with 4 Victorian coronial findings. This will save lives and provide information on emerging harmful substances prior to consumption. See: bit.ly/3FkXDlp

*New research* from our group - did more people start #opioid agonist #treatment following voluntary or mandatory prescription drug monitoring program #PDMP implementation? We didn't find any change probably for a whole range of reasons, including potentially the lack of access to these treatments.

Xylazine is an agonist at kappa opioid receptors and exhibits sex-specific responses to naloxone adm... bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

So proud to share our first paper examining the role of #xylazine in the drug supply! This work is the definition of a team effort! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Getting ahead of the fentanyl threat: We need to act now to avoid a public health disaster While fentanyl is yet to markedly impact Australia, the North American opioid crisis shows us how bad it can get, and urgent action is needed now.

The spectre of #fentanyl is looming large in #Australia. In this piece we warn of the potentially devastating impact on public health, including an unprecedented surge in overdose deaths.

: mona.sh/NcjN50PHixS #MonashLens

lens.monash.edu/2023/08/31/1...

Stigma is stopping an evidence based response to drug overdose deaths in the UK Andy Guise and colleagues argue that UK government opposition to drug consumption rooms is underpinned by, and reproduces stigma towards, drug use and people who use drugs The number of people in th...

Our new article in BMJ argues anti-drug stigma is undermining UK's response to drug-related harms - including implementation of drug consumption rooms - and action is needed in the wake of rising overdose deaths.

https://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj-2023-074934