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Addiction Medicine and chronic disease

Addiction Medicine and chronic disease. A/Prof Kate Conigrave. Chronic disease Ageing. The lucky ones. Alcohol or other drug dependence Smoking in remote communities Cirrhosis – alcohol, Hepatitis C HIV. Osteoporosis - alcohol, smoking, opioids Falls - alcohol, benzos

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Addiction Medicine and chronic disease

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  1. Addiction Medicine and chronic disease A/Prof Kate Conigrave

  2. Chronic disease Ageing The lucky ones........ • Alcohol or other drug dependence • Smoking in remote communities • Cirrhosis – alcohol, Hepatitis C • HIV • Osteoporosis • - alcohol, smoking, opioids • Falls • - alcohol, benzos • Dementia • - alcohol, smoking

  3. Staff Research interests Paul Haber Alcohol dependence - new - new • FRACP, medications; FAChAM , Cirrhosis (alcoholic/viral) - • MD genetics, access to treatment Carolyn Day Blood borne viruses; epi/ • prevention/access to treatment PhD Kate Epidemiology, early • Conigrave intervention, access to treatment FAChAM , FAFPHM, Aboriginal health - – smoking, • PhD cannabis, alcohol

  4. Measuring our impact......? • NHMRC • Practitioner Fellowship; 3X post doctoral fellowships X 3 • NHMRC/ARC/other grants • Addolorato, ...Haber, et al ...baclofen for maintenance of alcohol abstinence in alcohol-dependent patients with liver cirrhosis..... Lancet  (2007) ; Cited x 60

  5. Different types of impact.... • Mukamal, Conigrave et al. ..drinking pattern and .....coronary heart disease in men N Eng J Med (2003); Cited x 294 • Teasdale; Conigrave et al. Improving services for prevention & treatment of substance misuse for Aboriginal communities in a Sydney Area Health Service Drug Alc Rev (2008) ; cited x 2

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