Working groups
Bianca is an early career researcher having completed a Bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion (Honours) in 2020 at Deakin University. During her Honours year, Bianca conducted a qualitative media analysis focusing on Victoria’s first medically supervised injecting room and was subsequently published.
Bianca has been with the Burnet Institute as a research assistant since March 2022 where she has been working on multiple projects focused on injecting drug use. Bianca is works as a casual academic at Deakin conducting research on women who use performance and image enhancing drugs.
A recipient of a Deakin Burnet Research Partnership Scholarship, Bianca commenced her PhD in mid-2022. Her project explores the public amenity and drug consumption rooms. Currently, Bianca is undertaking structured observations in the area particular to the North Richmond Medically Supervised Injecting Room.
Addiction
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Journal of Studies in International Education
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Drug and Alcohol Review
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MIXMAX is the largest active cohort study of people who use drugs in Australia. It combines 2 pre-existing studies: SuperMIX and VMAX.
The Drugs Trends Program includes the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) and the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS).