Background
Zachary joined the Burnet in 2023 as a student and finished the year as a Research Assistant for the Alcohol and other Drugs team.
He previously worked at an alcohol and other drug treatment site which instilled in him his passion for harm reduction initiatives and their potential for mitigating the adverse harms associated with illicit substance use. This work experience prompted him to undertake an Honours degree in Biomedical Science with Monash University, where he completed a thesis exploring Australian attitudes towards supervised injecting facilities in 2023.
Qualifications
- 2023: BBioMed (Hons), Monash University
Positions
- 2023-ongoing: Research Assistant, Alcohol and Other Drugs
Burnet publications
Analyses Updated to 2022–23 on Australian Attitudes Towards Supervised Injecting Facilities
Drug and Alcohol Review
Zachary Lloyd et al
Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX): study protocol
BMJ Open
Ashleigh C. Stewart et al
Changes in Australians' attitudes towards supervised injecting facilities
Drug and Alcohol Review
Zachary Lloyd et al
Current projects
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Methamphetamine and injecting drug use cohort studies: MIXMAX
MIXMAX is the largest active cohort study of people who use drugs in Australia. It combines 2 pre-existing studies: SuperMIX and VMAX.
Methamphetamine use in Melbourne and rural Victoria: the VMAX cohort study
The VMAX cohort study follows 850 people who use methamphetamine recruited from metropolitan Melbourne and 3 regions of rural Victoria.
Injecting drug use in Melbourne: SuperMIX cohort study
The largest and longest-running active cohort study of people who inject drugs in Australia (since 2008).
