Background

Cristal has worked in the not-for-profit and community mental health sector for a number of years across a variety of roles in research, direct support work and marketing.

She completed a Bachelor of Social Work with RMIT gaining experience at Burnet in a 3 month fieldwork placement with the Alcohol and Other Drugs team. She has recently joined the AOD team as a Research Assistant working on the VMAX and SuperMIX cohort studies.

Cristal also works as a Research Assistant at Neami National, a community mental health organisation, where she has predominantly focused on bringing about the completion of a smoking cessation pilot study.

Cristal has an interest in qualitative research, co design and communicating research outcomes to bring about effective and positive change for high risk and vulnerable populations.

Positions

• Neami National – Research Assistant, Consumer Centred Tobacco Management Project

Qualifications

• 2018: Bachelor of Social Work RMIT

Projects (2)

Current (2)

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  EDRS: Ecstasy and related Drugs Reporting System

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  IDRS: Illicit Drug Reporting System

Publications (2)

2022 (1)

• COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among people in Australia who inject drugs: Implications for vaccine rollout.
  Dietze PM, Hall C, Price O, Stewart AC, Crawford S, Peacock A, Maher L
  Drug Alcohol Rev. 2022 Feb; 41(2):484-487

2021 (1)

• A prospective cohort of people who use methamphetamine in Melbourne and non-metropolitan Victoria, Australia: Baseline characteristics and correlates of methamphetamine dependence.
  Quinn B, Ward B, Agius PA, Jenkinson R, Hickman M, Sutton K, Hall C, McKetin R, Farrell M, Cossar R, Dietze PM
  Drug Alcohol Rev. 2021 Nov; 40(7):1239-1248