DPMP aims to improve Australian drug policy by generating new evidence; translating that evidence into policy-relevant information; studying how policy actually gets made and evaluating policy processes
Burnet contributes to DPMP goals through Associate Professor Paul Dietze’s involvement as a Chief Investigator and his work developing longitudinal epidemiological data on street-based injecting drug users in Melbourne.
Trevor King, the Deputy Director of DPMP is also based at Burnet. His role includes the translation of research findings into improved policy and practice.
2006-2011
All DPMP work is underpinned by a focus on capacity-building:
- encouraging scientists from other areas to work in the illicit drugs domain
- providing consultancy and support to policy makers to improve their use of research evidence
- working in partnership with existing drug research centres and teams across Australia
- bringing international expertise to Australia
- disseminating its work to researchers, policy makers and the public.
Funding
Partners
- Colonial Foundation Trust
Partners +
Collaborators
- University of New South Wales
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, New South Wales
- Griffith University, Queensland
- The University of Queensland
- National Drug Research Institute, Western Australia
- Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Victoria
- Human Ecosystems Modelling with Agents (Hema) Consulting Pty Ltd, ACT
- Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar
- University of Maryland, USA
- Social Research and Evaluation Pty Ltd, NSW
- Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users' League, ACT
- Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, NSW
Project
Team
Meet the project team. Together, we are translating research into better health, for all.
