Opioid use after surgery

Dr Jay Gong and Associate Professor Amy Chan talk about Jay’s PhD research into opioid use after surgery or trauma in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can access this on the CFAR YouTube...

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

In this video, Dr Joanna Chu, the Senior Research Fellow of the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland talks about her work on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and why we need more research and support in this area.

Gender Targeted Marketing

CFAR Director Professor Antonia Lyons and colleagues from Glasgow Caledonian University and McMaster University developed a brief for the World Health Organisation on gender-responsive approaches to alcohol control policies.

Alcohol and gender

In this 5 minute video, Professor Antonia Lyons explains what gender has to do with alcohol consumption, and shares some insights into New Zealand’s drinking cultures.

Midlife women and alcohol

Dr Kate Kersey shares research into mid-life women drinkers, and why it is so many midlife women talk about turning to alcohol to cope.

Unhealthy Commodities

We are delighted to share our latest Centre for Addiction research video.  In this video, Professor Peter Adams talks about his excellent work on unhealthy commodity industries, and why he decided to shift his focus from individual psychology to the political and...