Dan Lubman

Personal profile

Biography

Professor Dan Lubman has worked across mental health and drug treatment settings in both the UK and Australia. He is Director of Turning Point, Australia's leading national addiction treatment, research and education centre, inaugural Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre and Professor of Addiction Studies and Services at Monash University. Dr Lubman's research is wide-ranging and includes investigating the harms associated with alcohol, drugs and gambling, the impact of alcohol and drug use on brain function, the relationship between substance use, gambling and mental disorder, as well as the development of targeted telephone, online and face-to-face intervention programs within community, school, primary care, mental health and drug treatment settings.

Dr Lubman has published over 500 major reports, peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters, and was Chair of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists' (RANZCP) Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry for over a decade. He is regularly contacted for policy advice and community comment, and sits on multiple government expert committees. He has received numerous awards, including the Senior Scientist Award from the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs, as well as the RANZCP Senior Research Award.

Research interests

Mapping trends and harms related to alcohol, presciption and illicit drugs and gambling

Improving help-seeking for alcohol, drug and gambling issues

Neurobiology of addiction and neurocognitive interventions

The impact of alcohol and drugs on adolescent brain development

Comorbid mental health, gambling and substance use disorders

School-based interventions and clinical treatment trials for problem alcohol, drug and gambling issues

Recovery and the role of social networks

Research area keywords

alcohol
drugs
gambling
addiction
imaging
cognition
psychosis
depression
treatment
epidemiology
Intervention Studies

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Projects

1 Not started
13 Active
30 Finished

National Ambulance Surveillance System for Overdose and Suicidal Behaviour

Lubman, D., Scott, D. & Matthews, S.

16/04/20 → 30/06/22

Project: Research

Determining the feasibility and efficacy of Goal Management Training for improving treatment retention and outcomes during residential treatment for methamphetamine dependence

Verdejo-Garcia, A., Allan, E. & Lubman, D.

National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs

5/03/20 → 1/04/21

Project: Research

A pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) of personalised approach bias modification for methamphetamine use disorder

Manning, V., Garfield, J., Arunogiri, S., Lubman, D., Gavin, J., Kotler, E., George, S., Okedara, G. & Hopwood, M.

National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs

24/01/20 → 2/10/20

Project: Research

A randomised controlled trial of telephone-delivered psychological treatment to reduce methamphetamine use

Lubman, D., Manning, V., Hall, K., Arunogiri, S., Grigg, J., Reynolds, J. & Harris, A.

1/01/20 → 31/12/22

Project: Research

PO_VEMD: Understanding the rates and characteristics of Victorian emergency department attendances for commonly used pharmaceutical opioids

Nielsen, S., Lam, T. & Lubman, D.

13/12/19 → 12/12/20

Project: Research