Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Debbie is a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University, and the Strategic Lead of The National Addiction and Mental Health Surveillance Unit at Turning Point. She is a public health researcher with a nursing background. Debbie has worked on a number of projects with WHO, UNICEF and ISPCAN on data issues. She is an active member of the Australian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN). She currently sits on the Executive Committee and chairs their Sub-committee on Intentional Injury.
Debbie's research interests focus on the use of surveillance systems to improve the understanding of harms associated with alcohol and drugs - particularly those associated with intentional injury (suicide and self harm, family violence, child maltreatment).
External positions
Chair Subcommittee on alcohol and other drugs in injury, Australian Injury Prevention Network
Jul 2020 → …Research area keywords
- Intentional injury prevention
- Family violence
- Alcohol and drug
- Injury surveillance
- Child safety and well-being
- Public health
Network
Projects
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National Ambulance Surveillance System for Overdose and Suicidal Behaviour
Lubman, D., Scott, D. & Matthews, S.
16/04/20 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Impacts of Banned Drinkers Register Re-introduction in Northern Territory
Miller, P., Smith, J., Livingston, M., Guthridge, S., Whyte, C., Boffa, J., Paradies, Y. C., Griffiths, K., Chikritzhs, T. N., Room, R., Mayshak, R., Smith, L., Stevens, M., Paterson, J., Ward, J., Crane, M., Thorn, M. & Scott, D.
20/02/20 → 19/02/24
Project: Research
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Google AI for Social Impact: The Use of AI to Code Ambulance Data for Suicide Prevention
Lubman, D., Scott, D., Buntine, W. & Matthews, S.
22/07/19 → 1/07/22
Project: Research
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Preventing Femicide: Descriptive epidemiology of femicide in NSW
Cullen, P., Mackean, T., Ivers, R., Hegarty, K., Scott, D., Longbottom, M. & Rogers, K. D.
Project: Research
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National Injury Prevention Strategy - Literature Review
Hunter, K., Bestman, A., Keay, L., Lukaszyk, C., Brown, J., Clapham, K. F., Curtis, K., Ivers, R., Cullen, P., Mitchell, R., Scott, D. & Vallmuur, K.
21/01/19 → 24/05/19
Project: Research
Research output
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Comparing rates and characteristics of ambulance attendances related to extramedical use of pharmaceutical opioids in Victoria, Australia from 2013 to 2018
Nielsen, S., Crossin, R., Middleton, M., Lam, T., Wilson, J., Scott, D., Martin, C., Smith, K. & Lubman, D., Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Addiction. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus) -
'Extreme personal stress' and 'a lot of pain': Exploring the physical, mental and social contexts of extramedical pharmaceutical opioid use in Australian paramedic case descriptions
Wilson, J., Lam, T., Scott, D., Crossin, R., Matthews, S., Smith, K., Lubman, D. I. & Nielsen, S., 7 Jul 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Drug and Alcohol Review. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
National Ambulance Surveillance System: A novel method using coded Australian ambulance clinical records to monitor self-harm and mental health-related morbidity
Lubman, D. I., Heilbronn, C., Ogeil, R. P., Killian, J. J., Matthews, S., Smith, K., Bosley, E., Carney, R., McLaughlin, K., Wilson, A., Eastham, M., Shipp, C., Witt, K., Lloyd, B. & Scott, D., Jul 2020, In : PLoS ONE. 15, 7 July, 16 p., e0236344.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus) -
Recent trends in heroin and pharmaceutical opioid-related harms in Victoria, Australia up to 2018
Lam, T., Kuhn, L., Hayman, J., Middleton, M., Wilson, J., Scott, D., Lubman, D. I., Smith, K. & Nielsen, S., Feb 2020, In : Addiction. 115, 2, p. 261-269 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus) -
Reporting Fatal Neglect in Child Death Review
Scott, D., Apr 2020, In : Trauma, Violence & Abuse. p. 382-392 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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The Frank Murphy Travelling Scholarship
Scott, Debbie (Recipient), Dec 2017
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Activities
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Have the Banned Drinker Register and the introduction of Minimum Unit Price and Police Auxiliary Licence Inspectors benefited children within Alice Springs?
Ryan Baldwin (Fellow), Peter Miller (Supervisor), Kerri Coomber (Supervisor), Yin Paradies (Supervisor) & Debbie Scott (Supervisor)
2020 → 2023Activity: External Academic Engagement › External HDR Supervision
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Australasian Injury Prevention Network (External organisation)
Debbie Scott (Member)
Nov 2017 → Nov 2021Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of networks of excellence
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Australasian Injury Prevention Network (External organisation)
Debbie Scott (Member)
2017 → 2021Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of industry collaboration/ network
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WHO VIP Mentorship program mentor
Debbie Scott (Fellow)
1 Sep 2017 → 30 Sep 2018Activity: External Academic Engagement › Expert/ advisor
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Press / Media
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Byte Into It - Discussion Data Science and IA for Social Good - Google Impact Grant
18/03/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview