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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Suzanne Nielsen (BPharmSc[Hons] PhD MPS) is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow and the Deputy Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre in Melbourne.
She has published over 220 peer-reviewed publications and given over 80 invited national and international conference presentations. Her research has led to a greater understanding of how to identify and respond to prescription, over-the-counter and illicit drug-related harm. She has informed legislative change in Australia to reduce pharmaceutical drug harm (e.g. rescheduling of codeine and alprazolam), expanded overdose prevention with naloxone in primary care settings, and informed clinical guidelines on the use of opioid agonist treatment for prescribed opioids dependence.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- addiction
- opioid
- prescription drug
- dependence
- substance use
- treatment
- benzodiazepine
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Educating health professionals through a Knowledge Transfer Framework to reduce use of high-risk, and/or unnecessary medicines
Reeve, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Turner, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cross, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bell, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Liau, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Langford, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Galbraith, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Palermo, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ottrey, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Haines, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Manias, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nielsen, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Buchbinder, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Connor, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wale, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Shakib, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Magin, P. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Laver, K. E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hilmer, S. N. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Etherton-Beer, C. (Chief Investigator (CI))
31/01/25 → 31/01/28
Project: Research
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Transforming opioid poisoning surveillance through novel technologies
Xia, T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Dipnall, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hayman, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lam, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nielsen, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Beare, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Dietze, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Scott, N. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Stoove, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Roxburgh, A. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Using web scraping to construct a world-first alcohol retail pricing system to inform evidence-based alcohol policies
Lam, T., Petrie, D., Vandenberg, B., Campbell, S. & Nielsen, S.
1/07/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Transforming approaches to reduce opioid mortality and related harm
Nielsen, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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Empowering consumers with health literacy in opioid safety
Nielsen, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Dietze, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Boogs, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McMaugh, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Picco, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
6/09/23 → 15/08/25
Project: Research
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Impact of codeine rescheduling on prescribing of codeine and other opioids: Interrupted time series analyses using Australian general practice data
Cangadis-Douglass, H. F., Xia, T., Bell, J. S. & Nielsen, S., Jan 2025, In: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 91, 1, p. 190-198 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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96-week retention in treatment with extended-release subcutaneous buprenorphine depot injections among people with opioid dependence: Extended follow-up after a single-arm trial
Farrell, M., Shahbazi, J., Chambers, M., Byrne, M., Gholami, J., Zahra, E., Grebely, J., Lintzeris, N., Larance, B., Ali, R., Nielsen, S., Dunlop, A., Dore, G. J., McDonough, M., Montebello, M., Weiss, R., Rodgers, C., Cook, J., Degenhardt, L. & on behalf of the CoLAB study team, May 2024, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 127, 11 p., 104390.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Advancing the implementation of take-home naloxone by community pharmacists: Testing the role of COM-B
Moullin, J. C., Staniland, L., Uren, H., Nielsen, S. & Lenton, S., Mar 2024, In: Drug and Alcohol Review. 43, 3, p. 746–759 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A novel approach to co-design of digital health interventions for implementation and dissemination: Co-design of a digital Prescription Opioid Safety Toolkit
Waddell, A., Watterson, J. L., Basur, D., McMaugh, J., Boogs, M., Picco, L., Lam, T., Seguin, J., Olivier, P. L. & Nielsen, S., 2024. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
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Association of state-level prescription drug monitoring program implementation with opioid prescribing transitions in primary care in Australia
Xia, T., Picco, L., Buchbinder, R., Haas, R. & Nielsen, S., Apr 2024, In: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 90, 4, p. 1162-1172 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) Early Career Researcher Award
Nielsen, Suzanne (Recipient), 2011
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Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) Mid-Career Researcher Award
Nielsen, Suzanne (Recipient), 2020
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College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Early Career Investigator Award
Nielsen, Suzanne (Recipient), 2011
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Deans Rising Star Award, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales
Nielsen, Suzanne (Recipient), 2014
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Ian Webster Award for Research Excellence, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW
Nielsen, Suzanne (Recipient), 2016
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