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Professor Sandra Jones . . . growing recognition for her research int... |
Centre Director a finalist in National Drug and Alcohol Awards
The Director of UOW’s Centre for Health Initiatives, whose area of expertise includes alcohol advertising and marketing, was one of three finalists in this year’s National Drug and Alcohol Awards in the category of Research Excellence.
Professor Sandra Jones was among participants invited to attend the awards gala dinner held in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra on Friday night (26 June).
The hotly-contested ‘Research Excellence’ category award was won by a team of psychologists from Queensland who have developed an online counselling program for dual diagnosis.
Professor Jones’ research on alcohol advertising and alcohol marketing has been widely recognised as academically innovative as well as receiving strong recognition in government circles.
She will be a keynote speaker this week at the Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies’ “Creating Synergy Conference” and the “Thinking Drinking” conference in August.
Professor Jones’ work on alcohol advertising and young people resulted in a recent invitation for her to present evidence at the recent Senate Committee Hearing on the Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill.
She has been invited to present her research findings to government agencies (in Australia and overseas) including a presentation to the NSW Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy on her work into compliance with the industry self-regulatory codes on alcohol advertising.
Professor Jones has conducted the only Australian research on point-of-sale alcohol promotions which has attracted significant public attention. There is currently no systematic evidence on the effects of alcohol consumption of non-advertising promotions – hence the existing guidelines are unclear and unenforceable.
She has been invited to present the results of her findings from just-completed research on the impact of ready-to-drink alcohol products on young people’s drinking to the NSW Department of Health’s Expert Advisory Group on Drug and Alcohol and to the NSW Minister for Health.
Professor Jones’ work on alcohol sponsorship of sport has been widely reported in the media. She has been invited to share her findings and recommendations with traditionally hard-to-reach groups including as an Invited Keynote Speaker at the National Rugby League Development Conference last year.