Jonathan Brett

Professor Jonathan Brett is a clinical pharmacology, toxicology, and addiction medicine specialist at St. Vincent's Hospital and a clinical toxicologist with the NSW Poisons Centre. As a conjoint Associate Professor at St. Vincent's Clinical School (UNSW Medicine) and Senior Research Fellow at UNSW Sydney's School of Population Health, he bridges clinical practice with academic research.

• Key Affiliations: St. Vincent's Hospital, NSW Poisons Centre, UNSW Sydney
• Research Focus: Neuropsychopharmacology, drug safety in pregnancy, therapeutic drug monitoring, pharmacogenomics, and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

His work includes NHMRC Investigator Grant projects on opioid safety in pregnancy and IHIF Grants for pharmacogenomics in mental health and take-home naloxone implementation. He supervises 10 Honours/ILP and 2 PhD students in areas like recreational drug use, drug overdose prevention, and antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring.

Scientific Awards:

• Gustav Nossal Award (2015) for NH&MRC scholarship
• Multiple clinical and Aboriginal health awards (2012-2014)

He holds MBBS (hons), GCertClinTox, FRACP, FAChAM, and PhD credentials, with research activities spanning pharmacoepidemiology, psychedelic therapies for methamphetamine use disorder, and novel TDM implementations at St. Vincent's Hospital.