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Professor Suzanne Nielsen is a Professor and NHMRC Leadership Fellow at Monash University, serving as Deputy Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre in Melbourne. With a background in pharmacy (BPharmSc[Hons]) and holding a PhD and MPS, she has established herself as a leading researcher in addiction medicine and pharmaceutical harm reduction.
Her research focuses on:
- Addiction and substance use disorders
- Opioid dependence and treatment
- Prescription drug abuse and harm reduction
- Pharmaceutical policy and regulation
- Overdose prevention strategies
Professor Nielsen's work has directly informed Australian legislative changes regarding pharmaceutical drug harm, including the rescheduling of codeine and alprazolam. She has pioneered approaches to expand overdose prevention with naloxone in primary care settings and has contributed significantly to clinical guidelines for opioid agonist treatment. Her recent publications demonstrate strong trends in applying innovative methodologies including AI screening tools, implementation science frameworks, and policy evaluation techniques to address substance use disorders.
Her scientific contributions have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards:
- Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) Early Career Researcher Award (2011)
- Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) Mid-Career Researcher Award (2020)
- College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Early Career Investigator Award (2011)
- Deans Rising Star Award, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales (2014)
- Ian Webster Award for Research Excellence, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW (2016)
Professor Nielsen currently leads multiple major research initiatives including projects analyzing opioid pharmacotherapy trends in Victoria, investigating psilocybin-assisted therapy for opioid use disorder, and developing pharmacist-prescriber collaborative care models to address Australia's treatment shortage for opioid dependence. She has published over 220 peer-reviewed articles and delivered more than 80 invited national and international presentations, demonstrating her significant influence in the field of addiction research.
