Addictions Edited

The official Lisbon Addictions podcast brings you a catch-up conversation with consultant Dominique Lopez, and poster prize winners Eman Mshari and Ebtesam Saleh. Dominique Lopez worked on the early career researcher programme for Lisbon Addictions 2024. Eman Mshari is a pharmacist from Kuwait, who is currently pursuing her PhD in pharmacology and toxicology at King's College London. Ebtesam Saleh...

The official Lisbon Addictions podcast brings you all the talks, events, seminars from day three of the Lisbon Addictions conference. Ben Scher is an SSA funded PhD Student at Oxford University. Dr Elle Wadsworth is a researcher based at the University of Bath and at RAND Europe.  Rob Calder is Head of Communications and Operations for the Society for the Study of Addiction. Zoe Swithenbank i...

The official Lisbon Addictions podcast brings you all the talks, events, seminars from day two of the Lisbon Addictions conference. Ben Scher is an SSA funded PhD Student at Oxford University. Dr Elle Wadsworth is a researcher based at the University of Bath and at RAND Europe.  Rob Calder is Head of Communications and Operations for the Society for the Study of Addiction. Zoe Swithenbank is...

Elle talks to Vanda about her upcoming session at the Lisbon Addictions conference. Vanda Felbab-Brown is a Senior fellow in Foreign Policy at The Brookings Institution. Dr Elle Wadsworth is a researcher based at the University of Bath and at RAND Europe.  The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positi...

The official Lisbon Addictions podcast brings you all the talks, events, seminars from day one of the Lisbon Addictions conference. Ben Scher is an SSA funded PhD Student at Oxford University. Dr Elle Wadsworth is a researcher based at the University of Bath and at RAND Europe.  Rob Calder is Head of Communications and Operations for the Society for the Study of Addiction. Zoe Swithenbank is...

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Paul Griffiths about his role throughout Lisbon Addictions and specifically in convening the 'Open Track'. Elle and Paul discuss the launch of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) and how it has changed since being known as the EMCDDA. They talk about EUDA’s work at the boundary between science, practice and policy at a European level. They also tal...

In this episode, Dr Rob Calder talks to Dominique Lopez and early-career researchers Dr Jorge Martins and Olivia Price about the ECR track at Lisbon Addictions. Rob, Dominique, Jorge and Olivia discuss how you can make the most of the ECR programme’s networking opportunities and activities before, during and after the conference. During the conference there will be a number of sessions design...

In this episode, Dr Rob Calder talks to Dr Ina Koning from European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR) about her work as a co-producer for Lisbon Addictions. Rob and Ina discuss the EUSPR track's focus on prevention. They cover interventions, treatment, and the wide range of outcomes, substances and behavioural addictions. They also discuss how these can change according across populations in...

In this episode, Ben Scher talks to Emma Day from the International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) about being a co-producer for Lisbon Addictions. Ben and Emma discuss this track looking at research on issues such as hepatitis, HIV, soft tissue infection and overdose prevention from epidemiological, clinical science, social science and treatment perspectives. They talk...

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Professors Beau Kilmer and Rosalie Pacula from the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) about being a co-producer for Lisbon Addictions. Elle, Beau and Rosalie discuss drug policy work including cannabis legislation, using data to monitor changes to drug consumption trends and the impact of the criminal legal system on drug use and...

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Professor Zsolt Demetrovics from the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Addictions (ISSBA) about his work as a co-producer for Lisbon Addictions. Elle and Zsolt discuss the behavioural addictions track at Lisbon Addictions this year. The track will include presentations relating to gambling and gaming disorders as well as compulsive sexua...

In this episode Dr Zoe Swithenbank talks to Dr Jørgen Bramness from the European Federation of Addiction Societies (EUFAS) about his work as a co-producer for Lisbon Addictions. Zoe and Jørgen discuss this track, how it was put together and why you should follow this track at Lisbon Addictions this year. This track will cover a wide range of issues relating to alcohol, and will include sessions on...

In this episode, Dr Zoe Swithenbank talks to Fleur Braddick from Workforce in Addiction · Valorisation in Europe (WAVE) about her work as a co-producer for Lisbon Addictions. Fleur Braddick (Communications lead on WAVE), on behalf of other coordinating team (Silvia Matrai, Elsa Caballeria and Hugo López-Pelayo), talks about how WAVE is collaborating with diverse expert stakeholders to review state...

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Dr Sarah Welch from the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) about her work as a co-producer for Lisbon Addictions. Ben and Sarah discuss the Addiction and Mental Health track, how it was put together and why you would want to follow this track at Lisbon Addictions this year. This track will cover a wide range of issues relating to addiction and mental health...

Professor Ann McNeill is Professor of Tobacco Addiction and co-director of the NIHR-funded Policy Research Unit in Addictions. Ahead of her Society Lecture at the 2024 Annual Conference, Professor McNeill spoke to the SSA’s Rob Calder about her career and expertise in tobacco harm reduction. Read excerpts of the interview below or listen to the whole interview on the Addictions Edited podcast. Hos...

In this episode Dr Casy Calver talks to Dr Katie Witkiewitz. Dr Witkiewitz talks about her experience as an editor and specifically about desk rejection - sometimes called reject without review. She talks about the many reasons that articles are rejected without going to peer-review. These can include there being too many similar studies already in the journal, page limits and articles being outsi...

In this episode of Publishing Addiction Science, Dr Casy Calver talks to Professor Paul Dietze about common submission errors. They talk about how to avoid desk-rejection, the importance of understanding the scope of the journal to which you submit, the importance of following instructions to authors. Many journals have differing requirements and this can change between internationally focused jou...

In this episode, Casy and Rob talk to Leila Moore, the Director of Open Access policy at Wiley. Leila covers the history, principles and processes relating to open access as well as describing the mechanisms by which research is made freely available for people who want to access it. Leila explains how open access publishing can increase accessibility and ensure research reaches a more diverse rea...

In this episode, Casy and Rob talk to Thomas Broomfield from Wiley about the impact factor. Thomas covers everything from how it is calculated, what it means, its limitations as well as discussing alternative ways to rate or assess a journal's output. Thomas covers hidden, linked and un-linked citations, describes how to get an impact factor of 254 and explains that sometimes people cite a journal...

In this episode of Publishing Addiction Science, Dr Casy Calver talks to Prof. Bill Stoops about how to choose a journal in which to publish. Casy and Bill talk about how to define your audience so you can publish in a journal where your audience will find your research. Bill talks about his experiences as an author in addition to his views as a journal editor. He gives advice on how to approach j...

In this episode Dr Casy Calver talks to Professor Richard Pates, who is an ISAJE board member and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Substance Use . Richard talks about how to decide on journal manuscript authorship and the best time to discuss those roles in the writing process. Richard discusses some of the experiences he had as a junior researcher, and how they have informed his approach to authors...

Welcome to Publishing Addiction Science - a podcast for the perplexed. This series is for anyone working in addiction research who is trying to navigate the choppy waters of academic publishing.  We will feature interviews with Editors-in-Chief of some of the leading academic addictions journals. They will tell you how to improve your chances of being published and how to avoid common errors....

In this episode, Merve Mollaahmetoglu, Ben Scher, Zoe Swithenbank and Rob Calder talk live from the poster room (with mocktails) about their thoughts on day 1 of the SSA Annual Conference in 2023. They cover research into substance use among refugees, heroin assisted treatment, gambling research and ADHD and addiction. Apologies for a few sound quality issues in this episode. The opinions exp...

In this episode, Rob Calder talks to the SSA's Fred Yates Prize winner Ebtesam Saleh . They discuss her work researching substance use among refugees and immigrant populations as well as her career going from a pharmacist in Yemen to becoming an award-winning researcher. This interview was conducted in September 2023 ahead of Ebtesam's Fred Yates Prize presentation and at the SSA's Annual Conferen...

Professor Wim van den Brink will be giving the Society Lecture at the SSA's 2023 Annual Conference . In this special episode of the Addictions Edited podcast, he talks to Rob Calder about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and addiction. “If we want to prevent substance use disorders in patients with ADHD, we have to start early.” In an exclusive interview for the Addictions Edited po...