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This webinar was hosted by Mental Health Victoria, the peak body for mental health and wellbeing in the state. For more information about their services, please visit: www.mhvic.org.au

About the presenters

A/Prof Shalini Arunogiri is the Clinical Director of the Hamilton Centre, an addiction psychiatrist, and a clinician-researcher. She is an Associate Professor at Monash University and Turning Point, with over 50 publications and $18M in grant funding. Her research focuses on co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders, and she is a passionate advocate for women in medicine and STEM fields.

Lisa Jarvie is a Clinical Quality Improvement Lead at the Hamilton Centre and a registered nurse passionate about contributing to developing robust processes that deliver client-led goals and experiences, increasing self-determination in healthcare. With a background in statewide program management, chronic pain, aged care, and culture change, Lisa came to the AOD sector after completing a Master of Addictive Behaviours in which she completed a thesis in pain, sleep, and substance use.

Dr Katrin Oliver is an Education and Training Lead at the Hamilton Centre, an accredited mental health social worker, and clinical-academic with clinical and leadership experience within the AOD sector. Katrin has a unique blend of clinical social work AOD and mental health expertise, clinical leadership within community settings, health education design and delivery, and qualitative research skills. Her doctoral research exploring place-based influences on AOD recovery sparked an ongoing interest in environmental effects on health and wellbeing.