Professor Kirsten Morley
University of Sydney
Chief Investigator
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Professor Morley is a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, and Head of Addiction Treatment Clinical Research Theme at the Edith Collins Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
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She has completed over 12 face-to-face clinical trials of treatments for substance use disorder and comorbid mental disorders including psychotherapies and pharmacotherapies and has held 3 prestigious fellowships from the NHMRC and NSW Health.
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Professor Morley is the lead author of the National Alcohol Treatment Guidelines for Pharmacotherapy and leads a large alcohol clinical trials research program funded by the NHMRC and the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
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She leads a team that aims to improve treatments for substance use disorders including comorbid mental disorders to enhance our understanding of the clinical neuroscience of substance use disorders and response to treatment.
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