Trial NSP in Prisons supporters

A clinical trial of a needle and syringe program (NSP) in prisons is supported by:

A

  • Professor Michael Alpers AO, Adjunct Professor, Centre for International Health, Curtin University
  • Professor James Angus AO, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
  • Dr Patricia Armstrong-Grant OBE AC, Managing Director, Armstrong-Grant & Associates

B

  • Greg Barns, Director of the Australian Lawyers Alliance, Michael Kirby Chambers, Hobart
  • Professor Peter Baume AC, former Chancellor, Australian National University, former Federal Minister for Health and Education
  • Professor James Best, Head, Melbourne Medical School and Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
  • Dr Neal Blewett AC, former federal Health Minister
  • Emeritus Professor Felix Bochner, Pharmacology Unit, University of Adelaide
  • Mr Bill Bowtell AO, Executive Director Pacific Friends of the Global Fund
  • Professor Andrew Boyd, Head, Leukaemia Foundation Research Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

C

  • Professor Jonathan Carapetis, Director, Menzies School of Health Research
  • Associate Professor Shane Carney, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
  • Professor Suzanne Cory, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, University of Melbourne
  • Nicholas Cowdery AM QC, Past Director of Public Prosecutions for NSW

 

D

  • Professor Ric Day, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, St Vincents Clinical School, University of New South Wales
  • Emeritus Professor Dick Denton AC, Founding Director, Howard Florey Institute
  • Professor Peter Doherty AC, Nobel Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne
  • Sister Regis Mary Dunne RSM AO

E

  • Associate Professor Brett Emmerson, Executive Director, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Medical Mental Health Services
  • Professor Murray Esler AM, Associate Director, Baker Medical Research Institute

F

  • Associate Professor Gavin Fabinyi, Director of Neurosurgery, Austin Hospital
  • Professor Geoff Farrell, Chair of Hepatology at Australian National University, Head of Hepatology at Canberra Hospital

G

  • Professor Robert (Frank) Gardiner AM, Professor of Urology, The University of Queensland
  • Professor Paul Gatenby, Sub-Dean Research, Professor of Immunology, Australian National University
  • Professor Michael Good AO, Chair, National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Ret Major General Ian Gordon AO AM, Deputy Chief of Army 2004 – 2006

H

  • Professor Paul Haber, Medical Director, Drug Health Services Sydney South West Area Health Service & Head, Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & President-elect, Chapter of Addiction Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • The Hon Bill Hayden AC, Governor General of Australia 1989 – 1996
  • Mrs Janet Holmes à Court AC, Australian business woman

J

  • Ret Major General  W.B. Digger James AC AO MBE, former President of the Returned Services League

K

  • Professor Brian Kay AM, Deputy Director – Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Queensland Tropical Health Alliance
  • Professor Stephen Kent, Head, HIV Vaccine Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
  • The Hon Duncan Kerr SC, former Federal Minister for Justice
  • Professor Michael Kidd AM, Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University  
  • Professor Susan Kippax, Professorial Research Fellow, University of NSW
  • The Hon Justice Michael Kirby,  AC, CMG
  • The Hon Joan Kirner AM, Premier of Victoria, 1988 – 1990 

L

  • Professor Justin La Brooy, Clinical Director, Internal Medicine Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital
  • Professor Andrew Lloyd AM, Director, Inflammation and Infection Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales

M

  • Ms Wendy McCarthy AO, Australian businesswoman
  • Professor John McNeil AM, Head, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Professor Lisa Maher, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research
  • Professor Mel Miller, Director, Siggins Miller, Professor of Psychology, Griffith University
  • Emeritus Professor Jacques Miller AO AC, Professor of Experimental Immunology, University of Melbourne
  • Professor Adrian Mindel, Professor of Sexual Health Medicine, STI Research Centre, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
  • Dr Graham Mitchell AO, Principal, Foursight
  • Professor Rob Moodie, Chair of Global Health, Nossal Institute of Global Health, University of Melbourne
  • Professor Brian Morris, School of Medical Sciences and Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney

N

  • Emeritus Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne

O

  • Professor Kerin O’Dea, Director, Samson Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia

P

  • Professor Ned Pankhurst, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research), Griffith University
  • Emeritus Professor David Penington AC, Chair, Bio21 Australia Ltd
  • Professor Chris Puplick AM, Former Chair,  Australian National Council of AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases

R

  • Dr Kane Race, Senior Lecturer, Gender and Cultural Studies, SOPHI, University of Sydney
  • Adjunct Professor George Rubin, President of Faculty, Royal Australian College of Physicians, Australasian Faculty pf Public Health Medicine

S

  • Professor John Paul Seale, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Sydney
  • Dr Sepehr Shakib, Director, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal Adelaide Hospital
  • Professor Cindy Shannon, Centre for Indigenous Health, University of Queensland
  • Air Vice-Marshal Bruce Short AM, former Australian Defence Force Surgeon General
  • Emeritus Professor Richard Smallwood AO, University of Melbourne
  • Professor Robert Stable, Vice Chancellor and President, Bond University
  • Professor Jon Stanhope, former ACT Chief Minister
  • Associate Professor Janelle Stirling, Aboriginal Health, University of Sydney

T

  • Professor Carla Treloar, Deputy Director, National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales

V

  • Professor Mark von Itzstein, Director, Institute of Glycomics

W

  • Emeritus Professor Ian W Webster AO, University of New South Wales
  • Professor Jason White, Head, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
  • Dr Alex Wodak AM, Director, Alcohol and Drug Services, St Vincents Hospital
  • Dr Helen Watchirs OAM, ACT Human Rights and Discrimination Commissioner
  • Dr Marion Woods, Senior Specialist Infectious Diseases and Director of Advanced Training RACP, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

 

Organisations that have supported a trial of NSP in prison:

  • Alcohol and Other Drug Council of Australia
  • Australian Drug Foundation
  • Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
  • Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League
  • Australian Medical Association
  • Australian Health Ministers Conference
  • Australasian Society for HIV Medicine
  • Australasian Therapeutic Communities Association
  • Drug and Alcohol Nurses Association
  • Hepatitis Australia
  • National Centre in HIV Social Research
  • Family Drug Support Australia
  • The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
  • Public Health Association Australia
  • Royal Australian College of Physicians

 

Anex acknowledges the work of the Harm Minimisation in Prison Committee  for its advice and assistance. The Committee comprises:

  • Professor Nick Crofts, Nossal Institute for Global Health
  • Associate Professor Kate Dolan, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
  • Professor Michael Good, AO, National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Professor Margaret Hamilton AO, University of Melbourne
  • Ms Annie Madden, AIVL (Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League)
  • Ms Helen McNeil, Hepatitis Australia
  • Professor Chris Puplick AM, Former Chair of Australian National Council on AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases
  • Adjunct Professor George Rubin, Royal Australian College of Physicians, Australasian Faculty of Public Health
  • Mr John Ryan, Anex
  • Mr Gino Vumbaca, ANCD (Australian National Council on Drugs)
  • Dr Alex Wodak AM, St Vincent’s Hospital Alcohol and Drug Service