Researcher biography

Tony Barnett is a Research Fellow in the School of Psychology, and National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, University of Queensland. Tony's work explores the social and cultural contexts of alcohol and other drug use, treatment (including novel therapeutic interventions) and policy change. His work draws on critical social science methods to provide in-depth accounts of consumers, carers and clinicians' experiences of addiction treatment, care and recovery.

In 2020, Tony completed his PhD thesis at Monash University. His work explored clinicians' views about the brain disease model of addiction and how neuroscientific models and interventions integrate within clinical practice. His research interests include: Qualitative research; Harm reduction; Opioid addiction; Treatment policy, evaluation and outcome monitoring.