Thomas F. Babor is an Emeritus Professor and former Chairman in the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He served as Head of Social Science Research at McLean Hospital's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center in Belmont, Massachusetts. In 1977, he received a Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. In 1982 he moved to the University of Connecticut School of Medicine where he was the Scientific Director of the Alcohol Research Center and Interim Chair of the Department of Psychiatry. He has worked with the World Health Organization on the development of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Alcohol, Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST). He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Sally Casswell is Director of a WHO Collaborating Centre and Co-director of SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University, New Zealand. Her research interests are in social and public health policy in relation to alcohol and other commodities. She was selected by her peers to receive the Jellinek Memorial Award, the premier international award for alcohol research, for her contributions to 'the understanding of social and cultural drinking patterns and public attitudes' and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. She has published more than 200 articles in peer reviewed international journals, is a member of the World Health Organisation's Expert Advisory Panel on Alcohol and Drug Dependence and the Strategic and Advisory Group, NCDs and is Chair of the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance.
Kathryn Graham is a Senior Scientist Emeritus and Adjunct Professor. The hallmark of Dr. Graham's research has been a focus on community. She is known for her contributions to understanding and preventing alcohol-related violence, including: the Safer Bars program; "Raising the Bar", a landmark book on preventing violence in drinking venues; the use of observational and street intercept approaches to study bar violence; highlighting the impact of sexual aggression in bars; and leading analyses on intimate partner violence in a multi-country project on gender, culture and alcohol. She was founding editor of the International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research and has worked with community services and stakeholders to develop a systems approach to addressing complex needs of persons with co-occurring addiction, mental health and violence problems. For her accomplishments in developing research-driven community interventions, she was awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.
Taisia Huckle is a senior researcher whose research focuses on evidence-based alcohol and public health research to address alcohol-related harm. The major focus has been on original research and knowledge transfer in her areas of research expertise- alcohol consumption and harms, alcohol policy, and alcohol's harm to others. Dr Huckle has published numerous journal articles on alcohol use and has contributed to two World Health Organisation books. She is a Deputy Editor for Drug and Alcohol Review, an international peer reviewed journal, and regularly reviews manuscripts for high impact journals. She has been an invited speaker at national events, presented evidence in Alcohol Regulatory Licensing Authority hearings and regularly presents papers at national and international conferences. She currently has a Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand.
Michael Livingston is an epidemiologist and public health researcher working at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University. Dr Livingston has published widely on alcohol policy, alcohol consumption, and alcohol-related harm, making particular contributions to research into the impacts of liquor licensing policies on alcohol problems and on youth drinking trends. He has published over 150 papers and been awarded a