ICARA 2021 Webinar Series

The ICARA Webinar series on COVID-19 and ATOD research ran from April to August 2021. It was funded by the Society for the Study of Addiction. ICARA was proud to partner with the University of Johannesburg, the Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), and the Scottish Alcohol Network (SARN) to host these webinars. On behalf of our board and partners, we thank all chairs and speakers for each session for very interesting and information sessions. You can view all sessions in our resources.

Webinar 1 – Pandemic Perspectives: Addiction Science in the Era of COVID-19

Prof. Niamh Fitzgerald, President of ICARA, chaired this webinar while Prof. Tom Babor, Immediate Past President of ICARA, led the discussion.

Sessions:

  • Dr. Bronwyn Myers, Chief Specialist Scientist, South African Medical Research Council
  • Dr. Maristela Monterio, Senior Advisor on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Pan American Health Organization
  • Jacqueline MacDiarmid, MPH. Consultant on Alcohol Policy, Pan American Health Organization
  • Dr. Florence Baingana, Advisor, World Health Organization.
  • Dr. Jennifer Gonzalez, Senior Director of Population Health, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Texas

View the recording in our resources.

Webinar 2 – Substance use and gambling in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from a Nordic welfare state with low COVID-19 incidence

Chaired by Michael Egerer, University of Helsinki. 
Sessions:

  • Mika Sutela, Helsinki Police Department
  • Atte Oksanen, Tampere University
  • Riitta Matilainen, Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention

View the recording in our resources.

Webinar 3 – COVID-19 and the tobacco political and health economy

Chair: Catherine Egbe, South Africa Medical Research Council
Co-chair: Rachel O’Donnell, Institute for Social Marketing and Health, University of Stirling, UK


Sessions:

  • Prof. Lekan Ayo-Yuusf, DVC Research, Innovation & Postgraduate Studies, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciencies University, South Africa
  • Rachel O’Donnell, Institute for Social Marketing & Health, University of Stirling, UK
  • Louis Laurence, Tobacco Tactics.org, Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath, UK
  • Prof. Corne van Walbeek, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

View the recording in our resources.

Webinar 4 – How COVID has changed cannabis markets, use and policy

Chair: Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, President of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP). 


Sessions:

  • David Hammond, University of Waterloo, Canada: Trends in cannabis use during COVID among youth and adults in the US and Canada.
  • Judith Albridge, University of Manchester, UK: Availability and Perceptions of Quality and Price of Cannabis in the UK During Covid-19
  • Bernd Werse, University of Frankfurt, Germany: Cannabis availability and use during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

This Webinar was curated by the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) and is part of a series sponsored by the Society for the Study of Addition (SSA). 


View the recording in our resources.

Webinar 5 – Alcohol consumption in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic – Friday 30th July 2021, 2-4pm BST.

ICARA was proud to partner with Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) for this fifth webinar focusing on alcohol consumption in Latin America during the pandemic.


Chair: Dr. Andrea Mohan, Secretary of ICARA

Sessions:

  • Paula Margozzini Maira, Associate Professor of Public Health, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile – “Alcohol consumption during COVID-19: a natural experiment for alcohol policy in Chile”.
  • Dr. Karina Conde, Research Associate, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina – “Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina: opportunities for public policies”. 
  • Dr. Zila van der Meer Sanchez, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil – “Alcohol consumption in Brazil during COVID-19 Pandemic: epidemiology and opportunities for public policies”. 

View the recordings in our resources.

Webinar 6 – Myths, Lockdowns, Curfews & Bans: Alcohol consumption and harms during COVID-19 in four continents Tuesday 17th August 2021

ICARA was proud to partner with Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) for this fifth webinar focusing on alcohol consumption in Latin America during the pandemic.


Chair: Dr. Claire Wilkinson, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP), UNSW Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research (CAPR), La Trobe University

Sessions:

  • Professor Charles Parry, Stellenbosch University: Unnatural deaths, alcohol bans and curfews in South Africa: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment during COVID-19
  • Dr. Abhijit Nadkarni, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: Alcohol kills Coronavirus, I drink alcohol, ergo I don’t need the vaccine – Stories from India. 
  • Dr. Sarah Callinan, La Trobe University: Shifts in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
  • Professor Niamh Fitzgerald, University of Stirling: Lockdown & Licensed Premises: COVID-19 Lessons for Alcohol Policy

View the recordings in our resources.

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