9 Webinars and Symposia: Webinar Series on COVID-19 and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) Research The Department of Psychology, in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg library, hosted four webinars for a webinar series on COVID-19 and alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) research. These webinars were hosted on behalf of the International Confederation of Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug Research Associations (ICARA), on which Prof Neo Morojele is a board member. The webinar series was funded by the Society for the Study of Addiction and included presentations from various speakers from Africa, Europe and North America. The webinars attracted audience members from a total of 25 countries in Africa (e.g. South Africa, Zimbabwe), Europe (e.g. UK, Slovenia), Asia (e.g. India, Vietnam), North America (e.g. USA, Canada), Central and South America (e.g. Brazil, Mexico) and Australia (e.g. Australia). The webinar topics, chairs and panellists can be seen in the table below. Webinar topic Chair Panel members Pandemic Perspectives: Addiction Science in the Era of COVID-19 Niamh Fitzgerald (ICARA & University of Stirling) Tom Babor (ICARA & University of Connecticut) Bronwyn Myers, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Maristela Monteiro, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), USA Jacqueline MacDiarmid, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), USA Florence Baingana, World Health Organization (WHO), Republic of Congo Jennifer Gonzalez, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Texas, USA Substance Use and Gambling in Finland during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Perspectives from a Nordic Welfare State with Low COVID-19 Incidence Michael Egerer (Finnish Association for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Research & University of Helsinki) Mika Sutela, Helsinki Police Department, Finland Atte Oksanen, University of Tampere, Finland Ritta Matilainen, Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention, Finland COVID-19 and the tobacco political and health Catherine Egbe (South African Medical Research Council) Rachel O’Donnell (University of Stirling) Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Rachel O’Donnell, University of Stirling, UK Louis Laurence, University of Bath, United Kingdom Corne van Walbeek, University of Cape Town, South Africa How COVID-19 has changed cannabis markets, use and policy Rosalie Pacula (International Society for the Study of Drug Policy & University of Southern California) David Hammond, University of Waterloo, Canada Judith Albridge, University of Manchester, UK Brend Werse, University of Frankfurt, Germany
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