Some more exciting news... I am going to be joining Dal Community Health & Epidemiology and @UVic_CISUR as a Postdoc in October 🇨🇦

Excited to present "Policy-Level Interventions for Harm Reduction" at #Portsmouth Recovery Festival, organized by Portsmouth Film Soc. Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre on Nov 10 at 5pm (UK time) via Zoom. 📧 DM/email for the Zoom link. #HarmReduction #AcademicTwitter

Had a great time at Issues of Substance. Lots of friendly people with interesting perspectives. I look forward to attending the next one

How Red Wine Lost Its Health Halo: For a glorious decade or two, the drink was lauded as good for the heart. What happened? (by Alice Callahan) James Clay, PhD @UVic_CISUR Dal Community Health & Epidemiology @uop_psychology Timnaimi @danhungi Ali H. Mokdad nytimes.com/2024/02/17/wel…

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🍷Does moderate drinking protect the heart?🫀 On 17 April we will be co-hosting a public lecture by Prof Tim Stockwell on the latest evidence of alcohol's effects on the cardiovascular system - with Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh & SHAAP. Sign up online or in-person: eventbrite.co.uk/e/health-benef…

Why do only some cohort studies find health benefits from low volume alcohol use? A systematic review and meta-analysis ... (just accepted in @JSADjournal) James Clay, PhD Dal Community Health & Epidemiology @UVic_CISUR @uop_psychology Dal Community Health & Epidemiology CCSA @Uvic_PHSP jsad.com/doi/abs/10.152…

Why Findings on Alcohol and Health Are So Confusing: Who is considered an abstainer matters (by Quinn Kennedy, PhD) James Clay, PhD Dal Community Health & Epidemiology @UVic_CISUR @uop_psychology Dal Community Health & Epidemiology CCSA Uvic PHSP psychologytoday.com/us/blog/aging-…

ONS have published alcohol-specific deaths data for 2022 for England & Wales today, so we now have data for the whole of the UK. The picture is pretty grim, with deaths surpassing 10,000 for the first time on record - up 32.8% since 2019. ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

Free on-campus naloxone training at UVic: May 28, June 26, July 19, August 28 More info here: uvic.ca/research/centr… UniversityOfVictoria UVSS

Wow! England win live The Killers show at The O2 ! Drop straight into Mr Brightside.

Congratulations to James Clay, PhD on your #PhD graduation!

Another one of my fantastic #PhD students graduating. Well done James Clay, PhD!!

Learn about drug checking services in Victoria via this cool video. youtube.com/watch?v=TtnQ_U…

Learn about alcohol and cancer here youtu.be/NAJ88YJixrQ?si…

Join us on September 18th from 12 - 1 pm ADT for Dr. James Clay (James Clay, PhD) CH&E Seminar, link to join: events.dal.ca/event/3365-cha… DalMedSchool @uvic_cisur

Research at University of Portsmouth has explored the relationship between high #impulsivity and #boredom, in an effort to find out what drives unhealthy decisions. More here: bit.ly/3zFbuUn @uop_psychology UoP Faculty of Science & Health University of Surrey Dr Matt Parker Juan I. Badariotti James Clay, PhD #Portsmouth

I am honoured to have received the Oral Presentation Award at the 2024 Dalhousie University Community Health & Epidemiology (Dal Community Health & Epidemiology) Research Day! Grateful for the opportunity to share insights on alcohol and health.

Our new study demonstrates how #alcohol minimum pricing policies not only reduce alcohol harms at the population level, but address health inequities with relatively few unintended consequences #MUP #HealthEquity James Clay, PhD authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09…