Project Title: Understanding overdose risk perception amongst those who use heroin and other drugs.
This PhD project investigates the perception and management of risk for those who use multiple drugs on occasion (polydrug use).
This PhD project aims to understand the lived experience of managing polydrug overdose risk though the lens of those who use drugs. The PhD researcher will be supervised by Dr Gillian Shorter and Dr Anne Campbell (Queen’s University Belfast), but will benefit from the mentorship, support, contacts, and interactions with the wider Drug and Alcohol Research Network. This research will directly feed into priorities to reduce drug-related deaths in Northern Ireland and wider afield, linking to Department of Health and Drug-Related Deaths Taskforce research needs. There will be the opportunity to present to these and other bodies on the findings of the research to support policy change and improved understanding.
