Monica J Barratt

Biography

Dr Monica Barratt joined the Drug Policy Modelling Program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, in 2014 after being awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council post-doctoral fellowship. In 2015, she joined the Burnet Institute as a Visiting Burnet Fellow. Prior to 2014, Monica worked as a Research Fellow at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, where she also completed her postgraduate studies.

Research Interest

Monica’s research concerns the social and public health implications of internet technologies for people who use illicit and emerging psychoactive drugs, and the impacts of legislative responses to drug use and drug problems. Monica is particularly interested in how we respond to the emergence of new/novel drug trends and how these trends and responses are enabled by digital technologies. She specialises in engaging hard-to-reach networks and groups in digital spaces in conversations about research and policy. Through this engagement, Monica’s work acts as a conduit between these groups and policy makers, and contributes to policy change.