Claire Wilkinson
Dr. Claire Wilkinson is a Senior Research Fellow specialising in alcohol policy. She works at the Drug Policy Modelling Program at the University of New South Wales. She has been working on a study exploring the impact of COVID-19 on alcohol consumption and purchasing behaviour in New South Wales, as well as being part of an international team mapping and classifying alcohol policy changes occurring during the first wave of COVID-19 in five countries and/or subnational jurisdictions.
Examining the impacts of alcohol restrictions and social distancing measures on patterns of home drinking, unnatural deaths ambulance attendances and delivery of treatment for alcohol use disorders
Presenters examined the impacts of alcohol restrictions and social distancing measures on patterns of home drinking, unnatural deaths ambulance attendances and delivery of treatment for alcohol use disorders. They also examined the temporary and persisting changes to licensing conditions introduced to support social distancing and economic recovery. Dr. Wilkinson will share key insights from these four presentations including policy implications.