Governance
DISC Trust Board’s talented trustees bring a diverse range of skills, experience and knowledge to their governance of the trust.
Board of Trustees
Clinical Governance Committee
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Rose is a Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Public Health, at the University of Otago (Christchurch campus). She completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne on harm arising from inhalant misuse, and then worked at Monash University and Penington Institute doing population health research on drugs and alcohol, and drug policy advocacy.
Her area of research is on understanding and preventing drug harm from a public health perspective and is interested in how harm data can inform evidence-based drug policy. She collaborates with harm reduction organisations and with clinical colleagues in Psychological Medicine and Emergency Medicine. She has worked with the NZ Ministry of Health, Te Whatu Ora, Ministry of Justice, and Police on research-policy translation.