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Assoc. Prof. Peter Miller

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Position Principle Research Fellow
Email peter.miller@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Psychology
Phone +61 3 522 78138
Campus Waterfront


Role and profile
Associate Professor Peter Miller is a NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council) Howard Florey Fellow at the School of Psychology, Deakin University in Australia. He is also is the Commissioning Editor of the journal Addiction, the leading international journal on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) use. Prior to this he was a Senior Clinical Research Worker at the National Addictions Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London and the Maudsley Hospital. He is currently working on the development of a Quality of Life measure for AOD users in treatment. He has also worked at Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre in Melbourne on various national projects. He conducted the first research into heroin use in Geelong and currently heads a major two-year research project into alcohol-related violence in Geelong and Newcastle.


Teaching Responsibilities
Associate Professor Miller supervises postgraduate research students.


Research Interests
His research interests include: Alcohol and other drug use in rural and regional populations, alcohol-related violence in licensed venues, prescription heroin trials; Alcohol and other drug use in rural and regional centres; Suicide-related behaviour in alcohol and other drug users; Drug trend monitoring; E-methods and internet research, and; Treatment Outcome evaluation. He also has a strong interest in: Harm reduction theory and ethics, particularly the behaviour of funding bodies in influencing the research process. Dr Miller has over 40 publications in the field and presented at national and international conferences.


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