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.
Associate Professor Miller supervises postgraduate research students.
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.
Awards and prizes
NHMRC Howard Florey Fellowship
J Paul Getty and Pilgrim Trust Clinical Fellow
Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Memberships
Dr Miller is currently a member of :
- The Society for the Study of Addiction
- The International Society for the Study of Drug Policy
- The International Society of Addiction Journal Editors
Service to the University, discipline or community
• Board member – Barwon Youth (Geelong, Australia)
• Founding Member: Barwon Drug Education and Prevention Committee (Geelong, Australia)
• Research Representative: Barwon Drug Action Plan Committee (Geelong, Australia)
• Member: Barwon Drug Action Committee (Geelong, Australia)
Conferences
Miller, P., Forzisi, L., Lintzeris, N., Zador, D., Metrebian, N., Waal, R. v. d., et al. (2006) Contextual influences on femoral injecting behaviour in the UK Randomised Injectable Opiate Treatment Trial. Paper presented at the UK National Conference on Injecting Drug Use, London. (Invited Plenary Speaker)
Miller, P. (2006). The regulation of research by funding bodies: an ethical issue for the alcohol and other drug sector. Paper presented at the International Society for Addiction Journal Editors Annual Meeting, Helsinki, Finland. (Invited Plenary Speaker)
Miller, P., Johnston, J., McElwee, P.R. and Noble R. (2006) 'A Pilot Study Using the Internet to Study Patterns of Party Drug Use: Processes, Findings and Limitations', International Harm Reduction Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
Miller, P. (2008) ‘Measuring Quality of Life in Alcohol and Other Drug users- a process of elimination presented at the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs, Sydney, Australia.
Miller, P. (2008) ‘Assessing the local community impact of a prescription heroin trials' presented at the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs, Sydney, Australia.