Drug-obsessed chemical alchemist turned behavioural epidemiologist, curious about all intersections of drugs, data and society.

Currently a PhD candidate in the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. My research interests include applications of community-derived biomedical and epidemiological data in the public and population health fields, focusing on social and health components of systems that affect diverse populations of people who use drugs.

I work on projects that focus on the meaningful inclusion of people who use drugs at all aspects of the research process - from design to implementation, evaluation and dissemination. Together, my varied interests coalesce around reducing drug-related social and health harms imposed on people who use drugs and improving the equitable involvement of people who use drugs in research. Learn more about my research interests in publications.

• I have a background in chemistry and epidemiology.
• I currently wear a few hats (and continue to get better at):
  • Behavioural epidemiologist
  • Health Education Officer (HEO) at Sydney's Medically Supervised Injection Centre (MSIC)
  • (Newer) work with linked datasets looking at factors associated with various aspects of infectious diseases among populations of people who inject drugs

Email: mjstowe@kirby.unsw.edu.au