Associate Professor Caroline Salom

Research Social Scientist

Institute for Social Science Research
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
c.salom@uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 67695

Overview

Research Interests

  • Substance use/misuse and associated problems
    Co-morbid substance use and mental health disorders Social factors impacting on substance use and mental health Youth substance misuse Drug trends Alcohol related harm Domestic & Family Violence Health systems for substance use and mental health problems Event-based substance use (e.g. Schoolies) Social and health program evaluation Social determinants of health

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), Australian National University

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

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Available Projects

    • Drug Trends – monitoring trends in substance use, harms and harm reduction and associated issues in people who regularly use illicit drugs

    • Drug Checking – systems for testing illicit drugs

    • Dual disorders – mental health issues among people who regularly use illicit drugs

    • Evaluating support systems for people with mental health and/or substance use problems

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Publications

Book Chapter

  • Buchta, R., Green, J. A., Smith, G. M., Gabelish, C., Cairns, D., Salom, C., Conte, M., Mackie, P., Sublett, R., Taylor, F. B., Rajkovic, I. A. and Scott, K. F. (1993). Escherichia coli-induced septic shock in the baboon: an animal model for the evaluation of neutralising monoclonal antibodies to phospholipase A2. Host defense dysfunction in trauma, shock and sepsis. (pp. 795-798) Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-77405-8_105

  • Scott, K. F., Smith, G. M., Green, J. A., Salom, C., Gabelish, C., Cairns, D., Tseng, A., Mackie, P., Buchta, R., Ho, K., Lee, R. and Rajkovic, I. A. (1993). Phospholipase A2: A new target for monoclonal antibody therapy in sepsis. Host Defense Dysfunction in Trauma, Shock and Sepsis. (pp. 1237-1241) edited by Eugen Faist, Jonathan L. Meakins and Friedrich W. Schildberg. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-77405-8_160

Journal Article

Conference Publication

Other Outputs

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

    • Drug Trends – monitoring trends in substance use, harms and harm reduction and associated issues in people who regularly use illicit drugs

    • Drug Checking – systems for testing illicit drugs

    • Dual disorders – mental health issues among people who regularly use illicit drugs

    • Evaluating support systems for people with mental health and/or substance use problems