Dr Jocelyn Chan
Public Health Physician; Senior Research Officer
Working groups
Background
Jocelyn is a Consultant Addiction Medicine Physician at Western Health with a strong commitment to harm reduction and meaningful collaboration with people who use drugs.
She is an experienced epidemiologist who has led large-scale, multi-site studies and applies contemporary epidemiological methods to inform practice and policy. Jocelyn also brings extensive policy and programmatic expertise from her work in government with the Victorian Department of Health and NSW Health, as well as with leading non-governmental organisations including Médecins Sans Frontières, the World Health Organization, and the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance.
Qualifications
- 2022: PhD, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2015: MPhil(Applied Epidemiology), Australian National University, Australia
- 2011: MBBS/BMedSci, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Burnet publications
National consensus statement on opioid agonist treatment in custodial settings
The Medical Journal of Australia
Jocelyn Chan et al
Re‐examining mandatory drug testing in Australian prisons
Drug and Alcohol Review
Jocelyn Chan et al
Parents who inject drugs: Demographics, care arrangements and correlates for child placement in out‐of‐home care
Drug and Alcohol Review
Jocelyn Chan et al
Current projects
View 2 moreSubstance use support for women moving in and out of prison (SUSTain)
We’re delivering alcohol and other drugs transitional care for women leaving prison – codesigned with those who know it best.
Unlocking health: using linked administrative data to improve health outcomes for people incarcerated in Victoria
In this project we aim to establish a system for monitoring health and health service use among people leaving prison in Victoria.
National Prison Addiction Medicine Network
The NPAMN aims to advance best-practice healthcare for people in prison by coordinating an evidence-based national approach to prison-based addiction medicine.
