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Ms Isabelle Volpe

Ms Isabelle Volpe

Casual Academic

BA (Hons)

Law & Justice
Law School Manager

Isabelle Volpe is a PhD candidate in the Drug Policy Modelling Program team at the Social Policy Research Centre. Her PhD research uses critical social science approaches to explore the intersection of young people, drugs, policy and participation. Isabelle’s research has focused on treatment and policy for alcohol and other drugs. Her previous projects have included clinical trials, treatment guidelines, government-commissioned projects, and the design of health promotion interventions. Isabelle is also a research officer at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (), conducting mixed-methods research on drug alerts.
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Brien R; Volpe I; Grigg J; Lyons T; Hughes C; McKinnon G; Tzanetis S; Crawford S; Eade A; Lee N; Barratt MJ, 2023, 'Co-designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia', Harm Reduction Journal, 20,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Brien R; Volpe I; Grigg J; Lyons T; Hughes C; McKinnon G; Tzanetis S; Crawford S; Eade A; Lee N; Barratt MJ, 2023, 'Correction: Co‑designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia (Harm Reduction Journal, (2023), 20, 1, (30), 10.1186/s12954-023-00761-6)', Harm Reduction Journal, 20,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Grigg J; Manning V; Cheetham A; Youssef G; Hall K; Baker AL; Staiger PK; Volpe I; Stragalinos P; Lubman DI, 2023, 'A Latent Class Analysis of Perceived Barriers to Help-seeking among People with Alcohol Use Problems Presenting for Telephone-delivered Treatment', Alcohol and Alcoholism, 58, pp. 68 - 75,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Grigg J; Manning V; Lockie D; Giles M; Bell RJ; Stragalinos P; Bernard C; Greenwood CJ; Volpe I; Smith L; Bragge P; Lubman DI, 2023, 'A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial', Medical Journal of Australia, 218, pp. 511 - 519,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Grigg J; Manning V; Lockie D; Giles M; Robin B; Peta S; Bernard C; Volpe I; Greenwood CJ; Smith L; Bragge P; Lubman DI, 2023, 'A Brief Intervention for Improving Alcohol Literacy and Addressing Harmful Alcohol Use Among Women Attending an Australian Breast Screening Service (Health4her): Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial', JMIR Research Protocols, 12,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Volpe I; Brien R; Grigg J; Tzanetis S; Crawford S; Lyons T; Lee N; McKinnon G; Hughes C; Eade A; Barratt MJ, 2023, 'Correction: ‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts (Harm Reduction Journal, (2023), 20, 1, (3), 10.1186/s12954-022-00716-3)', Harm Reduction Journal, 20,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Volpe I; Brien R; Grigg J; Tzanetis S; Crawford S; Lyons T; Lee N; McKinnon G; Hughes C; Eade A; Barratt MJ, 2023, '‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts', Harm Reduction Journal, 20,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bernard C; Grigg J; Volpe I; Lubman DI; Manning V, 2022, 'Client Experiences of a Telephone-Delivered Intervention for Alcohol Use: a Qualitative Study', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 20, pp. 522 - 540,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Grigg J; Volpe I; Tyler J; Hall K; McPherson B; Lubman DI; Manning V, 2022, 'Ready2Change: Preliminary effectiveness of a telephone-delivered intervention program for alcohol, methamphetamine and cannabis use problems', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 517 - 527,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Lubman DI; Grigg J; Reynolds J; Hall K; Baker AL; Staiger PK; Tyler J; Volpe I; Stragalinos P; Harris A; Best D; Manning V, 2022, 'Effectiveness of a Stand-alone Telephone-Delivered Intervention for Reducing Problem Alcohol Use: A Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA Psychiatry, 79, pp. 1055 - 1064,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Pennay A; Savic M; Seear K; Volpe I; Manning V; Room R, 2021, 'Decriminalising public drunkenness: Accountability and monitoring needed in the ongoing and evolving management of public intoxication', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 205 - 209,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Robinson AH; Perales JC; Volpe I; Chong TTJ; Verdejo-Garcia A, 2021, 'Are methamphetamine users compulsive? Faulty reinforcement learning, not inflexibility, underlies decision making in people with methamphetamine use disorder', Addiction Biology, 26,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Barratt MJ; Kowalski M; Volpe I; Maier LJ, 2020, 'On-site drug checking can provide quantitative analysis', Internal Medicine Journal, 50, pp. 1022 - 1023,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Lubman DI; Grigg J; Manning V; Hall K; Volpe I; Dias S; Baker A; Staiger PK; Reynolds J; Harris A; Tyler J; Best D, 2019, 'A structured telephone-delivered intervention to reduce problem alcohol use (Ready2Change): Study protocol for a parallel group randomised controlled trial', Trials, 20,
  • Conference Papers | 2022
    Bernard C; Grigg J; Manning V; Stragalinos P; Volpe I; Lockie D; Clemson M; Smith L; Bragge P; Bell R; Lubman DI, 2022, 'Women's experiences of an alcohol brief intervention in the breast screening setting: A qualitative study', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S30 - S31,
    Preprints | 2022
    Brien R; Volpe I; Grigg J; Lyons T; Hughes C; McKinnon G; Tzanetis S; Crawford S; Eade A; Lee N; Barratt M, 2022, Co-Designing High-Risk Drug Alerts for Health and Community Service Practitioners, ,
    Preprints | 2022
    Grigg J; Manning V; Lockie D; Giles M; Bell R; Stragalinos P; Bernard C; Volpe I; Greenwood CJ; Smith L; Bragge P; Lubman DI, 2022, A Brief Intervention for Improving Alcohol Literacy and Addressing Harmful Alcohol Use Among Women Attending an Australian Breast Screening Service (Health4her): Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial (Preprint), ,
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Stragalinos P; Grigg J; Manning V; Cheetham A; Youssef G; Greenwood CJ; Lockie D; Clemson M; Volpe I; Bernard C; Smith L; Bragge P; Bell R; Lubman DI, 2022, 'Alcohol consumption among an Australian cohort of women eligible to participate in the national breast screening program', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S130 - S131,
    Preprints | 2022
    Volpe I; Brien R; Grigg J; Tzanetis S; Crawford S; Lyons T; Lee N; McKinnon G; Hughes C; Eade A; Barratt M, 2022, “We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world”: tensions arising in the design of high-risk drug alerts, ,
    Conference Abstracts | 2022
    Volpe I; Kent N; Hill PL; Hayes B, 2022, 'Young people in alcohol and other drug spaces: Participation in advocacy, research, practice and policy', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, Vol. 41, pp. S8 - S9,
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Grigg J; Manning V; Cheetham A; Volpe I; Stragalinos P; Hall K; Baker AL; Staiger PK; Reynolds J; Harris A; Tyler J; Best D; Youssef GJ; Lubman DI, 2021, 'TRIAL OF A TELEPHONE-DELIVERED INTERVENTION FOR PROBLEM ALCOHOL USE (READY2CHANGE): BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS AND A LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS OF BARRIERS TO ALCOHOL TREATMENT', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S75 - S76,
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Grigg J; Manning V; Volpe I; Stragalinos P; Bernard C; Lockie D; Clemson M; Smith L; Bragge P; Bell R; Lubman DI, 2021, 'A PRE-IMPLEMENTATION STUDY TO UNDERSTAND WOMEN'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALCOHOL-BREAST CANCER LINK, AND ACCEPTABILITY OF ALCOHOL BRIEF INTERVENTION IN THE BREAST SCREEN SETTING', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S76 - S76,
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Lubman DI; Grigg J; Volpe I; Stragalinos P; Hall K; Reynolds J; Baker AL; Staiger PK; Harris A; Tyler J; Best D; Manning V, 2021, 'READY2CHANGE: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF A TELEPHONE-DELIVERED INTERVENTION FOR PROBLEM ALCOHOL USE', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S102 - S102,
    Reports | 2021
    Ritter A; O'Reilly K; Volpe I; Barrett L; Kowalski M, 2021, DPMP submission into the Inquiry into the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021, ACT, 22, ,
    Conference Abstracts | 2021
    Volpe I; Brien R; Grigg J; Eade A; Lyons T; Lee N; Crawford S; Tzanetis S; Mckinnon G; Hughes C; Barratt MJ, 2021, 'TENSIONS ARISING WHEN DESIGNING HIGH-RISK DRUG ALERTS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, Vol. 40, pp. S148 - S148,
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Volpe I; Grigg J; Manning V; Tyler J; Lubman DI, 2019, 'READY2CHANGE: PRE AND POST EVALUATION OF A TELEPHONE-DELIVERED INTERVENTION FOR ALCOHOL, METHAMPHETAMINE AND CANNABIS USE', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S102 - S103,
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Volpe I; Page R; Brien R; Dunn M; Barratt M; Measham F, 2019, 'A GROUND-UP APPROACH TO DRUG CHECKING IN AUSTRALIA', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S103 - S103,