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Miss Michala Kowalski

Miss Michala Kowalski

Research Fellow

BA, MPH, PhD (Social Policy & Medicine)

Medicine & Health
National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre

Dr Michala Kowalski is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NDARC, UNSW. She was awarded her PhD in 2024, for her mixed-methods study of alcohol policy in New South Wales, which examined the role of evidence in policy, the leading problematisations in alcohol policy, and analysed overlooked effects of alcohol policies in New South Wales.

Michala’s current research program concentrates on alcohol policy, cannabis policy, evolving drug markets, and harm reduction. She is an active member of the Global Cannabis Cultivation Research Consortium, and the Drug Policy Modelling Program Network, and co-convenor of the Safe(r) Supply Network in Australia.

 
Phone
+61 2 9385 0449
E-mail
m.kowalski@unsw.edu.au
Location
245 Goodsell Building
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Anderson-Luxford D; Callinan S; Kuntsche E; Willoughby B; Mojica-Perez Y; Wilkinson C; Kowalski M; Ritter A, 2024, 'Is start time a risk factor for amounts consumed on a given day if drinking duration is taken into account? An event-level study', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2435945
    Journal articles | 2024
    Barratt MJ; Coomber R; Kowalski M; Aldridge J; Munksgaard R; Ferris J; Malm A; Martin J; Décary-Hétu D, 2024, 'How accurate are drug cryptomarket listings by content, weight, purity and repeat purchase?', Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 25, pp. 6 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DHS-11-2023-0043
    Journal articles | 2024
    Granville A; Grigg J; Kowalski M; Sevigny E; Zobel F; Fortin D, 2024, 'What can we learn from low-THC cannabis growers in Europe? A comparative transnational study of small-scale cannabis growers from Italy and Switzerland', International Journal of Drug Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104505
    Journal articles | 2024
    Willoughby B; Anderson-Luxford D; Mojica-Perez Y; Wilkinson C; Kowalski M; Vuong T; Kuntsche E; Callinan S; Ritter A, 2024, 'Alcohol home delivery usage and its relationship to alcohol consumption in New South Wales during COVID-19', International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 12, pp. 3 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.501
    Journal articles | 2023
    Kowalski M; Livingston M; Wilkinson C; Ritter A, 2023, 'An overlooked effect: domestic violence and alcohol policies in the night-time economy', Addiction, 118, pp. 1471 - 1481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16192
    Journal articles | 2023
    Kowalski M; Livingston M; Wilkinson C; Ritter A, 2023, 'The impact of tableside ordering technologies on alcohol sales to the intoxicated', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1161 - 1164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13639
    Journal articles | 2023
    Kowalski M; Wilkinson C; Livingston M; Ritter A, 2023, 'Piloting a classification framework for the types of evidence used in alcohol policymaking', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 652 - 663, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13599
    Journal articles | 2023
    McLauchlan L; Kelaita P; Kowalski M; Ritter A, 2023, 'Post-retirement enlightenment syndrome: Worthy of investigation', International Journal of Drug Policy, 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104059
    Journal articles | 2023
    Nielsen S; Barratt M; Hiley S; Bartlett M; Latimer J; Jauncey M; Roux C; Morelato M; Clark N; Kowalski M; Gilbert M; Francia L; Shipton A; Gerostamoulos D; Glowacki L; Lam T, 2023, 'Monitoring for fentanyl within Australian supervised injecting facilities: Findings from feasibility testing of novel methods and collaborative workshops', International Journal of Drug Policy, 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104015
    Journal articles | 2022
    O'Reilly K; Kowalski M; Barratt MJ; Ritter A, 2022, 'Distinguishing personal use of drugs from drug supply: Approaches and challenges', International Journal of Drug Policy, 103, pp. 103653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103653
    Journal articles | 2022
    Wilkinson C; Dwyer R; Kowalski M, 2022, 'News media both represents and acts: Commentary on Howse et al. news media content analysis of Sydney's ‘last drinks’ laws', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 575 - 576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13457
    Journal articles | 2021
    Nielsen S; Sanfilippo P; Picco L; Bruno R; Kowalski M; Wood P; Larney S, 2021, 'What predicts pharmacists’ engagement with opioid-outcome screening? Secondary analysis from an implementation study in community pharmacy', International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 43, pp. 420 - 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11096-020-01074-5
    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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14954
    Journal articles | 2020
    Nielsen S; Picco L; Kowalski M; Sanfilippo P; Wood P; Larney S; Bruno R; Ritter A, 2020, 'Routine opioid outcome monitoring in community pharmacy: Outcomes from an open-label single-arm implementation-effectiveness pilot study', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 16, pp. 1694 - 1701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.02.009
    Journal articles | 2020
    Picco L; Middleton M; Bruno R; Kowalski M; Nielsen S, 2020, 'Validation of the owls, a screening tool for measuring prescription opioid use disorder in primary care', Pain Medicine (United States), 21, pp. 2757 - 2764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/PM/PNAA275
    Journal articles | 2020
    Picco L; Middleton M; Bruno R; Kowalski M; Nielsen S, 2020, 'Validity and reliability of the computer-administered routine opioid outcome monitoring (ROOM) tool', Pain Medicine (United States), 21, pp. 3645 - 3654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/PM/PNAA297
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kowalski M; Hooker C; Barratt MJ, 2019, 'Should we smoke it for you as well? An ethnographic analysis of a drug cryptomarket environment', International Journal of Drug Policy, 73, pp. 245 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.03.011
    Journal articles | 2018
    Nielsen S; Kowalski M; Wood P; Larney S; Bruno R; Shanahan M; Lenton S; Dietze P; Green T; Murnion B; Ritter A, 2018, 'Routine opioid outcome monitoring in community pharmacy: Pilot implementation study protocol.', Res Social Adm Pharm, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.10.024
  • Conference Presentations | 2024
    Kowalski M; Wilkinson C, 2024, 'Alcohol retailers' lobbying activities: a comparative analysis of profit and non-profit alcohol retail industry body policy submissions', presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNzmS_Pn1oY&t=2581s
    Conference Posters | 2024
    Kowalski M, 2024, 'Small-scale cannabis growers’ preferences for the regulation of cannabis production]', Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024
    Reports | 2024
    Ritter A; Grealy M; Kelaita P; Kowalski M, 2024, Monograph No 36: The Australian ‘drug budget’: Government drug policy expenditure 2021/22, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30075
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Kelaita P; McLauchlan L; Kowalski M; Ritter A, 2023, 'Post-retirement enlightenment syndrome: Understanding the conditions of support for drug policy reform', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, ANU, Canberra, 11 September 2023 - 13 September 2023
    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, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28307, https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1779306/Submission-22-The-Drug-Policy-Modelling-Program-DPMP,-UNSW-Sydney.pdf
    Reports | 2020
    Kowalski M; Barrett L, 2020, Engaging general practice and General Practitioners in alcohol and other drug treatment, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5f4def2515991
    Reports | 2020
    Ritter A; Wilkinson C; Vuong T; Kowalski M; Barrett L; Mellor R; Sommerville K, 2020, Distilling our changing relationship with alcohol during COVID-19, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph No. 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5f84c1dba9f36
    Conference Abstracts | 2019
    Nielsen S; Picco L; Kowalski M; Wood P; Bruno R; Ritter A, 2019, 'IMPLEMENTING ROUTINE OPIOID OUTCOME MONITORING IN COMMUNITY PHARMACIES: FINDINGS FROM A PILOT FEASIBILITY STUDY', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, Vol. 38, pp. S78 - S79, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000494890100197&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1