Feed Your Mind 2026: Health Bites with Professor Nyanda McBride

How do you turn classroom interactions around alcohol into global policy?

Health Bites: Helping young people reduce the risks and harm of alcohol

Join Professor Nyanda McBride from the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) as she shares the journey behind the School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP) – a world–first school-based program that redefined alcohol education by shifting the focus from abstinence to harm minimisation.

What started as a program delivered in Australian classrooms has since gone on to shape global policy and practice, adopted in over 50 countries and cited in 77 policy documents, including by the World Health Organisation.

Find out how SHAHRP is improving health outcomes for young people around the world and what this transformative project reveals about translating research into policy change and impact.

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If you can’t make it in person, you can join us online. Please note a link to stream the event will be sent to you via email closer to the date.

A light lunch will be provided.

Attend in person to earn a stamp and go in the draw to win a $100 Guild gift card. Refer to T&C's for more information.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Feed Your Mind is a lunchtime series dishing up bite-sized talks from Curtin University researchers.

Dig in on the third Thursday of each month and get a taste of how our researchers are translating research into real-world benefits.