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Dr Catherine Foley

Lecturer

PhD (UNSW)
BPsych (Hons)

Medicine & Health
National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre

Catherine is a registered psychologist (AHPRA) and research fellow at NDARC, UNSW. Her health services-based PhD was conferred in May 2019 (UNSW Medicine & Health), and she is 4yrs post-PhD (full time equivalent) due to working part-time whilst holding clinical roles. Catherine’s research program is focused on working alongside community members and health providers to co-design and evaluate holistic health services. She has contributed to $3M research funding as a named investigator and early career researcher, with a career total of $3.5M.
E-mail
c.foley@unsw.edu.au
Location
Coffs Harbour
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Asare-Doku W; Stirling R; Peprah P; Foley C; De Silva N; Syahbahar T; Kelly D; Settumba S, 2025, '‘Oh! It's Like Taboo’: Perspectives of Religious and Community Leaders on AOD Use, Harms and Treatment in CALD Communities, Sydney', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70105
    Journal articles | 2025
    Woods A; Foley C; Conigrave KM; Asare-Doku W; Shakeshaft A; Settumba-Stolk S; Farrell M; Doyle M; Stolk SS, 2025, 'Extended-release pharmacotherapies for substance use disorders in incarcerated populations: A systematic review', Addiction, 120, pp. 835 - 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16766
    Journal articles | 2024
    Farnbach S; Foley C; Gates P; Seccull A; Henderson A; Zocco A; Farrell M; Shakeshaft A, 2024, 'Enhancing the SUSTAINable uptake of evidence to minimise harms from alcohol and other drugs in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1781 - 1786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13843
    Journal articles | 2023
    Foley C; Allan J; Lappin J; Courtney R; Farnbach S; Henderson A; Shakeshaft A, 2023, 'Utilising the Implementation of Integrated Care to Develop a Pragmatic Framework for the Sustained Uptake of Service Innovations (SUSI)', Healthcare Switzerland, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11121786
    Journal articles | 2017
    Knight A; Shakeshaft A; Havard A; Maple M; Foley C; Shakeshaft B, 2017, 'The quality and effectiveness of interventions that target multiple risk factors among young people: a systematic review', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41, pp. 54 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12573
  • Conference Presentations | 2024
    Asare-Doku W; Foley C; De Silva N; Stirling R; Syahbahar T; Kelly D; Stolk SS, 2024, 'Perceptions of religious and community leaders towards alcohol and other drugs and treatment in CALD communities in NSW', presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024
    Conference Presentations | 2024
    Foley C; Domberelli A; Seccull A; La Hera Fuentes G; Hedger D; Gill T; Jones P; Fox S; Collie P; Tyler V; Kerr N; Auld R; Bailey A; Stephens A; Stolk SS; Asare-Doku W; Izzard T; Doyle M; Farnbach S; Gates P; Farrell M, 2024, 'Greater than the sum of its parts: Establishing a base for collaborative research in regional NSW to improve drug and alcohol outcomes in rural, regional, and remote communities', presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024
    Conference Presentations | 2024
    Woods A; Foley C; McEntyre E; Dunlop A; White B; Lintzeris N; Haber P; Roberts J; Doyle M, 2024, 'LAIB in Prison: A report on qualitative data from patients commenced on treatment during a clinical trial', presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YQqzJTbdAs&t=932s
    Conference Abstracts | 2023
    Asare-Doku W; Peprah P; Santo T; Weatherburn D, 2023, 'Global coverage and retention factors of criminal justice-related drug and alcohol treatment programs among offenders: A systematic review', in Global coverage and retention factors of criminal justice-related drug and alcohol treatment programs among offenders: A systematic review, presented at APSAD 2023 Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13749
    Conference Abstracts | 2023
    Asare-Doku W, 2023, 'Alcohol and other drug treatment interventions for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: A systematic review', in Alcohol and other drug treatment interventions for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: A systematic review, presented at APSAD 2023 Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13749
    Conference Abstracts | 2023
    La Hera Fuentes G; Foley C; Raby G; Doyle M; Shakeshaft A; Stolk SS; Campbell C; Collie P; Seccull A, 2023, 'Getting it over the line: Prescribing opioid agonist treatment in rural and regional primary care settings', in Getting it over the line: Prescribing opioid agonist treatment in rural and regional primary care settings, WILEY, Adelaide, Vol. 42, pp. S103 - S103, presented at APSAD, Adelaide, 13 November 2023 - 15 November 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13749
    Conference Abstracts | 2023
    Woods A; Conigrave K; Foley C; Asare-Doku W; Shakeshaft A; Farrell M; Doyle M, 2023, 'A systematic review of extended-release pharmacotherapies for substance use disorders in incarcerated populations', in A systematic review of extended-release pharmacotherapies for substance use disorders in incarcerated populations, presented at APSAD 2023 Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13749
    Conference Abstracts | 2022
    Foley C; Black E; Sunjic S; Glover H; Lappin J; Boydell K; Steele B; Patil S; Buten S; Cowan T; Shakeshaft A; Gatsi MM; Lintzeris N, 2022, 'Is integrated care still achievable? Implementing an innovative co-design approach across specialist mental health and alcohol and other drug services', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, Vol. 41, pp. S62 - S63, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000862018700109&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2019
    Farnbach S; Foley C; Sara G; Shakeshaft A; Lappin J; Allan J; Courtney RJ; Farrell M; Dobbins T, 2019, 'WHO IS ACCESSING BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES? MAPPING THE OVERLAP TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING SPECIALISED CARE', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, Vol. 38, pp. S45 - S45, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000494890100115&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Other | 2018
    Foley C; Shakeshaft A, 2018, Collaborating with clinicians and consumers to improve the uptake of integrated care in a residential mental health rehabilitation unit: A co-design approach, http://connections.edu.au/researchfocus/collaborating-clinicians-and-consumers-improve-uptake-integrated-care-residential
    Conference Papers |
    Foley C, 'What does it mean to be identified as mentally ill? Social representations, unification and differentiation', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY PRESS, pp. 672 - 672

CIA, Preventing alcohol and other drug harms in rural communities in New South Wales. Prevention Research Support Program, MoH
AI, Replicability of a model for supporting the transfer of clients in opioid dependence treatment from hospital clinics to rural/regional general practice. Translational Research Grant Scheme, OHMR
CIA, Mixed methods evaluation of the in-reach, out-reach, brief intervention (IOBI) model of care. State Govt Contract, MoH

2025 Richard Mattick Award for Research Excellence                                                                 

2025 Kevin Rizzoli Community Impact Award       

2023 Quality & Innovation Award for Excellence in Mental Health Services: ‘My Choice’    

2023 NDARC Contribution Award for Outstanding Leadership and Innovation        

2022 The Margaret Hamilton Award for Outstanding Research Achievement            

2019 NDARC Symposium’s People’s Choice Award                                                                                       

2018 Health Education & Training Institute’s Award for Research Translation                                                  

2017 Health Education & Training Institute’s Certificate of Recognition of Research Impact          

 

  

  • Preventing alcohol and other drug harms in rural communities in New South Wales. 
  • Replicability of a model for supporting the transfer of clients in opioid dependence treatment from hospital clinics to rural/regional general practice. 
  • Mixed methods evaluation of the in-reach, out-reach, brief intervention (IOBI) model of care