Ivers

Jo-Hanna

Professor Jo-Hanna Ivers is an Associate Professor in Addiction. She holds the only addiction-specific academic post in Ireland. She is the first Associate Dean of Civic Engagement and Social Innovation at Trinity College Dublin. Jo-Hanna leads the Neurobehavioural Addiction Research Group at the Department of Public Health & Primary Care, School of Medicine. Jo-Hanna is the Director of the M.Sc. in Addiction Recovery. She has been appointed by several Ministers and Government Representatives to Special Taskforces and Expert Review Groups to examine drug and alcohol use. She has been a Scientific Advisor to the European Monitoring Centre on Drug and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), the Council of Europe, the Pompidou Expert Group on Human Rights and Drug Policy, as well as the Scientific Advisor to the Citizens Assembly on Drugs in Ireland.

Jo-Hanna's research focuses on the biological, social and environmental factors that contribute to an individual's vulnerability to dependence and addiction. Her research includes interventions, policies, and practices that help to develop recovery pathways. These pathways are best understood as a spectrum and include harm reduction, abstinence, and long-term recovery. Her population of interest includes people who use drugs, those experiencing addiction, individuals in recovery, their families, communities affected by drug use, and wider members of society. Before returning to academia, Jo-Hanna gained extensive experience working with adolescent and adult populations in specialist addiction services within the National Health Service.