Addiction Medicine and Careers in Psychiatry!

Welcome to our latest episode of PsyPOD, the where we chat all things Psychiatry with experts in the mental health field. In today's episode we are joined by Prof. Shalini Arunogiri, a prominent academic psychiatrist who specialises in the area of addiction! Tune in as we discuss her journey in medicine, what careers in academic psychiatric looks like and her thoughts on developments in the drug and alcohol addiction management space! Associate Prof. Shalini Arunogiri is an addiction psychiatrist and Clinical Director of the Hamilton Centre and Turning Point Statewide Services, a national addiction and mental health treatment provider. Shalini is a clinician-researcher whose work focuses on innovation in treatments for addiction and mental health comorbidity, including PTSD and trauma-related mental health disorders. Shalini is a NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, an Associate Professor at Monash University,  and has over 60 publications and attracted over $18M in grant funding. She is a passionate advocate for women in medicine and STEM fields and supervises and mentors several clinician-researchers. Timestamps: 0:33 - Meet our guest, Prof Shalini Arunogiri! 01:52 - Journey to psychiatry 03:32 - Professor Arunogiri's work at Turning Point 05:32 - Advancements in the Addiction space 09:06 - Challenges in the area of addiction 17:59 - Discussing Professor Arunogiri's research work 21:36 - Implications of safe-injecting sites 25:38 - Advice for budding psychiatrist! 29:53 - The future of psychiatry