Associate Professor Katinka van de Ven is an internationally recognised expert in alcohol and other drugs, with a distinctive focus on client centred care, service improvement, program evaluation, participatory methodologies, harm reduction and drugs policy. Her work is driven by a commitment to evidence based practice, health equity and capacity building within the alcohol and other drugs sector. She also specialises in improving health services for people using anabolic androgenic steroids, peptides and other enhancement drugs. 

She is currently a Principal Consultant at 360Edge and the Head of Research and Evaluation at Hello Sunday Morning. She also serves as a Research Advisor to SMART Recovery Australia and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP), University of New South Wales.