Dr Ria Hopkins is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney. Her interests include pharmacoepidemiology, public health, and healthcare policy. Her current work includes projects aimed at identifying patterns of medicine use and associated outcomes. She is particularly interested in potentially high risk medicines including opioid analgesics and psychotropic medicines, and priority populations including people living with pain or those diagnosed with mental health conditions.