Dr Brendan Clifford is a Senior Research Fellow with the National Centre for Clinical Research in Emerging Drugs.  Brendan is a clinician researcher who uses interdisciplinary methods to further health equity and enhance access to evidence-based healthcare.  He has a broad clinical background having worked in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Australia, mainly in emergency department settings.  In addition to undertaking clinical research in alcohol and other drugs, he has also held roles in inclusive health innovation, and lectured in public health and social science.  He completed his PhD examining intersectoral policy for homelessness and health at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics.