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Advocate
for Patient RightsDr. Alex Wodak completed his medical studies and trained as a physician at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, and then began research on liver disease due to alcohol while working in London. Since 1982, he has been the Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst. Major interests include prevention of spread of HIV and hepatitis C among injecting drug users, brief interventions for problem drinkers, treatment of drug users in prison and drug policy. Dr. Wodak is the President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and the President of the International Harm Reduction Association. He is a member of a number of state and national committees and has also often worked in developing countries to assist efforts to control HIV infection among injecting drug users.
