Professor in Substance Use, Stirling University
UK
Biography
Catriona Matheson is a Professor in Substance Use at the University of Stirling and Consultant in Substance related deaths (Aberdeen City) and a freelance Research Consultant. She Chaired of the Drug Deaths Task Force for Scotland for 2.5 years. Her research, spanning 30 years, is in the delivery of care to people who use drugs.
Professor Matheson’s current interests include managing polysubstance use, high risk benzodiazepine use, reducing drug related deaths including technological solutions. She has over 80 publications and was made a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in 2019 for her work in the drugs field.
Catriona currently supports the Drug Death review work for Aberdeen City ADP to ensure there is shared learning and quality improvement across the health and social care system.