John Howard MA MClinPsych DipCrim PhD MAPS

Ted Noffs Foundation Director of Program Development, Training and Research

John Howard was a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Director of the Social Health Programs, Department of Psychology at Macquarie University.

He is a Visiting Honorary Research Fellow at NDARC, University of New South Wales and a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the Dept. of Adolescent Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney.

He regularly consults to the World Health Organisation�s Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development and Program in Substance Abuse, UNESCAP, UNICEF Australia and the Arab Council on Childhood and Development (Cairo), especially in relation to street youth/children in developing countries and the health of male adolescents.

His major clinical, teaching and research areas include: adolescent substance use, depression and suicide in young people, working with marginalised youth, �street youth�, adolescent psychotherapy, gay youth, HIV infection in adolescents and resilience.

He has published widely in relation to youth and substance use. Dr Howard has been working with the Ted Noffs Foundation since November 2000.