Jason is the Senior Development Officer who leads and manages the Living Experience Engagement Team at Scottish Drugs Forum.
He has SVQ’s in Health and Social Care and also in Learning and Development.
He was made an Honorary Research Fellow of Stirling University 2018
Jason has a few published research papers on (Trauma in the childhood stories of people who have injected drugs) Published 2015 Addiction Research and Theory;
He coordinated research on (Older People with Drug Problems in Scotland) Scottish Government Report 2017, (Exploring the Health and Social care needs of older people with a drug problem) Published 2018 Taylor & Francis Drugs education and prevention policy.
“PPI? That sounds like Payment Protection Insurance”: Refections and learning from a substance use and homelessness study Experts by Experience group. Research Involvement and Engagement 2021
Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of a peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of people who experience homelessness with problem substance use: the (SHARPS study) HRJ 2022
