Brienna Rutherford
PhD Student
National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research

Researcher biography
Brienna is currently a Ph.D. candidate with the University of Queensland’s School of Psychology and National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research. Her research investigates the role of social media in adolescent substance use behaviours and attitudes. Using social media data mining and secondary analysis of nationally representative surveys, Brienna’s primary interest is evaluating the extent to which exposure to pro-substance use content influences substance use initiation in adolescent populations.