Professor M^cBride leads an internationally renowned research program at the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) and enAble Institute at Curtin University, focused on the prevention of harmful alcohol and other drug (AOD) use. Her world leading translations to policy and practice are generated through her altruistic creation of a pragmatic, forward-thinking and co-designed intervention research that address gaps, align with consumer needs and are beneficial for global communities. Her broad-based and high-impact program aligns with the UN sustainable goals of good health and wellbeing, and quality education, achieved through innovative leadership and translational, cross-sector industry partnerships.

Professor M^cBride is commitment to research that is both world-class and transformative demonstrated through (since 2019): 31 cutting edge research projects underpinned by over $17.8 million in competitive research funding across category 1 (7), industry (13), philanthropic (7), and international (4); impactful research collaborations (7 international, 12 national 12) including with the World Health Organisation; 97 high impact scholarly outputs including journal articles (66) with a Category Normalised Citation Index average of 5.51, 27 policy submissions, 66 policy citations (42  international, 24 national); and 37 expert advisory roles (20 international, 17 national).

Professor M^cBride flagship School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP, info.shahrp) has three international and one national Randomised Controlled Trial replications which reinforces the robust evidence of SHAHRPs alcohol behavioural impacts and its international influence. Professor M^cBride’s SHAHRP papers ranked in the top 1% of policy-cited papers globally, and SHAHRP intervention has over 2600 notified adoptions across 30+ sectors and 54 countries. The parametrically assess SHAHRP measurement instruments have also had widespread application.

Professor M^cBride is a leader in setting national and international research agendas, while also being committed to building research capability through multiple local to international communities of practice.