Dr Aino Suomi
ANU Centre for Gambling Research
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Dr Aino Suomi is the Director of the Centre for Gambling Research at the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods.
Aino is a public health researcher and a psychologist with a specific focus on problem gambling, and child and family wellbeing in the context of gambling harm.
Her research has made a significant contribution to policy and service provision around family impacts of problem gambling, PTSD and trauma, problem gambling and family violence, and help-seeking for gambling harm and co-morbid mental health conditions.
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