Our People

Dr Calabria has completed a PhD (UNSW Australia), a Master in Clinical Psychology (Australian National University) and a Bachelor of Psychology with Honours (Macquarie University). She has also completed training focused on diagnostic assessment for Autism and ADHD (e.g. MIGDAS-2, ADOS-2, the CADDRA Introduction to ADHD for Healthcare Professionals).

Dr Calabria is a member of the Australian Clinical Psychologists Association (ACPA) and the League of Autistic Psychologists and Affirming Colleagues (LOAPAC).

In her clinical role, Bianca supports neurodivergent people to increase their wellbeing, connect with their authentic self and improve daily functioning. Bianca also works with neurodivergent and neurotypical people who have experienced complex trauma. Her therapeutic approaches include Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), deep brain re-orienting (DBR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and parts psychology. She also supports individuals with supportive counselling and coaching. Dr Calabria used strengths-based, trauma-informed, and person-centred approaches while working collaboratively with clients. In 2023 Bianca is focusing on conducting Autism and ADHD diagnostic assessments and related online group programs.

Dr Calabria has worked in research for over 15 years in the areas of wellbeing and trauma. Her research is informed by participatory action research principles and implementation science.

Bianca’s research has included working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, services, and communities.

She supervises and mentors Indigenous and non-Indigenous research and clinical students.

Bianca is affiliated with the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research at the Australian National University (ANU). She is an investigator on the Yukaaywa Purrary (YP) Study: the development and design of a new national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and adolescent wellbeing study.

1. Bourke, S. C., Chapman, J., Jones, R., Brinckley, M-M., Thurber, K. A., Calabria, B., et al. (2022). Developing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural indicators: an overview from Mayi Kuwayu, the National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing. International Journal of Equity and Health, 21(1):109. DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01710-8

2. Brinckley, M-M., Calabria, B., Walker, J., Thurber, K., & Lovett, R. (2021). Reliability, validity, and clinical utility of a culturally modified Kessler scale (MK-K5) in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. BMC Public Health, 21, 1111. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11138-4

3. Calabria, B., Salinas-Perez, J. A., Tabatabaei-Jafari, H., Mendoza, J., Bell, T., et al. (2021). Alcohol and other drug service availability, capacity and diversity in urban and rural Australia: an integrated atlas. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 82(3), 401-413. DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2021.82.401

4. Guthrie, J., et al. (2020). ‘The answers were there before white man come in’: stories of strength and resilience for responding to violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities – Family and Community Safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Study Report. http://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/265414

5. Snijder, M., Wagemakers, A., Calabria., B., et al. (2020). “We walked side by side through the whole thing”: a mixed methods study of key elements of community-based participatory research partnerships between rural Aboriginal communities and researchers. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 28(4), 338-350. DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12655

6. Snijder, M., Calabria, B., Dobbins, T., Shakeshaft, A. (2020). Factors associated with alcohol-related injuries for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians: an observational study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17: 387. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17020387

7. Troung, M., Calabria, B., Sharif, M. Z., Priest, N. (2019). New Study Find Family Violence if Often Poorly Understood in Faith Communities. The Conversation. New study finds family violence is often poorly understood in faith communities (theconversation.com)

8. Troung, M., Sharif, M., Pasalich, D., Olsen, A., Calabria., B., Priest, N. (2020). Faith-based communities’ responses to family and domestic violence. CSRM Working Paper, ANU. Faith-based communities' responses to family and domestic violence: CSRM Working Papers: No. 1/2020 — Monash University

9. Pettit, S., Sh et al. (2019). Holistic primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners: Exploring the role of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations. ANZJPH. 42(6):538-543. DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12941

10. Voce, A., et al. (2019). Is there a discrete negative symptom syndrome in people who use methamphetamine?, Comprehensive Psychiatry, 93:27-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2019.06.002

11. Calabria, B., et al. (2020). Reducing drug and alcohol use and improving well-being for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians using the Community Reinforcement Approach: a feasibility and acceptability study. Int J Psychol, Suppl 1:88-95. DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12603

12. Voce, A., et al. (2019). A systematic review of the symptom profile and course of methamphetamine associated psychosis, Substance Use and Misuse. DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12603

13. Voce, A., et al. (2018). The relationship between illicit amphetamine use and psychiatric symptom profiles in schizophrenia and affective psychoses, Psychiatry Res, 265, 19-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.04.015

14. GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators. (2018). Alcohol use and burden: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016. Lancet, 392(1015-1035):1015-1035. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31310-2

15. Tong, A., et al. (2018). General practitioners’ perspectives on the prevention of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. BMJ Open

16. Paige, E., et al. (2018). Socioeconomic variation in absolute cardiovascular disease risk and treatment in the Australian population. Prev Med, 114, 217-222

17. Calabria et al. (2018). Absolute cardiovascular disease risk and use of lipid-lowering therapy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: evidence to optimise prevention. MJA, 209, 35-41

18. Snijder, M., et al. (2018). A need for tailored programs and policies to reduce rates of alcohol-related crimes for vulnerable communities and young people: an analysis of routinely collected police data. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 53, 578-585

19. Thurber, K., et al. (2018). 'Telling our story... creating our own history’: caregivers’ reasons for participating in an Australian longitudinal study of Indigenous children. Int J Equity Health

20. Lokuge, K., et al. (2017). Indigenous health program evaluation design and methods in Australia: a systematic review of the evidence. ANZPH, 41, 480-2

21. Korda, R. et al. (2016). Socioeconomic variation in incidence of primary and secondary major cardiovascular disease events: an Australian population-based prospective cohort study. Int J Equity Health. 15, 189

22. GBD 2015 mortality and causes of death collaborators, and others. (2016). Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388, 10053

23. GBD 2015 disease and injury incidence and prevalence collaborators, and others. (2016). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388, 10053

24. GBD 2015 DALYS and hale collaborators, and others. (2016). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388, 10053

25. GBD 2015 risk factors collaborators, and others. (2016). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet, 388, 10053

26. Snijder, M., et al. (2015). A systematic review of studies evaluating Australian indigenous community development projects: the extent of community participation, their methodological quality and their outcomes. BMC Public Health, 15, 1154

27. Calabria, B., et al. (2014). Identifying Aboriginal-specific AUDIT-C and AUDIT-3 cutoff scores for at-risk, high-risk and likely dependent drinkers using measures of agreement with the 10-item Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Addict Sci Clin Prac, 9, 17

28. Calabria, B., et al. (2014). Tailoring a family-based alcohol intervention for Aboriginal Australians and the experiences and perceptions of health care practitioners trained in its delivery. BMC Public Health, 14, 322

29. Rose, M., et al. (2014). Aboriginal-specific Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) training manual. NDARC Technical Report no. 327. NDARC, UNSW Australia

30. Rose, M., et al. (2014). Aboriginal-specific Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) training manual. NDARC Technical Report no. 326. NDARC, UNSW Australia

31. Calabria, B., et al. (2013). The acceptability to Aboriginal Australians of a family-based intervention to reduce alcohol-related harms. Drug Alcohol Rev, 32, 328-32

32. Degenhardt, L., et al. (2013). The global epidemiology and contribution of cannabis dependence to the Global Burden of Disease in 2010. PLOS ONE, 8, e76635

33. Murray, C. J. L., et al. (2013). GBD 2010 country results: a global public good. Lancet, 381, 965-70

34. Calabria, B., et al. (2012). Systematic review of family-based interventions targeting alcohol misuse and their potential to reduce alcohol-related harm in Indigenous communities. JSAD, 73, 477-88

35. Calabria, B., et al. (2012). The perceived health risks of cannabis use in an Australian household survey. Drug Alcohol Rev, 31, 809-12

36. Lim, S. S., et al. (2012). A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380, 2224-60

37. Murray, C. J. L., et al. (2012). Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380, 2197-223

38. Salmon, J. A., et al. (2012). Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380, 2129-43

39. Vos, T., et al. (2012). Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380, 2163-96

40. Calabria, B., et al. (2011). A systematic and methodological review of interventions for young people experiencing alcohol-related harm. Addiction, 106, 1406-18

41. Degenhardt, L., et al. (2011). What data is available on the extent of illicit drug use and dependence globally? Results of four systematic reviews. Drug Alcohol Dep, 117, 85-101

42. Degenhardt, L., et al. (2011). Mortality among problematic cocaine users. Drug Alcohol Dep, 113, 88-95

43. Calabria, B., et al. (2010). Epidemiology of alcohol-related burden of disease among Indigenous Australians. ANZJPH, 34, S47-S51

44. Calabria, B., et al. (2010). Systematic review of prospective studies investigating "remission" from amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine or opioid dependence. Addict Beh, 35, 741-9

45. Calabria, B. (2010). Does cannabis use increase the risk of death? Systematic review of epidemiological evidence on adverse effects of cannabis use. Drug Alcohol Rev, 29, 318-30

46. Ali, H., et al. (2010). Searching the grey literature to access information on drugs, alcohol and HIV research: an update. NDARC Technical Report no. 314. NDARC, UNSW Australia

47. Bucello, C., et al. (2010). What do we know about the extent of cocaine use and dependence? Results of a global systematic review. NDARC Technical Report no. 308. NDARC, UNSW Australia

48. Calabria, B., et al. (2010). What do we know about the extent of cannabis use and dependence? Results of a global systematic review. NDARC Technical Report no. 307. NDARC, UNSW Australia

49. Degenhardt, L., et al. (2010). What do we know about the global prevalence of illicit meth/amphetamine use and dependence?. NDARC Technical Report no. 310. NDARC, UNSW Australia

50. Nelson, P., et al. (2010). What do we know about the extent of heroin and other opioid use and dependence? Results of a global systematic review. NDARC Technical Report no. 309. NDARC, UNSW Australia

51. Degenhardt, L., et al. (2009). Should we make burden of disease estimates for cannabis use as a risk factor for psychosis? PLOS Med, 6, e1000133

52. Swift, W., et al. (2009). Are adolescents who moderate their cannabis use at lower risk of later regular and dependence cannabis use? Addiction, 104, 806-14

53. Calabria, B., et al. (2009). "Remission" from illicit drug dependence: Systematic reviews of prospective studies investigating the course of amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and opioid dependence. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Illicit drugs discussion paper no. 17. Sydney: NDARC, UNSW Australia

54. Nelson, P., et al. (2009). Methodology used in a systematic review of evidence on the prevalence of heroin/opioids use and dependence. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Illicit drugs discussion paper no. 16. Sydney: NDARC, UNSW Australia

55. Bucello, C., et al. (2009). Methodology used in a systematic review of evidence on the prevalence of cocaine use and dependence. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Illicit drugs discussion paper no. 15. Sydney: NDARC, UNSW Australia

56. Calabria, B., et al. (2009). Methodology used in a systematic review of evidence on the prevalence of cannabis use and dependence. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Illicit drugs discussion paper no. 14. Sydney: NDARC, UNSW Australia

57. Degenhardt, L., et al. (2009). Methodology used in a systematic review of evidence on the prevalence of amphetamine use and dependence. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Illicit drugs discussion paper no. 13. Sydney: NDARC, UNSW Australia

58. Baxter, A., et al. (2008). Summary of data collected and decision rules used in making regional and global estimates: Anxiety Disorders. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Mental disorders discussion paper. Brisbane: Policy and Economics Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland

59. Baxter, A., et al. (2008). Summary of data collected and decision rules used in making regional and global estimates: Schizophrenia. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Mental disorders discussion paper. Brisbane: Policy and Economics Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland

60. Calabria, B., et al. (2008). Searching the grey literature to access information on drug and alcohol research. NDARC Technical Report no. 293. Sydney: NDARC, UNSW Australia

61. Degenhardt, L., et al. (2008). Overview of injuries/diseases to be included in the comparative risk assessment for regular cannabis use. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Illicit drugs discussion paper no. 5. Sydney: NDARC, UNSW Australia

62. Calabria, B., et al. (2008). Cannabis related mortality. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Illicit drugs discussion paper no. 3. Sydney: NDARC, UNSW Australia

63. Degenhardt, L., et al. (2008). Cannabis use as a risk factor for mental disorders. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Illicit drugs discussion paper no. 2. Sydney: NDARC, UNSW Australia

64. Pham, A., et al. (2008). Summary of data collected and decision rules used in making regional and global estimates: Bipolar Disorder. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Mental disorders discussion paper. Brisbane: Policy and Economics Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland

65. Pham, A., et al. (2008). Summary of data collected and decision rules used in making regional and global estimates: Depressive Disorders. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Mental disorders discussion paper. Brisbane: Policy and Economics Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland

66. Somerville, A., et al. (2008). Summary of data collected and decision rules used in making regional and global estimates: Conduct Disorders. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Mental disorders discussion paper. Brisbane: Policy and Economics Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland

67. Somerville, A., et al. (2008). Summary of data collected and decision rules used in making regional and global estimates: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Mental disorders discussion paper. Brisbane: Policy and Economics Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland

68. Ventura, A., et al. (2008). Summary of data collected and decision rules used in making regional and global estimates: Eating Disorders. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Mental disorders discussion paper. Brisbane: Policy and Economics Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland

69. Ventura, A., et al. (2008). Summary of data collected and decision rules used in making regional and global estimates: Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Global Burden of Disease Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert group, Mental disorders discussion paper. Brisbane: Policy and Economics Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland