Digital Innovation in Addiction Services (DigitAS St Andrews) is an initiative of the Baldacchino Lab for Addiction Medicine at the University of St Andrews. We aim to transform how addiction healthcare is delivered by generating real-world evidence to guide the design, adoption, and equitable scale-up of digital interventions.
Our work is informed by social justice, equity, and inclusion approaches to health and addiction care. People affected by addiction often face multiple barriers to optimal health and care, including stigma, multimorbidity, and systemic inequities, that shorten lives and worsen outcomes. At DigitAS St Andrews, we work to change that.
Using the tools of implementation science and systems thinking, we explore how digital technologies can disrupt inequity, supporting access, engagement, and better health.
Our work bridges research and practice. We collaborate with clinicians, academics, people with lived / living experience of addiction, and partners across Scotland and internationally to co-design, test, and deliver digital solutions that meet people where they are. We aim to realise and generate evidence of the benefits for people, services, communities, and society.
Led by Professor Alex Baldacchino and Dr Joe Tay, DigitAS St Andrews brings together an experienced team of academics and frontline clinicians united by a common goal: to ensure that digital health works for everyone.
Our work has been made possible through the generous funding and support provided by the following organisations:
