Lisa Eveline Maria Davies is a drug researcher at the Trimbos Institute, working within the National Drug Monitor (NDM). The NDM provides an independent, up‑to‑date overview of substance use, drug markets, and drug‑related harm in the Netherlands. Within this framework, Lisa focuses on drug‑related deaths and emerging trends in substance use, with a particular interest in opioid‑related harm and the development of a Dutch special register for drug‑related deaths.

Lisa holds a BSc in Health Sciences and an MSc in Epidemiology, and recently completed her PhD at Utrecht University in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology. Her thesis, conducted within the national TAPTOE (Tackling and Preventing the Opioid Epidemic) consortium and titled ‘Pain Points: Patient perspectives on opioid treatment for chronic pain’, examined long‑term opioid use for chronic non‑cancer pain. She explored patients’ experiences with patient education and communication, the role of healthcare providers, the development of prescription opioid use disorder, and their trajectories of tapering - highlighting what clinical practice can learn to support safer prescribing.

In her current role at the NDM, Lisa contributes to evidence‑based monitoring and the translation of drug‑related data into insights that inform national policy and public health practice, with continued interest in medication with abuse potential.