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Dr. Tim Stockwell

Dr. Tim Stockwell
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Tim held the position of director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR, formerly the Centre for Addictions Research of BC) since its inception in 2004 until 2020. He has also been a professor in the Department of Psychology at the 番茄社区 since 2004. He has published over 400 research papers, book chapters and monographs, plus several books on prevention and treatment issues.

Dr. Stockwell was engaged in both clinical and research work in the UK before spending 16 years with Australia's National Drug Research Institute as deputy director and then director. He studied psychology and philosophy at Oxford University and obtained a PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and was president of the international Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, 2005-2007. He received the 2013 EM Jellinek Memorial Award for outstanding research on social, cultural and policy aspects of alcohol with special mention of his work on minimum alcohol pricing. He also received a 2014 Health Research leadership award from Research Canada on behalf of CISUR.

Tim being interviewed by Global News, 2016
Tim being interviewed by Global News about CARBC research on Managed Alcohol Programs, 2016

Tim is committed to the advancement of public policy on substance use issues, and has established CISUR as a research institute which aims to shed light on the social, cultural and psychological determinants of harmful substance use, which applies rigorous measures of patterns of use and related harms, and which advances knowledge of effective policy and practice.

His research interests include: prevention of alcohol and other drug related harm; alcohol and other drug policy; measurement of alcohol consumption and related harms; public health and safety impacts of substance use; alcohol harm reduction; and regulatory policies to reduce alcohol-related harm.

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