MD, PhD, MPH, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Research Scientist, Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Science UBC
Research & Education Medical Manager, Burnaby Centre for Mental Health & Addiction
Chair BCM, HSUS Medical Advisory Council
Full Member
Christian G. Schütz, MD, Ph.D., MPH, FRCPC is a practicing psychiatrist, Associate Professor in the University of British Columbia’s Department of Psychiatry, and the Research and Education Medical Manager at the Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions. He holds an MD from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany, a PhD in Medical History from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, and an MPH from John Hopkins University. He also completed a Fogerty-Fellowship at NIDA/NIH and DISCA-Fellowship at Yale University. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles and a dozen book chapters, and has supervised more than 30 students across the globe in areas such as psychiatry, addiction medicine, and clinical neuroscience. His research interests include psychological and pharmacological interventions for individuals with substance use disorders, psychoneurobiological aspects of impulsive decision making, and substance use and concurrent disorders more generally.
1. Understanding mechanism of relapse and impulsive decision-making to improve treatment of addiction and concurrent disorders.
2. Develop novel interventions focused on stimulant use disorder (includes habitual retraining, rIFG based TMS, integrated psychotherapy/psychedelic intervention)
3. Develop a more comprehensive integrated mind/brain based sound concept of motivation and decision making.
Dr. Schütz’s lab is currently recruting trainees! Please reach out if you’re interested.
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