Tim Stockwell is director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) and professor of psychology at the University of Victoria, Canada. He has published over 400 research papers, reports and books on substance use epidemiology and policy. He was a clinician and researcher in the UK before joining Australia's National Drug Research Institute as director. Moving to Canada in 2004 he established the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research BC (now CISUR) as a multidisciplinary research enterprise investigating the determinants of harmful substance use and also effective harm reduction strategies. He lives in Victoria with his wife Paula and daughters Caitlin and Matilda.
