Tim Stockwell is a Scientist at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) and a 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 as a multidisciplinary research enterprise investigating the determinants of harmful substance use and also effective harm reduction strategies. He is a recipient of the International 2013 E.M Jellinek Memorial Award for alcohol research, a recipient of the inaugural national award from Research Canada in 2014 for health research leadership and advocacy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has two daughters, Caitlin and Matilda, and lives in Victoria with his wife Paula.