Dr. Charlotte Probst is a scientist within the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto (UofT).
Additionally, Dr. Probst holds a graduate appointment at the rank of associate member at the Institute of Medical Science at UofT.
Areas of Research
Dr. Probst’s research is concerned with substance use and addictions across large populations, with a focus on the social determinants of substance use and its broad impacts on society. Dr. Probst has established a program of research that aims to understand the mechanisms underlying the growing socioeconomic inequalities in health, with a focus on alcohol-related health outcomes from a global perspective. Furthermore, Dr. Probst’s research involves the development of tangible intervention strategies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in the alcohol-related health burden. Dr. Probst is currently leading a five-year study funded by the US National Institutes of Health to advance health equity and reverse the current decrease in life expectancy in the US attributable to alcohol-related factors.
Publications
View Dr. Probst's publications on PubMed.