Micheal Krausz (Health and Underhousing)

Michael Krausz

Current Roles:
Health Professional – Dr. Krausz has worked as a psychiatrist for over 30 years, and is heavily involved in trauma care and treatment.

Professor – Dr. Krauz is cross-appointed to the University’s Department of Psychiatry and School of Population and Public Health.

Researcher – Dr. Krausz is the University of British Columbia (UBC) Leading Edge Endowment Funds (LEEF) Chair for Addiction Research,

Description:

Dr. Krausz currently works with housing-insecure populations such as in the British Columbia Health of the Homeless Survey, looking at mental illness in 500 homeless individuals, and as Co-Prinicipal investigator on the AtHome/ChezSoi multi-site study on effective housing and support for homeless and mentally ill individuals. The AtHome study was designed to test the impact of a housing first approach to homelessness on social supports, the health care system and the criminal justice system provides robust longitudinal data on physical and mental health outcomes as well as a costing component. Dr Krausz was Co-Principal investigator for the Vancouver site, where 497 Vancouverites were studied within a larger Canadian sample consisting of homeless in Winnipeg, Toronto, Moncton and Montreal (n=2255.) When national AtHome funding ended in 2013, Dr. Krausz led the Vancouver team in securing funding for a Vancouver-specific follow-up.

Contact:
michael.krausz@ubc.ca

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