Sexual Health: Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Injury, Psychosomatic Factors and Pharmacology Part 2

DR. IZABELA SCHULTZ is a Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology and Director of Canada’s only graduate program in Vocational Rehabilitation Counselling at the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia.  

Dr. Schultz is Board certified in Clinical Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Vocational Experts. Dr. Schultz's research and professional expertise lies in the area of psychological, neuropsychological, occupational and medico-legal aspects of complex nonvisible disabilities, including brain injury and other neurological impairments, chronic pain, and mental disorders, especially anxiety, trauma and mood disorders. Her specialty professional practice is in forensic neuropsychology and clinical psychology in the medicolegal context.

Dr. Schultz has published seven books in the field and is a co-editor of Springer Handbook Series on Health, Work and Disability. She is the co-editor of the Disability and Work Section in Psychological Injury and Law international journal. She co-chaired American Psychological Association’s Task Force on the Assessment and Intervention with Persons Who Have Disabilities, which generated the first ever evidence-based guidelines in the field.

In addition to innovation in research awards, Dr. Schultz was a recipient of the BC Psychological Association’s Award for contributions to medico-legal assessment and American Psychological Association’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Advancement of Disability Issues in Psychology.   

Dr. Schultz has an extensive experience as an Expert Witness in British Columbia in the field of personal injury. She is currently developing UBC-affiliated and Vancouver-based  Cortex Centre for Advanced Assessment specializing in complex high stakes medico-legal assessment scenarios.