Associate Professor Brett Scholz is a Critical Health Psychologist in the School of Medicine and Psychology, ANU College of Health and Medicine. He is currently the Secretary of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology,  an organising committee member of the Service Users in Academia Symposium, the Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, an Associate Editor of Qualitative Health Research, is one of the founding editorial team members of the International Mad Studies Journal, and an editorial board member of Psychology of Men & Masculinities.

Brett's research often focuses on ways in which health and health services can be more equitable, challenging power norms, and led by consumers. Although he does not work from a lived experience perspective himself, most of his research is co-authored with and co-developed by people working from lived experience perspectives.

He has published refereed journal articles in Palliative Medicine, Health Psychology, Health Policy, Health Expectations, Health Promotion International, Qualitative Health Research, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Mental Health, among others. He has been listed in the world's top 2% of scientists by citation for 2023 by Stanford/Elsevier, and has been listed by SciVal reports as the most prolific researcher in the field of lived experience leadership (or consumer leadership, service user leadership, or patient leadership) for over 5 years.

PhD (Adelaide), BHlthSci (Hons in Psychology; Adelaide), BA (Psychology & Japanese; Adelaide)

Critical Health Psychology | Critical Approaches to Health and Health Care

Lived Experience Leadership in Health Policy, Health Services, Health Research, and Health Education

Allyship to Marginalised Groups in Health Care