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DrRob Schutze

Visiting/Adjunct

Curtin School of Population Health

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    Curtin School of Population Health
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT

Dr Rob Schütze is a clinician researcher specialising in pain management, with dual appointments as a research academic and clinical psychologist. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Population Health and Curtin enAble Institute, focusing on research relating to: interdisciplinary biospychosocial interventions for pain and chronic health conditions; mindfulness and yoga interventions; blended clinician-led and digitally enabled pain care; pain education for health professionals; and psychedelic assisted psychotherapy. He currently holds a Raine Clinician Research Fellowship and is a chief investigator on several industry funded and MRFF research projects. Clinically, Rob works as a Senior Clinical Psychologist in the Multidisciplinary Pain Management Centre at Royal Perth Hospital, and as a yoga/meditation teacher at Yoga Space Perth.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer
    Curtin University, School of Population Health, Perth, Australia3 Mar 2025 - present
  • Senior Research Fellow
    Curtin University, School of Allied Health, Perth, Australia1 Jan 2024 - 3 Mar 2025
  • Research Fellow
    Curtin University, School of Allied Health, Perth, Australia18 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2023

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Clinical Psychologist
    Royal Perth Hospital, Multidisciplinary Pain Management Centre, Perth, Australia11 Oct 2021 - present
  • Clinical Director
    Yoga Space Perth, Perth, Australia2 Jan 2006 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Curtin University, Perth, Australia2014 - 2018
  • Master of Psychology (Clinical)
    Curtin University, Perth, Australia2009 - 2010
  • Bachelor of Science (Psychology) Honours
    Curtin University, Perth, Australia2007 - 2007
  • Graduate Diploma of Psychology
    Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia2005 - 2006
  • Bachelor of Journalism
    Murdoch University, Perth, Australia1999 - 1999
  • Bachelor of Arts
    University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia1994 - 1997

ROLE

  • Staff

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • 3202 - Clinical sciences
  • 3209 - Neurosciences
  • 3214 - Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
  • 3215 - Reproductive medicine
  • 4201 - Allied health and rehabilitation science
  • 4202 - Epidemiology
  • 4204 - Midwifery
  • 4208 - Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
  • 5201 - Applied and developmental psychology
  • 5203 - Clinical and health psychology

DEPARTMENT

  • Curtin School of Population Health