Dr. Susan Schenk is currently working as a Professor in the Department of School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington , Australia. Her research interests includes Drug abuse, Drugs and behaviour, Cocaine, Ecstasy. She is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Susan Schenk is the member of many international affiliations. She has authored  many research articles/books related to Drug abuse, Drugs and behaviour, Cocaine, Ecstasy. 

Drug abuse, Drugs and behaviour, Cocaine, Ecstasy Susan is interested in studying the factors that contribute to the initiation, maintenance and relapse to drug abuse. Most of her work has been done in rats and has measured effects of MDMA. Future studies may focus on additional drugs of abuse. The questions of interest are: Are some individuals more susceptible to drug abuse than others? What are the factors that predispose some individuals to drug abuse? Are these factors genetic or environmental or both? Is there a "switch" from drug use to drug abuse and, if so, what is the nature of the "switch"? Is there a way to reverse the process using drug therapies? What are the factors that control relapse to drug abuse? Can the risk of relapse be decreased using drug therapies?