Behdin Nowrouzi-KiaProfile page
Assistant Professor
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Assistant ProfessorTemerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- +1416-946-3249 (Work)
- University of Toronto, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, 500 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G1V7, Canada
BIO
Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, PhD, is an occupational therapist and assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, where he also holds the inaugural Emily Geldsaler Grant Early Career Professorship in Workplace Mental Health. Through an occupational lens, his research program is a systematic study of occupations in the areas of work disability prevention, return to work, and disability management. This approach is designed to produce results directly applicable to identify and assess risk and to develop interventions for preventing or improving high-risk behaviours in the workplace. Dr. Nowrouzi-Kia’s work is motivated by efforts in the field of work disability prevention that extends beyond the efforts to prevent or cure diseases from a purely physical perspective, towards more holistic approaches. The major tenets of his work use a biopsychosocial perspective to understand work disability and extend towards incorporating personal characteristics (e.g., psychosocial) and environmental (e.g., healthcare system, workplace, workers’ compensation system) factors in improving health outcomes.
Dr. Nowrouzi-Kia is also the founder of Infinity Health Consulting Group and OT Services North.
MEDIA
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2020 - present
- Collaborating ScientistCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada9 Jan 2024 - present
- Affiliate ScientistUniversity Health Network, Toronto, Canada9 Mar 2021 - present
DEGREES
- PhDLaurentian University, Greater Sudbury, Canada
- Master's of Occupational Science and Occupational TherapyUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Master's of Public HealthLakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada
- Honors Bachelor's of ScienceUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
CERTIFICATIONS
- Registered Occupational Therapist (Licensed in Ontario)College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postdoctoral fellowNorthern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Canada
- Postdoctoral fellowLaurentian University, Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health, Greater Sudbury, Canada
- Work Disability Prevention (CIHR fellowship)University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- University Health NetworkToronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Canada
- Postdoctoral visitorYork University, Toronto, Canada
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- FrenchCan read, write, speak and understand
- PersianCan read, write, speak and understand
INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
- TC3 (Toronto Cannabis and Cannabinoid Consortium)
- Data Sciences Institute (DSI)
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs@UofT)