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Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia

Assistant Professor

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

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  • Assistant Professor
    Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
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  • 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.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2020 - present
  • Collaborating Scientist
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada9 Jan 2024 - present
  • Affiliate Scientist
    University Health Network, Toronto, Canada9 Mar 2021 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Laurentian University, Greater Sudbury, Canada
  • Master's of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • Master's of Public Health
    Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada
  • Honors Bachelor's of Science
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Registered Occupational Therapist (Licensed in Ontario)
    College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral fellow
    Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Canada
  • Postdoctoral fellow
    Laurentian University, Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health, Greater Sudbury, Canada
  • Work Disability Prevention (CIHR fellowship)
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • University Health Network
    Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Canada
  • Postdoctoral visitor
    York University, Toronto, Canada

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • Persian
    Can read, write, speak and understand

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • TC3 (Toronto Cannabis and Cannabinoid Consortium)
  • Data Sciences Institute (DSI)
  • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs@UofT)

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