Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia

Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, PhD, is an Occupational Therapist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto, where he also holds the inaugural Emily Geldsaler Grant Early Career Professorship in Workplace Mental Health. His research, viewed through an occupational lens, focuses on work disability prevention, return to work, and disability management. This program of research aims to generate practical, evidence-based strategies for identifying risk and developing interventions to reduce or improve high-risk behaviours in the workplace. Dr. Nowrouzi-Kia’s work is driven by a commitment to advancing holistic approaches to work disability prevention—approaches that go beyond physical health to consider broader psychosocial and environmental factors.