Dr. Paniz Tavakoli

Dr. Paniz Tavakoli is a Behavioural Science Fellow with Impact Canada, currently working with Health Canada's Tobacco Control Directorate. She is also a lecturer at the University of Ottawa, teaching courses in psychology and neuroscience.

Prior to her work at Health Canada, Paniz completed a placement at the Public Health Agency of Canada where she sought to better understand the barriers to the uptake of public health measures for combatting respiratory infectious diseases.

Paniz received her PhD from the University of Ottawa in Psychology with a specialization in Cognitive Neuroscience in 2017. She then completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and McMaster University. During this time, her research focused on using neuroscientific techniques to predict mental health outcome in adolescents with suicidal thoughts and behaviours.

Prior to joining the Impact and Innovation Unit, Paniz worked as a researcher at the Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research.