Dr. Juveria Zaheer

Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Honoree
2020

Clinician Scientist
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Juveria is a Clinician Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Juveria has devoted her career to suicide prevention. As an emergency department psychiatrist, she provides urgent psychiatric care to those in crisis. Her research focuses on understanding suicide risk on a population level and through narratives, and she has a specific interest in gender, culture, and incorporating the experiences of patients and families to co-create interventions that work. In 2019, she was named CAMH Physician of the Year for her commitment to patient care, inter-professional collaborative skill and education.

2020 Honorees

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