Elnaz Moghimi

Dr. Elnaz Moghimi is a Research Scientist at the Waypoint Research Institute (Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care). In addition to her appointment at the University of Toronto, she is also an adjunct assistant professor at Queen's University Department of Psychiatry. A qualitative scientist by training, Elnaz holds a PhD in Kinesiology and Health Science and obtained two concurrent diplomas in Neuroscience and Quantitative Methods from York University.

Her graduate research explored compulsive overeating, eHealth interventions, and the treatment experiences of women with binge eating disorder. Subsequent to her PhD, she joined the Queen’s University Online Psychotherapy Lab where she examined the efficacy of online mental health interventions across diverse populations. Elnaz's current research focuses on using patient and community voices to improve and innovate mental health care and make services and interventions more accessible to a broader population.

Her main areas of focus include youth mental health, intimate partner violence, forensic patient-oriented research, community-based participatory research, and digital mental health technologies.