Dr. Jibran Khokhar was born in Kuwait, where he memorized the Qur'an and received ijazah. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences from Queen's University and a Doctorate in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Toronto, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in Psychiatry at Dartmouth College. Currently, he is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Translational Neuropsychopharmacology at Western University, where he studies substance use, severe mental illness, and the effects of drugs of abuse on the developing brain. He also serves as a Khateeb for the London community.