# Dr. Jibran Khokhar

**Title:** Senior Fellow
**Department:** Fellows
**Affiliation:** Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/team/jibran-khokhar
**Profile JSON:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/api/v1/webmcp/scholar?slug=jibran-khokhar
**Total works:** 11

## About
Dr. Jibran Khokhar was born in Kuwait, where he memorized the Qur'an and received ijāza . 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 postdoctoral 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 khaṭīb for the London community.

## Topics
- [Psychology & Mental Health](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/psychology-mental-health.md) (4)
- [Family & Community](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/family-community.md) (3)
- [General Psychology](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/general-psychology.md) (3)
- [Parenting](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/parenting.md) (3)
- [Acts of Worship](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/acts-of-worship.md) (2)
- [Faith](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/faith.md) (2)
- [Nature & Science](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/nature-science.md) (2)
- [Sharia](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/sharia.md) (2)
- [Afterlife](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/afterlife.md) (1)
- [Environment](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/environment.md) (1)
- [Islamic Ethics](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/islamic-ethics.md) (1)
- [Islamophobia](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/islamophobia.md) (1)
- [Politics & Practical Theology](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/politics-practical-theology.md) (1)
- [Social Justice](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/social-justice.md) (1)
- [Technology](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/technology.md) (1)

## Papers (1)
- [Talking to Teens about Drugs and Alcohol: A Qur’anic Approach](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/talking-to-teens-about-drugs-a-quranic-approach.md) (2021)

## Essays (5)
- [Prophetic Solutions for Doom Spiraling: Cultivating Hope in a Cycle of Negativity | Essay](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/prophetic-solutions-for-doom-spiraling-cultivating-hope-in-a-cycle-of-negativity-essay.md) (2026)
- [Prophetic Solutions for Financial Uncertainty: Cultivating Baraka, Resilience, and Peace of Heart | Essay](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/prophetic-solutions-for-financial-uncertainty-cultivating-baraka-resilience-and-peace-of-heart-essay.md) (2025)
- [Islam and Climate Change: The Prophetic Cure to Eco-Anxiety | Essay](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/islam-and-climate-change-the-prophetic-cure-to-eco-anxiety-essay.md) (2025)
- [How to Overcome the Fear of Death: A Prophetic Cure for Death Anxiety | Essay](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/how-to-overcome-the-fear-of-death-a-prophetic-cure-for-death-anxiety-essay.md) (2025)
- [When Scrolling Breeds Despair: A Prophetic Cure to Comparison Culture | Essay](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/when-scrolling-breeds-despair-a-prophetic-cure-to-comparison-culture-essay.md) (2025)

## Videos (5)
- [Yeeting Bad Habits: Techniques for Your Brain and Soul | Dr. Jibran Khokhar](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/lecture/yeeting-bad-habits-techniques-for-your-brain-and-soul-dr-jibran-khokhar.md) (2023)
- [S2E5 - How Do I Talk About Drugs and Alcohol | DoubleTake](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/doubletake-with-yaqeen-podcast/how-do-i-talk-about-drugs-and-alcohol-doubletake-podcast.md) (2021)
- [Du'as For Our Children | #MyHajjStory](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/my-hajj-story/duas-for-our-children-myhajjstory.md) (2020)
- [What is a Habit?](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/deeds-to-habit/what-is-a-habit-deeds-to-habit.md) (2020)
- [Effects of Islamophobia on the Brain - Dr. Jibran Khokhar | Firm Roots](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/firm-roots/effects-of-islamophobia-on-the-brain-dr-jibran-khokhar-firm-roots.md) (2019)