Rachel Burns

Dr. Rachel Burns is a Canadian psychologist based in Ottawa, Ontario.

Burns received her Bachelor of Arts & Science in Psychology & Biology from the University of Guelph in 2008.¹⁾

She was a postdoctoral fellow in Mental Health Epidemiology in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.²⁾

Burns worked as an instructor at Macalester College from January to May 2014.³⁾

Burns is a laboratory director and assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University.⁴⁾

Burns is a member of the Behavioural Science Working Group on the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.⁵⁾

Burns has conducted research on inflammation and the physical and mental health status of people with type 2 diabetes, funded by Diabetes Canada.⁶⁾ Diabetes Canada is funded by a variety of major pharmaceutical companies.⁷⁾

She has collaborated on grants that were approved by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

Burns was also the recipient of a $50,000 Healthy Minds Canada/Pfizer Canada Research Award in 2016.⁸⁾

Burns co-authored a study on nudging and behaviour change in regard to “open defecation” on behalf of Catalyst Behavioural Sciences, sponsored by the World Bank Water and Sanitation Program (WSP).⁹⁾ The WSP is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.¹⁰⁾