Dr. Rackeb Tesfaye holds a PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University and has led patient-oriented research, bringing together youth, families, clinicians, and bioethicists to inform research protocols, education, and health policies.

As a Visiting Doctoral Scholar with the Neuroscience, Society and Ethics Group at the University of Oxford, she supported global neuropsychiatric studies using mixed-methods approaches.

Rackeb has held various knowledge mobilization roles, from translating pathogen and pandemic-related research at Simon Fraser University to coordinating research-community partnerships to expand evidence-based autism care in Quebec.

With over a decade of experience in science communication, Dr. Tesfaye has been a lecturer at McGill University, a CBC Radio science columnist, and a co-founder of initiatives like ComSciCon Canada and BlackInNeuro. She has also advised organizations including Canada’s Chief Scientist’s Youth Council, Falling Walls, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and The Kavli Foundation.