Dr. Stephanie Zhou is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto where she teaches the financial literacy curriculum. She practices addiction medicine and is the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) & Social Accountability lead at Sunnybrook Hospital. Dr. Zhou is on the Board of Directors for Toronto Public Health and chairs the Scientific Planning Committee for the Ontario College of Family Physicians.
Dr. Zhou immigrated to Canada and grew up in subsidized housing, which led to her investing in education and housing initiatives through philanthropy. She founded the annual Physicians Financial Wellness conference, a national philanthropic conference for physicians on financial education and practice management. Last year, the ticket proceeds were used to establish The Equity Award, an endowment fund supporting students with financial need.
Dr. Zhou received Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women award for her work in improving economic mobility through financial literacy and was selected for The Peak’s Emerging Leaders List in Healthcare.
Outside of her clinical work, Dr. Zhou is a nationally invited speaker on personal finance and runs a popular financial education blog on Instagram and YouTube called Breaking Bad Debt.
