Dr Jodi Pawluski is a world-renowned Canadian neuroscientist who specializes in the neuroscience of motherhood and perinatal mental illness. Her research is affiliated with the University of Rennes, France. As a scientist and therapist, she campaigns for improving our understanding of the parental brain, recognition of the importance of perinatal mental health, and better care for parents. She is a mother of 2 and knows, firsthand, what it is to be a parent.