Parveen Azam Ali

Parveen Azam Ali
Born (1979-04-04) 4 April 1979
CitizenshipBritish
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisManaging or Not Managing Expectations: A Grounded Theory of Intimate Partner Violence from the Perspective of Pakistani People (2012)
Academic work
DisciplineNursing
Sub-discipline
Gender-based violence; health inequalities
Institutions
Websitewww.sheffield.ac.uk/ahpnm/people/nursing-and-midwifery/parveen-ali

Parveen Azam Ali (born 4 April 1979) is a British nurse and academic of Pakistani origin. She is Professor of Nursing and Gender Based Violence at the University of Sheffield, with a joint clinical appointment at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[1] Since 2020 she has served as editor-in-chief of International Nursing Review, the official journal of the International Council of Nurses.[2]

Education

Ali was educated at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, where she completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing.[3] She subsequently undertook doctoral studies at the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR).

Career

Ali joined the University of Sheffield's School of Nursing and Midwifery as a lecturer in 2014, having previously held a lecturing post at the University of Hull. She subsequently rose to a chair in the renamed School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery, where she leads the MMedSci in Advanced Nursing Studies and serves as a Deputy Director of Research and Innovation.[3]

Her research focuses on gender-based violence — particularly intimate partner violence — health inequalities, consanguinity and genetics, and ethnic disparities in healthcare access and outcomes.[3] She has served as Deputy Chair of the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (HSDR) Funding Committee.

Editorial work

Ali was an associate editor of Nursing Open until 2021 and is a contributor to The Conversation.[4] She has been a member of The Lancet relating to nursing.

Honours and awards

In 2014, Ali was one of six recipients of the Royal College of Nursing's Mary Seacole leadership awards, which supported her work on health inequalities in Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.[5]

In 2017, she received the Emerging Nurse Researcher Award from the European region of Sigma Theta Tau International.[6]

In 2020, the International Council of Nurses recognised her radio outreach to the Pakistani community of South Yorkshire on health-related matters as part of its International Nurses Day campaign.[7]

In 2022, she received the Asian Women of Achievement Award in the Professions category.[8]

In 2023, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing as part of the academy's 2023 class of new fellows.[9] In 2025, she was admitted ad eundem as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery.

Ali is also a Senior Fellow of the Advance HE (formerly Higher Education Academy), a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[4][3]

Selected publications

  • Gul, Raisa B.; Ali, Parveen A. (January 2010). "Clinical trials: the challenge of recruitment and retention of participants". Journal of Clinical Nursing. 19 (1–2): 227–233. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03041.x. PMID 20500260.
  • Ali, Parveen Azam; Naylor, Paul B. (November 2013). "Intimate partner violence: a narrative review of the feminist, social and ecological explanations for its causation". Aggression and Violent Behavior. 18 (6): 611–619. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2013.07.009.
  • Ali, Parveen Azam; Panther, Wendy (25 June 2008). "Professional development and the role of mentorship". Nursing Standard. 22 (42): 35–39. doi:10.7748/ns2008.06.22.42.35.c6579. PMID 18649718.

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Parveen Ali". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "International Nursing Review". Wiley. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1466-7657. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Professor Parveen Ali". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Parveen Azam Ali". The Conversation. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Nurses rewarded for reducing inequalities in BME communities". Nursing Times. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Dr Parveen Ali honoured with prestigious industry award". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Nurses: A Voice to Lead — Nursing the World to Health" (PDF). International Council of Nurses. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Asian Women of Achievement Awards Shortlist 2022". Asian Women of Achievement. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "American Academy of Nursing Announces the 2023 Class of New Fellows" (PDF). American Academy of Nursing. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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