Professor Parveen Ali

PhD, MScN, BScN, RN, SHEA, FRSA

School of Allied Health Professions, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery

Professor of Nursing and Gender Based Violence

Deputy Director of Research and Innovation

Parveen Ali
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parveen.ali@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2046

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Professor Parveen Ali
School of Allied Health Professions, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery
Room 101B
362 Mushroom Lane
Sheffield
S10 2TS
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Professor Parveen Ali holds a joint position at the University of Sheffield and Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTH). She joined the School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery in 2014 and is the first British Pakistani Professor of Nursing in the UK.

Professor Ali is a Registered Nurse, Registered Nurse Teacher, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of International Nursing Review and as President of the British Pakistani Nurses and Midwifery Association.

Her joint appointment with DBTH focuses on building research capacity among Nurses, Midwives, and Allied Health Professionals, and contributes to the Trust's trajectory towards teaching hospital status. She is Research Inclusion Lead at the NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre, Deputy Chair of the NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Funding Committee, and a member of the REF2029 UoA3 sub-panel.

Professor Ali completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield in 2012, and her MScN and BScN at Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Her research focuses on gender-based violence, domestic abuse, health inequalities related to gender and ethnicity, and the preparation of healthcare professionals. She is a mixed methods researcher who has led and contributed to numerous national and international projects in these areas.

She is the developer and lead educator of Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence, a FutureLearn MOOC with over 23,000 learners rated 4.9 out of 5, and the Domestic Abuse Training Game, adopted in 123 countries. She is also the developer of the SORT tool, an organisational readiness for research instrument now implemented across NHS England.

Professor Ali is an experienced doctoral supervisor with a 100% on-time completion rate and is committed to the development of early-career researchers, particularly those from under-represented groups.

Research interests

Professor Ali's research focuses on gender-based violence, particularly intimate partner violence and domestic abuse, examined from the perspectives of both victims and perpetrators. Her work addresses health inequalities related to gender and ethnicity, culturally competent healthcare practice, and how the preparation and training of health professionals, including doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals, can contribute to tackling such inequalities. She has a developing interest in community-led and intersectional approaches to supporting minoritised women, including minority ethnic and migrant communities.

She serves on various grant awarding bodies and research ethics committees in the UK and internationally, including as Deputy Chair of the NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Funding Committee and as a member of the REF2029 UoA3 sub-panel.

Professor Ali is a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Mary Seacole Leadership Award, Sigma's Emerging Nurse Researcher Award for Europe, and the Pakistani Diaspora Achievement Award.

Publications

Books

Edited books

Journal articles

Book chapters

Conference proceedings

Reports

  • Rogers M & Ali P (2021) Manchester IRIS evaluation : Stakeholder feedback - services users and IRIS general practice View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ali P, Ariss S, Powell K, Crowder M & Cooper R (2017) Doncaster Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme: Evaluation Report, 2017 View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download

Posters

  • Talpur AA, Ali P & Ryan T (2016) Evaluating the prevalence of elder abuse in population-based studies: a review of the literature. RCN Older People's Forum and BGS Joint Conference. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Talpur AA, Ali P & Bhanbhro S (2015) Person Centred Care for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) elders in Care homes in England: A review of literature. Nursing Home Research International Working Group Conference. RIS download Bibtex download

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Preprints

Teaching interests

In addition to leading MMedSci Advanced Nursing Studies, Prof Ali leads Evidence Based Practice, Research Methods modules and Ethics and Integrity in Research Module. She contributes to modules on the Postgraduate Diploma in Adult Nursing (PG Dip Adult Nursing) and the BMedSci Health and Human Sciences. Her teaching interests are gender-based violence, inequalities in health related to gender and ethnicity, research and publication and effective online teaching and learning.

Professional activities and memberships
  • Adjunct Professor of Nursing, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Adjunct Professor of Nursing, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar Pakistan
  • Chair of UPSIGN
  • Fellow of Global Nursing Leadership Academy
  • FLIER, Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Convenor of University of Sheffield Interpersonal Violence and Research Network (SHIVAR)
  • Member of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Phi Mu and Rho Delta Chapter
  • Fellow of Sheffield Institute of International Development (SIID)
  • External Examiner for University of Birmingham
  • Editorial Board Member of Journal of Advanced Nursing
  • Editorial Board Member of Journal of interpersonal Violence
  • Peer reviewer for a range of funding bodies and international journals