Faculty & Staff

Aliyah Dosani, RN, FCAN, PhD

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Academic Title: Professor and HCE Scholar in Research

Office: Y458
Phone: 403.440.8631
Email: adosani@mtroyal.ca

Education

PhD (Population/Public Health), University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences
MPH (Health Policy Research), University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Public Health Sciences
BN (with Distinction), University of Calgary, Faculty of Nursing

Aliyah Dosani, BN MPH PhD, RN FCAN is a Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Community and Education at Mount Royal University in Calgary Alberta. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, at University of Calgary in Calgary. She holds a PhD from the University of Calgary with a specialization in population/public health and is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing. Her nursing practice includes instructing students in the Bachelor of Nursing Program, population/public health, community health nursing, social justice and health equity, global health, and legal issues in nursing. Her research focuses on maternal, newborn, and child health and working with at risk populations through community-based programs and interventions. She is Lead Editor of Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective.

Areas of Instruction

  • Community Health Nursing
  • Population/Public Health
  • Global Health
  • Social Justice and Health Equity

Area of Scholarship
  • Maternal Newborn Child Health
  • Community Health
  • Population/Public Health
  • Social Justice and Health Equity
  • Global Health

Teaching Pattern

Teaching-Scholarship-Service

Recent Publications

Dosani, A., Etowa, J., & van Daalen-Smith. C. (Eds). (2025). Stamler & Yiu’s Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective, 6th Edition. Toronto, Ontario: Pearson Canada, Inc.

Sulaiman, S., Dosani, A., Lalani, S., Yim, I. S., Forcheh, N., Premji, S. S. &  Maternal-infant Global Health Team (MiGHT) Collaborators in Research. (2025). A Prospective Study of Changes in Psychosocial Distress and Preterm Birth in Pakistani Women. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 22: 100946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2025.100964.

Kurbatfinski, S., Dosani, A., Hayes, A. F., Dewey, D., Letourneau, N., & APrON Study Team. (2025). Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Preschool Children’s Behavioural Problems: Exploring Mediation via an Adapted Measure of Adult Attachment Pattern. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1596613. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1596613.

Kurbatfinski, S., Letourneau, N., Dewey, D., & Dosani, A. (2025). Applying Different Frameworks to Understand the Etiology of Mental Health Conditions: A Narrative Review. Psychiatry International, 6 (65). https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint6020065.

Cuncannon, A., Seitz, K., Brar, A., & Dosani, A. (2024). Lay Counselling Interventions for Perinatal Depression in the Global South: A Scoping Review. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 11, e85,1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2024.73.

Premji, S. S., Lalani, S., Ghani, F., Nausheen, S., Forcheh, N., Omuse, G., Letourneau, N., Babar, N., Sulaiman, S., Wangira, M., Ali, S. S., Islam, N., Dosani, A., Yim, I. S., on behalf of Maternal-infant Global Health Team – Collaborators in research. (2024). Allostatic Load as a Mediator and Chronic Stress as a Moderator in the Association between Maternal Mental Health and Preterm Birth during Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study of Pregnant Women in Pakistan. Psychopathology, 58(1) 13-32. https://doi.org/10.1159/000540579

Kurbatfinski, S., Dosani, A., Dewey, D., Nicole Letourneau, N. (2024). Proposed Physiological Mechanisms Underlying the Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences on Mental Health Problems: A Narrative Review. Children, 11(9), 1112. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11091112.

Kurbatfinski, S., Dosani, A., Fajardo, C., Cuncannon, A., *Kassam, A., & Lodha, A. K. (2024). Impacts of COVID-19 on Mothers’ and Newborns’ Health Outcomes in Regional Canada: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Heliyon, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34165

Yim, I. S., Akberali, N., Dosani, A., Lalani, S., Babar N., Sidrah, N., Premji, S. S., & Maternal-infant Global Health Team (MiGHT) Collaborators in Research. (2024). Strengthening Recruitment and Retention: Mitigation Strategies in two Longitudinal Studies of Pregnant Women in Pakistan. Maternal and Child Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-024-03957-9.

Kurbatfinski, S., Komanchuk, J., Dosani, A. & Letourneau, N. Validity, Reliability, Accessibility, and Applicability of Newborn-to-Preschool Children’s Developmental Screening and Assessment Tools Across Different Demographics: A Realist Review. (2024). Children, 11, 745. https://doi.org/10.3390/ children11060745.

Selected Presentations

Brownell, C., Dosani, A. October 2, 2025. Social Justice and Equity Discussion. School of Nursing and Midwifery Council Meeting. Mount Royal University. (Role: Invited Speaker).

Bennett, M., Bertsch, C., Cuncannon, A., Dosani, A., Gruber, J., Kurbatfinski, S., & Nixon, K. (November 24, 2025). Alliance against Violence and Adversity Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Panel Discussion. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Role: Invited Panelist).

Sulaiman, S. & Dosani, A. Navigating New Fatherhood: Predictors of Postpartum Coparenting Relationship in First-Time Fathers in Karachi, Pakistan. (March 30-31, 2026). Social Mission Alliance: For us all: transforming the health workforce, Los Angeles California. (Oral Presentation).

Lalani S, Premji S S, Shaikh K, Sulaiman S, Yim I S, Forcheh N, Babar N, Nausheen S, Letourneau N, the Maternal-infant Global Health Team (MiGHT)-Collaborators in Research. (November 4-5, 2025). Individual and collective contribution of antenatal psychosocial distress conditions and preterm birth in Pakistani women. [E-Poster presentation on November 4, 2025]. at the Building Thriving Communities: Promoting Brain and Mental Health (BMI) Conference, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Dosani, A., Etowa, J., Cuncannon, A., Nadkarni, A., Agrawal, R., Singh, S., Hussain, S., Emmanuel, J., Premji, S. S., Sangha, S., Del Castillo, F. & Brar, A. (July 30, 2025). Optimizing Global Perinatal Mental Health Through Multiple-Collaborative Partnerships: Prioritizing Local Voices while Engaging in Global Health and Implementation Research [Deep Dive Oral Presentation]. 7th International Global Network of Public Health Nursing Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Suleiman, S., Dosani, A., Yim, I.S. (July 17 – 20, 2025). Psychometric Properties of EPDS and PHQ-9 Tools for Partners of Pregnant Women in Karachi, Pakistan. 36th International Nursing Research Congress 2025. Seattle, Washington, USA.

Dhalaria, M., Brar, A., Premji, S.S., Singh, S., Dosani, A., Nadkarni, A., Shergill, S. (June 16, 2025). Starving for Love: Decolonizing Maternal Depression in Rural India Through Visual Art – A Short Documentary Film Screening, Photo Exhibit, and Discussion. St. John’s College, University of Oxford.

Singh, S. Nadkarni, A., Agrawal, R., Emmanuel, J., Brar, A., Etowa, J., Premji, S. S. & Dosani, A. (2024, February 28-March 3). Using photovoice to examine the lived experience of perinatal women. In Hollon, S. (chair). Nadkarni, A. (discussant), Implementation and scaling-up lessons from Khushee Mamta, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan - a locally adapted version of the Thinking Healthy Programme. [Symposium]. 8th Asian CBT Congress, Delhi, India.

Kurbatfinski, S., Dosani, A., Hayes, A.F., Dewey, D., Letourneau, N., and APrON Team. (December 7-8, 2023). Opportunities for Intervention: Factors that Influence the Association Between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Behavioural Problems. Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) Research Retreat. Banff, AB. Poster Presentation.

Sulaiman, S., Dosani, A., Lalani, S., Yim, I., Forcheh, N, Premji, S., S & MIGHT (October 16, 2023). Changes in psychosocial distress and preterm birth. Canadian Conference on Global Health. Ottawa, Ontario. Oral Presentation.

Dosani, A. Addressing Systemic Racism in the Workplace Using a Social Justice Perspective. Rebalance Annual lecture: Addressing Racism in the Workplace. (February 23, 2023). Rebalance Lecture, at the Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Webinar and Panel Presentation. (Role: Invited Speaker and Panellist).

Dosani, A. (February 22, 2022). COVID-19 and Inequities: Amplifying CHN Impact Through Social Justice Approaches. Community Health Nurses of Canada Webinar. (Role: Invited Speaker).

Community Service

  • College of Reviewers, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2023 - present
  • Human Research Ethics Board, Mount Royal University, 2020 - 2023; 2024 - 2027
  • Co-Chair, 7th Global Network of Public Health Nursing Conference, 2021 - 2025
  • Board Member, Alberta Public Health Association, 2024 - 2026
  • Social Justice Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, MRU, 2025 - present