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Faculty & Staff

Aliyah Dosani (She/Her), PhD, RN, FCAN

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Academic Title: Professor

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

Scholarly Interest
  • Maternal Newborn Child Health
  • Community Health
  • Population/Public Health
  • Social Justice and Health Equity
  • Global Health

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.

Dosani, A., Sikdar, K., Kumaran, M., Kumaran, K., Hyderi, A., Benlamri, A. Crawford, S., Rai, B., Singhal, N., & Lodha A. (2024). The Paradoxical Influence of the COVID-19 Lockdown Period on Different Types of Preterm Births in Alberta: A Provincial Study. Pediatrics and Child Health, 29(2), 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxad063 

El Hussein, M., Dosani, A., Jacoby, S. & Mclarnon, M. (2024). A Concurrent Mixed-Method Study Exploring the Experiences of Interprofessional Collaboration among Canadian Midwives and Obstetricians. Journal of Advanced Nursing. doi: 10.1111/jan.16183

Kurbatfinski, S., Dosani, A., Dewey, D., 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

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. doi:10.1159/000540579

Selected Presentations

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 Panelist).

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

  • Human Research Ethics Board, Mount Royal University, 2020 - 2023; 2024 - 2027
  • College of Reviewers, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2023 - 2026)
  • Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, Canadian Nurses Foundation, 2021 - present
  • Co-Chair, 7th Global Network of Public Health Nursing Conference, 2021 - 2025
  • Board Member, Alberta Public Health Association, 2024 - present