Dedicated nurse helping to change the future of healthcare given international award

A dedicated Professor of Nursing from the University of Sheffield has been recognised with an international award for helping to change the future of healthcare.

Professor Parveen Ali
  • University of Sheffield Professor of Nursing, Parveen Ali, has been inducted into the American Academy of Nursing’s Class of Fellows
  • Professor Ali is one of just five nurses in the UK and 250 nurses from across the world, to receive the prestigious award for her pioneering work to change the future of healthcare
  • The Deputy Director of Research and Innovation at the University of Sheffield’s School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery is the first British Pakistani nurse and second nurse of Pakistani origin to be awarded a fellowships

A dedicated Professor of Nursing from the University of Sheffield has been recognised with an international award for helping to change the future of healthcare. 

Professor Parveen Ali, from the School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery has been inducted into the American Academy of Nursing’s Class of Fellows 2023. 

She is one of just five nurse leaders in the UK and 250 nurses across the world to receive the prestigious fellowship. 

Professor Ali is Professor of Nursing and Gender-based Violence and Deputy Director of Research and Innovation at the University of Sheffield. 

Her research focuses on gender-based violence, especially intimate partner violence, inequalities in health care experiences and health outcomes and how training of health professionals can contribute to tackling such inequalities.

Professor Ali is the first British Pakistani nurse and just the second nurse of Pakistani origin to be awarded one of the fellowships.

Professor of Nursing and Gender-based Violence at the University of Sheffield, said: “This recognition is not only a source of immense pride, but also a valuable opportunity to further contribute to the nursing profession, share knowledge, and make a lasting impact. 

“It serves as a reminder of the importance of our work and fuels my commitment to advancing nursing education and practice. This fellowship is a meaningful milestone in my career, and I am excited to leverage it for the greater good of the nursing community.”

The 2023 fellowships come in the academy’s 50th anniversary year. There are now around 3,000 academy fellows who together represent nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research administration, practice and academia.

Kenneth R. White, President of the American Academy of Nursing, said: “This year’s group of inductees truly represents today’s thought leaders and the diversity of our profession’s policy leaders, practitioners, educators and innovators.

“Each fellow of the academy is changing the future of health and health care through their support to advance equity, promote inclusion, and lift up the next generation of nurses, advancing the academy’s vision of healthy lives for all people.”


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