Dr. Parveen Ali works as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. She has been associated with the University of Sheffield for more than 10 years now. She is a Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife (Pakistan) Registered Nurse Teacher, Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Dr Ali is an associate editor of Nursing Open (A Wiley Journal) and editorial board member of Journal of Advanced Nursing and Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Dr Ali completed her PhD from University of Sheffield. She completed MScN and BScN from Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Dr Ali’s research focuses on gender based violence, domestic abuse, inequalities in health related to gender and ethnicity, and health care professionals’ preparation. She is a mixed method researcher and has led and contributed to many different projects over the past decade.

She is a recipient of various awards including Mary Seacole leadership Award , Sigma’s Emerging Nurse Researcher Award for Europe and Pakistani Diaspora Achievement Award. She also leads a health programme on a community radio station to raise awareness about different health issues. She also serves on various grant awarding bodies and research ethics committees in the UK and other countries.She also loves to contribute to the development of health care professionals nationally and internationally to ensure health care professionals are prepared to meet the needs of individuals, families, communities and health care systems in this changing world.