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Saleema Gulzar
Saleema Gulzar
working as an Associate Professor and Director of Research & Innovation at the Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery and brings 30 years of experience. She is a well-recognised public health nurse with extensive experience across the South Asian region. In addition, she is serving on an elected board of directors and Joint Secretary at the eHealth Association of Pakistan. She did her PhD at the University of Sydney, Australia, examining adolescents’ physical activity levels through a mixed-method approach. She is the first in Pakistan to introduce a comprehensive school health promotion program in Pakistan in which her unique contribution was to develop a school health curriculum framework for the schools till the approval of policy for the position of School Nurse at Aga Khan Education Services, Pakistan. Recently she conducted a research project initiating teleconsultation in the public-school setting, which is sustainable in the local context. She is also an active researcher and author of over 86 publications, including peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, many of which showcase her knowledge and research on Digital Health in various regions of Pakistan, spanning from underdeveloped areas such as Gilgit, Chitral and rural areas of Karachi to Semi-urban areas of Karachi. Her work has contributed to the implementation of the Digital Health project in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. She is known for her exemplary teaching practice and was awarded a scholarship for her research and teaching.
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