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Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Feroz, A., Perveen, S., & Aftab, W. (2017). Role of mHealth applications for improving antenatal and postnatal care in low and middle income countries: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 17, 1-11.
• Feroz, A., Jabeen, R., & Saleem, S. (2020). Using mobile phones to improve community health workers’ performance in low-and-middle-income countries. BMC Public Health, 20, 1-6.
• Feroz, A. S., Khoja, A., & Saleem, S. (2021). Equipping community health workers with digital tools for pandemic response in LMICs. Archives of Public Health, 79, 1-4.
• Feroz, A. S., Ali, N. A., Khoja, A., Asad, A., & Saleem, S. (2021). Using mobile phones to improve young people’s sexual and reproductive health in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Reproductive Health, 18, 1-13.
• Feroz, A. S., De Vera, K., Bragagnolo, N. D., Saleem, S., Bhutta, Z., & Seto, E. (2022). Understanding the needs of a mobile phone-based telemonitoring program for pregnant women at high risk for pre-eclampsia: an interpretive qualitative description study. JMIR Formative Research, 6(2), e32428.
• ​Feroz, A. S., Meghani, S. N., Yasmin, H., Saleem, S., Bhutta, Z., Arshad, H., & Seto, E. (2023). Exploring Caregivers’ Perspectives and Perceived Acceptability of a Mobile-Based Telemonitoring Program to Support Pregnant Women at High-Risk for Preeclampsia in Karachi, Pakistan: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. In Healthcare (Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 392). MDPI. 
• ​Shahil-Feroz, A., Yasmin, H., Saleem, S., Bhutta, Z., & Seto, E. (2023). Remote Moderated Usability Testing of a Mobile Phone App for Remote Monitoring of Pregnant Women at High Risk of Preeclampsia in Karachi, Pakistan. In Informatics (Vol. 10, No. 4, p. 79). MDPI. 

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• • Exploring perspectives, preferences and needs of a telemonitoring program for women at high risk for preeclampsia in a tertiary health facility of Karachi: a qualitative study; 2020-2021; Total Budget: $3,014; funded by Aga Khan University Seed Money Program [Role: Primary investigator]
  • Engagement of private sector in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in EMR – World Health Organization; 2020; Total Budget: $22,008; funded by World Health Organization [Role: Primary investigator]
  • Development and Usability Testing of Telemonitoring App (Raabta) Prototype to Support Pregnant Individuals at High Risk for Preeclampsia; 2023-2024; Total Budget: $50,000; funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research Health System Impact Doctoral Fellowship [Role: Primary investigator]
  • Feasibility of implementing a mobile phone-based telemonitoring program to support pregnant individuals at high-risk for preeclampsia in Karachi, Pakistan; 2022-2025; Total Budget: $474,299; funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant [Role: Co-investigator]
  • Understanding shared decision-making process regarding the choice of anticoagulant for pregnant patients with mechanical heart valves: an international qualitative research study; 2023-2024; Total Budget: $20,000; funded by International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) [Role: Co-investigator]
  • Co-creating knowledge mobilization activities to address pregnancy-related near-miss events and deaths in Canada; 2023-2027; Total Budget: $838,291; funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research National Women’s Health Research Initiative: Pan-Canadian Women’s Health Coalition – Hubs [Role: Co-investigator]

Professor Shahil-Feroz is currently accepting MScN and PhD nursing student applicants interested in:

• Digital health solutions to support pregnant women globally
• Remote monitoring to enhance self-care agency in pregnant women
• Usability testing of digital health innovations
• Health and well-being of South Asian immigrant women
• Conducting scoping reviews and qualitative studies in these areas

Please contact Professor Shahil-Feroz directly for more information at ashahilf@uwo.ca.

• ​​Lecturer, Aga Khan University, Department of Community Health Sciences 

• AlignMNH Blog,  Now is the Time to Use Digital Tools to Strengthen Pregnant Women’s Self-Care for Safer Pregnancies in LMICs ,  https://www.alignmnh.org/2024/07/23/now-is-the-time-to-use-digital-tools-to-strengthen-pregnant-womens-self-care-for-safer-pregnancies-in-lmics/ (July 2024)
• ​University of Toronto,  IHPME student wins third grant for work in digital health research,  (June 2023) 

• International Maternal Newborn Health Conference Fellowship (2023)
• Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship (2022-2023)
• InSPiR2eS Global Pitching Research Competition (2023)
• Dalton Whitebread Scholarship Fund (2023)
• Dr. Jack V. Tu Memorial Award for Excellence (2024)
• Maureen Dixon Award (2024)
• CIHR Doctoral Health System Impact Fellowship (2023-2024)
• Margaret McNamara Education Grants – US Canada program (2023-2024)

• ​​Member, The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada 
• Member,  American Public Health Association
• Member, Lambda Pi at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma)