Dr Rana Amiri

I graduated from Mashhad University of Medical Science (Iran) in 2016 with a PhD in nursing. My PhD thesis was a mix-method design study, concentrating on the health-seeking behaviour of Afghan refugees in Iran. The project's first stage was an ethnographic study then I designed and validated a health-seeking behaviour questionnaire.

I gained my BSc in general nursing and MSc in paediatric nursing in Iran. After my master's degree, I worked as a research assistant in the Neonatal Research Centre, which mainly focused on investigating low birth weight and preterm neonates, neonates and children's health. Meanwhile, I worked as a clinical teacher and preceptor at the Mashhad University of Medical Science-Iran in children's wards.

During my PhD, my research interest developed and focused on health equity, transcultural caring, cultural intelligence, and ethnography. Then, I found the extensive experience working with refugees, women, children, ethnic minorities and vulnerable groups in Iran. I was a project principal in two health projects for Afghan refugees in Iran, funded by United Nations.

I started working in the UK as a Visiting Scholar at Northumbria University in 2019 with Prof Kathryn Cassidy to develop funding proposals and publications relating to her current research on asylum-seeking and refugee women. Then I became involved as a research associate at the University of Sunderland in 2021. After that, I continued working at the University of Sunderland as an AT from 2021 to 2022. Now, I am a Senior Lecturer for CPD and MSc nursing starting in October 2022.

I am also a member of Fuse.