Minaz Mawani, PhD, MPH, BScN

Postdoctoral Associate

Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D., Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Georgia
  • MS.c., Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Aga Khan University
  • B.S., Nursing, Aga Khan University
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Division of  Hematology and Oncology

BIO

Minaz Mawani started her career in health care with a bachelor’s in nursing from Aga Khan University Karachi, Pakistan and additional training in Critical Care from George Brown College Ontario, Canada. After graduation, she worked for four years in critical, cardiac, and post cardiac surgery care. Her interest to contribute to public health brought her to MSc Epidemiology and Biostatistics program at AKU. In 2013, she graduated with MSc and completed research fellowship training at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Minaz recently completed a PhD in Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of Georgia College of Public Health

Prior to her doctoral work, Minaz worked as a research faculty member in Pakistan. She has worked on primary as well as secondary data while conducting hospital based multicenter observational studies, clinical trials and population-based studies. She also has an experience in teaching study designs and other epidemiological concepts to residents, fellows, clinical faculty members and students of master’s Program. She has been a clinical and research mentor to professionals from different countries and has several publications in relevant peer reviewed journals.

 

Awards and Achievements

  • NIH-Fogarty Fellowship in Injuries and Trauma Research
  • Fulbright Scholarship

Area(s) of expertise

Dr. Mawani's research interests include

  • Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
  • Cardiometabolic risk factors
  • Pre-hospital emergency management

Bio

Minaz Mawani started her career in health care with a bachelor’s in nursing from Aga Khan University Karachi, Pakistan and additional training in Critical Care from George Brown College Ontario, Canada. After graduation, she worked for four years in critical, cardiac, and post cardiac surgery care. Her interest to contribute to public health brought her to MSc Epidemiology and Biostatistics program at AKU. In 2013, she graduated with MSc and completed research fellowship training at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Minaz recently completed a PhD in Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of Georgia College of Public Health

Prior to her doctoral work, Minaz worked as a research faculty member in Pakistan. She has worked on primary as well as secondary data while conducting hospital based multicenter observational studies, clinical trials and population-based studies. She also has an experience in teaching study designs and other epidemiological concepts to residents, fellows, clinical faculty members and students of master’s Program. She has been a clinical and research mentor to professionals from different countries and has several publications in relevant peer reviewed journals.

 

Awards and Achievements

  • NIH-Fogarty Fellowship in Injuries and Trauma Research
  • Fulbright Scholarship

Areas of Expertise

Dr. Mawani's research interests include

  • Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
  • Cardiometabolic risk factors
  • Pre-hospital emergency management