CASN is pleased to announce that that Dr. Ahtisham Younis is one of the recipients of the 2024 Pat Griffin Research Grant

Dr. Ahtisham Younas is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Ahtisham’s program of research has two streams. The first stream focuses on developing nurses/nursing students’ caring and behavioural competencies (e.g., social justice, compassion, self-awareness, ethical sensitivity, ethical decision-making, and caregiving) to improve compassionate and person-centered care for marginalized and underserved populations such as immigrants and minority populations, individuals with homelessness, and 2SLGBTQIA+ populations. The second stream focuses on understanding and addressing the impact of social and structural determinants on health and social care and self-management of the marginalized and underserved populations.

Ahtisham is a research methodologist with expertise in mixed methods, Bayesian analyses, Q-methodology, implementation science, advanced quantitative and qualitative methodologies, scoping, integrative, mixed methods, and qualitative research reviews. He engages in global health, social research, and has collaborated on a wide range of projects in Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Denmark, Colombia, Australia, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Ahtisham has an extensive publication record with over 120 peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and review articles in top-tier clinical and methodological journals. He is ad-hoc peer reviewer for over 75 international journals and serves on the editorial board of Journal of Advanced Nursing, International Nursing Review, and BMC Medical Research Methodology. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Creative Nursing (a Sage journal), an Associate Editor for Heliyon Nursing & Health Professions (Cell Press-Elsevier journal), and Associate Editor for Humanities and Social Sciences Communication (Nature journal).