Saima Hirani, University of British Columbia

Research

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Co-Development Of Video Resources Mental Health Literacy Postpartum Mental Health Racialized Women/Mothers Global Health Health Inequities Health Systems Health Workers

Latest papers

Mapping the evidence on racialized mothers' postpartum mental health in Canada: A scoping review protocol.
PloS one · 2026 · first author
Experiences and Perceptions of Mental Health Interventions, Services, and Programs among Women Living with Varying Immigration Statuses in Canada: A Qualitative Systematic Review.
Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026
Co-development of an empowerment toolkit: A collaborative approach to promote maternal mental health.
Women & health · 2026 · first author

All 18 publications

Latest funding

Parenting Following Childhood Family Adversity: How Yesterday's Children Become Today's Parents
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$92,424
Understanding and Enhancing System Level Drivers of Community Services with Women Experiencing Gender-Based Violence in British Columbia
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$124,676
Co-development and Evaluation of Video Resources to Support Racialized Women's Postpartum Mental Health
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$302,174

All 7 grants and awards

18 publications.

01

Mapping the evidence on racialized mothers' postpartum mental health in Canada: A scoping review protocol.

Hirani S, Balachandran S, Dev R, Lee K, Carter M

PloS one2026First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0352132 PMID: 42647516

02

Experiences and Perceptions of Mental Health Interventions, Services, and Programs among Women Living with Varying Immigration Statuses in Canada: A Qualitative Systematic Review.

Kassam S, Hirani S, Miller K, Sutanto S, McGeer JP, Datoo U, Nguyen LBT, Chu C, Surjani P, Awolesi CA

Journal of immigrant and minority health2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10903-026-01950-8 PMID: 42406204

03

Co-development of an empowerment toolkit: A collaborative approach to promote maternal mental health.

Hirani S, Al-Anzi SMF, Selvakumar R, Bandara NA, Dow-Fleisner S, Kerai S, Twomey M, Denison J, Browne AJ

Women & health2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2026.2659041 PMID: 42011538

04

Using a Structural Lens to Understand and Address Aggression and Violence Experienced by Emergency Department Nurses: Beyond Individualistic Perspectives.

Cater C, Browne AJ, Varcoe C, Hirani S, Wilson E

Nursing inquiry2025

DOI: 10.1111/nin.70049 PMID: 40851439

05

Nurses' Workplace Violence Reporting Behaviours and Reasons for Not Formally Reporting: A Cross-Sectional Secondary Analysis.

Lee J, Havaei F, Hirani S, Adhami N

Journal of clinical nursing2025

DOI: 10.1111/jocn.17639 PMID: 39739552

06

Mental Health and Coping Strategies of Health Communicators Who Faced Online Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mixed Methods Study.

Wight L, Tenove C, Hirani S, Tworek H

JMIR infodemiology2025

DOI: 10.2196/68483 PMID: 40173443

07

Understanding Parenting and Pregnant Women's Perceptions of Accessing, Utilizing, and Barriers to Seeking Social Support for Mental Well-Being.

Hirani S, Sandhu M, Bandara NA, Bungay V, Twomey M

Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025First author

DOI: 10.3390/bs15030348 PMID: 40150243

08

Speech Recognition Technology for Nursing Charting: A Literature Review.

Newton-Mason S, Chui C, Hirani S, Currie LM

Studies in health technology and informatics2024

DOI: 10.3233/shti240301 PMID: 39049402

09

The Impact of Intersectional Discrimination and Stigma on HIV Care for African, Caribbean, and Black Women Living With HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic in British Columbia: A Descriptive Study.

Ojukwu E, Hirani S, Sotindjo T, McKay E, Okedo-Alex I, Magagula P, Pashaei A, Agudosi GM

The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC2024

DOI: 10.1097/jnc.0000000000000457 PMID: 38427789

10

Psychosocial interventions and mental health in patients with cardiovascular diseases living in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hirani S, Sajjad S, Gowani A, James HMS, Gupta A, Kennedy M, Norris CM

Journal of psychosomatic research2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111416 PMID: 37356326

Parenting Following Childhood Family Adversity: How Yesterday's Children Become Today's Parents

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Dow-Fleisner, Sarah

$92,424

Understanding and Enhancing System Level Drivers of Community Services with Women Experiencing Gender-Based Violence in British Columbia

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Sex, Gender, and Health Inequities

Principal investigators: Bungay, Victoria A; Mason, Karen A

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Gender-Based Violence; Health Equity; Intersectionality; Policy Analysis; Structural Determinants Of Health; Victims' Services; Women'S Health

$124,676

Co-development and Evaluation of Video Resources to Support Racialized Women's Postpartum Mental Health

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hirani, Saima; Dev, Rubee

Keywords: Co-Development Of Video Resources; Mental Health Literacy; Postpartum Mental Health; Racialized Women/Mothers

$302,174

Supporting racialized youth experiencing technology-facilitated sexual violence and its impact on mental health: Engaging youth in co-designing policy and practice recommendations

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Healthy Youth - Promoting Health Equity in Canada's Youth

Principal investigators: Punjani, Neelam S; De Silva, Navindi; Hirani, Saima

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Mental Health; Policy Recommendations; Racialized Youth; Sexual Health; Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence; Youth Engagement

$100,000

Understanding the Impact of Psychosocial Vulnerabilities on Access to and Utilization of Women-centred HIV/AIDS Support Services among African, Caribbean and Black Women in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ojukwu, Emmanuela

Keywords: racism; racial discrimination; sexism; gender discrimination; sexual orientation discrimination; Psychological Distress; African, Caribbean and Black; Women Living with HIV; Socio-Ecologic Impactors of Well-being; Welfare, Well-being and quality of life

$68,935

Understanding perceived social support and self-efficacy of women: A partnership to promote women's mental well-being

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Hirani, Saima Shams

Keywords: mental well-being; women; social support; perceived social support; self-efficacy

$25,000

Short and Long Term impact of COVID-19 on mental health and wellbeing of health workers in Pakistan

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Project Grant

Principal investigators: Puyat, Joseph H; Asad, Nargis N; Hirani, Saima; Karmaliani, Rozina; Kassam, Rosemin; Nadeem, Tania

Keywords: Global Health; Health Inequities; Health Systems; Health Workers; Low-And-Middle Income Countries; Mental Health And Well-Being; Pandemic; Public Health

$302,175

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Emily Jenkins and Trevor Goodyear: 16 shared papers
Colleen Varcoe and Vicky Bungay: 14 shared papers
Emily Jenkins and Corey McAuliffe: 9 shared papers
Zachary Daly and Corey McAuliffe: 8 shared papers
Anne Gadermann and Trevor Goodyear: 7 shared papers
Travis Salway and Trevor Goodyear: 7 shared papers
Trevor Goodyear and Corey McAuliffe: 7 shared papers
Emily Jenkins and Vicky Bungay: 6 shared papers
Emily Jenkins and Zachary Daly: 6 shared papers
Anne Gadermann and Corey McAuliffe: 6 shared papers
Farinaz Havaei and Nassim Adhami: 6 shared papers
Trevor Goodyear and Zachary Daly: 6 shared papers
Emily Jenkins and Anne Gadermann: 5 shared papers
Emily Jenkins and Travis Salway: 5 shared papers
Emmanuela Ojukwu and Emily McKay: 4 shared papers
Emily Jenkins and Rebecca Haines-Saah: 3 shared papers
Emily Jenkins and Saima Hirani: 3 shared papers
Emily Jenkins and Michelle Carter: 3 shared papers
Anne Gadermann and Travis Salway: 3 shared papers
Saima Hirani and Emmanuela Ojukwu: 3 shared papers
Saima Hirani and Corey McAuliffe: 3 shared papers
Emily Jenkins and Tanya Halsall: 2 shared papers
Emily Jenkins and Emma Garrod: 2 shared papers
Jonathan Morris and Saima Hirani: 2 shared papers
Rebecca Haines-Saah and Trevor Goodyear: 2 shared papers
Rebecca Haines-Saah and Tanya Halsall: 2 shared papers
Saima Hirani and Emily McKay: 2 shared papers
Trevor Goodyear and Michelle Carter: 2 shared papers
Colleen Varcoe and Saima Hirani: 1 shared paper
Emily Jenkins and Jonathan Morris: 1 shared paper
Jonathan Morris and Anne Gadermann: 1 shared paper
Jonathan Morris and Tanya Halsall: 1 shared paper
Anne Gadermann and Saima Hirani: 1 shared paper
Rebecca Haines-Saah and Saima Hirani: 1 shared paper
Travis Salway and Saima Hirani: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Farinaz Havaei: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Trevor Goodyear: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Tanya Halsall: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Rubee Dev: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Heidi Tworek: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Nassim Adhami: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Vicky Bungay: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Zachary Daly: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Sally Newton-Mason: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Michelle Carter: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Emma Garrod: 1 shared paper
Saima Hirani and Jenny Lee: 1 shared paper
Farinaz Havaei and Michelle Carter: 1 shared paper
Farinaz Havaei and Jenny Lee: 1 shared paper
Trevor Goodyear and Emma Garrod: 1 shared paper
Rubee Dev and Michelle Carter: 1 shared paper
Nassim Adhami and Michelle Carter: 1 shared paper
Nassim Adhami and Jenny Lee: 1 shared paper

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1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Co-Development Of Video Resources Dear Professor Hirani, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Mapping the evidence on racialized mothers' postpartum mental health in Canada: A scoping review protocol." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Co-development and Evaluation of Video Resources to Support Racialized Women's Postpartum Mental Health" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]