Email sheenarz@nus.edu.sg

Dr Sheena Ramazanu is an Assistant Professor in Nursing and Health Sciences at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU). She serves as an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. She’s a distinguished scholar, and her guiding principles in life are: Serve- Grow- Excel. She’s an Atlas Corps Scholar, Fellow of Young South-East Asian Leaders Initiative Academy (YSEALI), Global Regional Council Member at Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International, and The Manchester Leadership Gold Award recipient. Dr Sheena actively serves the community through youth coaching and mentoring initiatives at national and international institutions. Dr Sheena strives to optimise health capacities of underserved communities. Her research studies involve collaborative partnerships with national, regional, and international institutions.

Dr Sheena’s previous teaching areas focus on health promotion, professional ethics and law, and honours degree thesis supervision. She serves as an Academic Editor for BMC Health Services Research and Public Health Challenges Journals. She pursued her nursing degree at University of Manchester- Singapore Institute of Technology and attained a first-class honour. She was presented with an Outstanding Dissertation Achievement Award. From years 2014- 2016, Sheena received University of Manchester Full Scholarship to pursue Master in Clinical Research. Sheena was awarded the prestigious and competitive Hong Kong PhD fellowship from 2017-2020. Dr Sheena received prestigious awards including, Ministry of Health Gold Medal Award, Tay Eng Soon Health Science Award, World Skills Singapore Silver Medal in Caring, Singapore Nurses Association Award, and Capital Land Healthcare Frontlines Award.

• Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

• Striving for better health in ethnic minority populations
• Harnessing educational research
• Enhancing mental health and well-being through family centered care
• Engagement in culturally competent research
• Nurturing partnerships with regional and international nations
• Alliance with underserved communities to optimize health capacities

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
• Certificate in Diabetes is Primary, American Diabetes Association, United States
• Graduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning for Healthcare Professionals, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
• Master in Clinical Research, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
• Bachelor of Nursing (First Class Honours), The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
• Diploma in Nursing with Merit (Top Graduate in Cohort), Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore

• Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (Singapore) 2022, Merit Award for the Category of Academic Leadership & Accomplishment (2023)
• Global Regional Council Member at Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International (2022-2024)
• Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Professional Fellows Program (YSEALI PFP) Award, by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (2022)
• Atlas Corps Scholar: Singapore Emerging Leaders for Economic Growth Initiative by Atlas Corps Virtual Leadership Institute & U.S. Embassy Singapore (2022)
• Fellow of Young South East Asian Leaders Initiative Academy- Fulbright University Vietnam by U.S. Department of State, USA (2021)

• Ramazanu, S., Ang, E., Mokhtar, I. A., Cahoon, J., Del Pino, S., & Gomez, S. (2022). Centering strengths of traditional knowledge and culturally sensitive interventions: Strategizing provision of prediabetes wellness interventions for indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities in the United States and across Southeast Asia. Journal of diabetes, 14(11), 783–785. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13330
• Ramazanu, S., Chisale, M., Baby, P., Wu, V. X., & Mbakaya, B. C. (2022). Meta-synthesis of family communication patterns during post-stroke vascular aphasia: Evidence to guide practice. Worldviews on evidence-based nursing, 19(4), 282–296. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12580
• Ramazanu, S., Bautista, C., Green, T., Rhudy, L. M., Rogado, M., Baby, P., Woon, C., Martinez, R., von Gaudecker, J. R., Nydahl, P., Mbakaya, B. C., Said, N. B., Hayek, M. F., Sila, F., Rahn, A. C., Minagawa, T., & Olson, D. M. (2022). Challenges and Opportunities in Stroke Nursing Research: Global Views From a Panel of Nurse Researchers. The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, 54(3), 111–115. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000643
• Ramazanu, S., Lim Chiang, V. C., & Valimaki, M. (2021). The Experiences and Evaluation of a Complex Intervention for Couples Coping With Stroke. The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, 53(1), 18–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000564
• Ramazanu, S., & Chiang, V. (2021). Struck by a Storm: Reflections on the Perceived Uncertainties of Poststroke Recovery. The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, 53(3), 143–144. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000588

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