Researcher profile

Anila Virani (She/Her)

 25+ years of national and international healthcare experience in academia, practice, and research settings.  60+ publications and presentations at the local, national, and international levels.  Recipient of 20+ national and international scholarships including Entrance Scholarship, $30,000/ year for three years.  Coordinated various quantitative and qualitative research projects and demonstrated effective analytical skills using SPSS, NVivo and Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)  Experience in conducting literature reviews/mobile app reviews, administering/scoring surveys, individual/ focus group interviews, co-designing and usability testing sessions  Worked as a frontline nurse in various specialties such as medicine, neurosciences, cardiology, surgery, and critical care.  Taught courses such as research methods, pharmacology, adult health nursing, community health nursing, and professional development.  Instructed clinical practice in internal medicine, general surgery, neurosciences, cardiology, gynecology, respiratory, and orthopedic.  Expertise in using different teaching-learning styles- traditional, online and blended learning.  Proficient in SCM (Sunrise Clinical Manager), Brightspace/D2L, Canvas, Zoom, YuJa, Google meet, Refworks, Endnote, Outlook, Adobe Writer/Reader, REDCap, and Studytrax  Command over several languages including English, Urdu, Hindi, and Gujarati.