Dr. Asiya Ibrahim is an Assistant Professor and senior academic at the Maldives National University (MNU), with extensive experience in nursing education, academic leadership, and health policy. She is registered nurse and midwife since 1997. She has over 27 years of experience in nursing education. She served as the first Dean of the School of Nursing for two terms and has contributed significantly to the development and quality enhancement of nursing and postgraduate education in the Maldives.

Her areas of expertise include qualitative and mixed methods research, policy analysis, nursing education, higher education, leadership, and quality improvement in nursing education and practice. Dr. Asiya has published in international peer-reviewed journals indexed in Scopus and PubMed, with research interests focusing on nursing workforce development, health policy, career pathways, and professional education. She is actively involved in research supervision, curriculum development, and national health and ethics committees, while also serving as a reviewer for international nursing and health journals.

• Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing Science) 
• Master of Nursing in Advanced Nursing Practice 
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing

• Manuscript accepted and under production, Ibrahim, A. Health Policy Analysis: Frameworks, Research Designs and Methodological Approaches (Research series paper), submitted to the Indian Journal of Continuing Nursing Education.
• Ibrahim, A., Shafia, A., Abdul Qayyoom, Z., & Ludin, S. M. (2025). Linking Nursing Education to Job Outcomes and Career Pathways: Qualitative Insights from A Graduate Tracer Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARE SCHOLARS (ISSN: 2600-898X), 8(3), 145–157. https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijcs/index.php/ijcs/article/view/490
• Manuscript accepted and under production, Ibrahim, A. Health Policy Analysis: Frameworks, Research Designs and Methodological Approaches (Research series paper), submitted to the Indian Journal of Continuing Nursing Education.
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• Recipient of MNU research grant (URG-2025-C1-L-02), research project titled Develop and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Mobile App for Acquisition of Triage Knowledge and Skills in Undergraduate Nursing Students (Asiya Ibrahim, Aminath Shafia, Zeena Abdul Qayyoom)
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• Principal supervisor of Master of Nursing Administration student: Factors affecting job satisfaction among acute care nurses in Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), Male, Maldives (Ongoing).
• Ibrahim, A., Wichaikhum, O. A., Abhicharttibutra, K., Nantsupawat, A., & Klunklin, P. (2025). Analysis of a nursing workforce policy on the career ladder and pay structure of public sector nurses in the Maldives: a qualitative study. BMC nursing, 24(1), 362. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03035-7
• Co-researcher: Lost in Transition, a study on students’ transition from lower to higher secondary education and to higher education in the Maldives, a study done by MNU in collaboration with UNICEF and MoE.
• Ibrahim, A., Wichaikhum, O.-A., Abhicharttibutra, K., Nantsupawat, A. and Klunklin, P. (2025), Policy Initiatives and Effectiveness: Maldivian Nurses’ Career Advancement and Remuneration. Nursing and Health Sciences Journal, 27: e70092. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.70092
• Simany, K. & Ibrahim, A. 2025, Experience of nurses caring for patients during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives: A phenomenological study, Accepted for publication: Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences, India. https://impressions.manipal.edu/mjnhs/vol10/iss2/3/
• Ibrahim, A., Wichaikhum, O., Abhicharttibutra, K., Nantsupawat., & Klunklin, P. Analysis of nursing workforce policy on career ladder and pay structure in the Republic of Maldives: A mixed method study. Chiang Mai University, Thailand, Unpublished thesis. (hard copy available in MNU Central Library)
• Principal supervisor of Master of Nursing student: Knowledge, attitude, and perceived barriers to medication administration error reporting among registered nurses in a private hospital in the Maldives (2023).
• Principal supervisor of Master of Nursing student: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Among Antenatal Women Visiting for Antenatal Care At Reproductive Health Center, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital Maldives (2022).
• Principal supervisor of Master of Nursing student: Lived experiences of relapse among substance abuse clients in a drug detoxification center in G.Dh. Thinadhoo, Maldives (2021).
• Principal Supervisor of Master of Nursing student: Nurse experiences of providing care for COVID-19 patients in Treetop Hospital, Maldives (2020).
• Ibrahim, A., Shafia, A. & Mohamed, S. (2020). Evaluation of online learning package developed to support COVID-19 response of nurses working in the Regional and Atoll Hospitals in the Maldives. The Maldives National Journal of Research, 8 (1), 123- 135. https://mnjr.mnu.edu.mv/journal/article/view/90
• Principal supervisor of Master of Nursing Student: Exploring the factors contributing to turnover in Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital: A Qualitative Study. (2020)
• Hassan, S., Ibrahim, A., & Hussain, FM. (2017). Challenges in clinical learning: experiences of Maldivian nursing students. The Maldives National Journal of Research, 5 (1), 79-94. https://mnu.edu.mv/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Challenges-in-clinical-learning.-experiences-of-Maldivian-nursing-students.pdf
• Principal Supervisor of Master of the nursing student Registered nurses’ perception of the newly graduated knowledge-practice gap: A qualitative study (2017).
• Principal Supervisor of Master of Nursing Students of Maldives National University Research Project (2016): o Reasons for non-compliance with iron chelation therapy among adult thalassemia patients: a case study
• Principal Supervisor of Master of Nursing Students of Maldives National University Research Project (2016): o Factors leading to prolonged ventilation in intensive care unit of Indhira Gandhi Memorial hospital: a qualitative study.
• Co-written research on “Case study on Role of nurses and midwives in emergencies and disasters” (November 2010), a project of the World Health Organization undertaken by Maldivian Nurses