Dr. Kiran Naz
Healthcare Management, Public Health and Health Services Research
I study how healthcare organizations, people and technology shape the quality and safety of care. My work draws on a foundation in pharmacy and healthcare management, and aims to produce practical evidence that improves health systems, services and outcomes.
About
Dr. Kiran Naz is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Management Sciences at Riphah International University. Her background spans pharmacy, healthcare management, public health and health services research. She holds a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm-D) from Quaid-i-Azam University and a Master's degree in Healthcare Management from Riphah International University.
Her work brings healthcare knowledge and management research together to examine healthcare quality, patient safety, workforce well-being, health services, public health and emerging digital solutions in healthcare. Her research experience includes quantitative and survey-based studies, mediation and moderation analysis, and organizational research in healthcare settings. She is also interested in mixed-methods research, scale development and validation, implementation research and digital health.
Alongside research and teaching, she has contributed to academic training, professional development, alumni engagement and institutional initiatives. Earlier roles in pharmaceutical quality control, healthcare quality assurance and pharmacy practice give her a practical view of how healthcare organizations actually work.
Research
My research focuses on generating practical evidence to improve healthcare systems, services and outcomes. I am interested in how organizational, behavioral and digital factors influence healthcare quality, patient safety, workforce well-being and access to effective health services. My longer-term direction is interdisciplinary and mixed-methods: developing measurement tools that fit their context, and evaluating interventions in Pakistan and other low- and middle-income countries.
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Healthcare quality
Quality improvement, healthcare service delivery and evidence-based management.
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Patient safety
How safety knowledge, compliance, motivation and organizational factors affect safe care.
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Public health
Applied research on population health, health equity and health-system challenges.
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Digital health
Evaluating and implementing digital solutions that improve access, acceptability and health outcomes.
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Healthcare workforce
Workplace well-being, incivility, emotional exhaustion, insomnia and organizational behavior.
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Health services research
How healthcare services are organized, delivered and improved, approached across disciplines.
Methods
Quantitative survey research, cross-sectional and descriptive designs, mediation and moderation analysis, PLS-SEM (SmartPLS) and SPSS-based analysis, scale development and psychometric validation, qualitative and mixed-methods approaches, and implementation and impact evaluation.
Developing and validating a digital infectious disease intervention acceptability scale, and evaluating a community-based digital TB intervention in Pakistan
This proposed mixed-methods study will develop and validate a contextually appropriate scale that measures how acceptable digital infectious-disease interventions are to the people who use them. It will then evaluate the implementation and impact of a community-based digital tuberculosis intervention in Pakistan.
- Scale development
- Qualitative exploration
- Quantitative validation
- Implementation and impact evaluation
Publications
- Publications
- 7
- Citations
- 26
- h-index
- 4
Google Scholar figures. Check the live profile for current counts.
2026
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Diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence-based fundus imaging for detecting diabetic retinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology, 16(25s), Article 11.
2025
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Analyzing the impact of safety knowledge on safety compliance among radiology personnel through mediating and moderating mechanisms
European Journal of Radiology, 187, 112052.
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Exploring the likely relationship between workplace incivility and insomnia: identifying the mediating and moderating mechanisms
Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 40(4), 933–957. Published online 26 July 2025.
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Analyzing the exercise self-efficacy effect on diabetes self-management through a mediating and moderating mechanism: a quantitative study
International Journal of Healthcare Management, 18(2), 378–385. Published online 9 February 2024.
2023
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Effect of exer gaming on rehabilitation of patient with Parkinson's disease
International Journal of Health Sciences, 7(S1), 1280–1294.
2022
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The impact of social media usage on mental health of youngsters in Pakistan: mediation of depression and moderating role of parental attachment
Journal of Positive School Psychology, 6(11), 1850–1862.
2020
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Investigating pharmacists' perceived organizational performance through learning and innovation under the moderating role of power distance
International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24(7), 10679–10690.
Preprints
Preprints are not peer-reviewed journal articles and are not included in the counts above.
Revealing adults' sustainable consumption behaviour through green awareness and values' perspective
SSRN preprint, January 2024.
Experience and education
Current academic role
- Lecturer, Faculty of Management Sciences (FMS), Riphah International University
- Focal Person, Healthcare Management
- In-Charge, Alumni (Female Wing), FMS-RSL
- Teaching, academic coordination, student mentoring and research support
- Professional training, workshops and institutional academic activities
Professional background
- Consultant Pharmacist
- Healthcare Quality Assurance Executive
- Quality Control Analyst, pharmaceutical sector
Education
- MS Healthcare Management, Riphah International University2019
- Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm-D), Quaid-i-Azam University2016
Academic service
- Alumni engagement and coordination at FMS-RSL
- Academic event planning and professional development
- Healthcare management and quality-related training and workshops
- Research collaboration across management and health sciences
Academic profiles
- Google Scholar Full publication list with live citation counts and h-index.
- ResearchGate Publications, preprints and full-text requests.
- Riphah faculty profile Official institutional profile at Riphah International University.
Contact
Riphah International University
kiran.naz@riphah.edu.pk
Write to me about research collaboration, postgraduate supervision, academic projects, training, and healthcare-management research enquiries.
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