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Dr. Fauzia Nazam

Dr. Fauzia Nazam

Assistant Professor , Humanities and Social Sciences

fauzia.nazam@sharda.ac.in

About

Dr. Fauzia Nazam is an experienced psychology educator dedicated to creating a dynamic and engaging learning environment for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Her teaching and research are deeply informed by her extensive expertise in core psychological theories, practical field experience, and advanced research methodologies. Dr. Nazam has a diverse international academic background, having taught fundamental and applied courses at public universities in India as well as Canada. Dr. Nazams research intererst lies at the positive psychology, health psychology, and psychometrics. Her scholarly work focuses heavily on understanding human strengths and how they influence mental health, quality of life, and performance across diverse demographics.

Dr. Nazam holds advanced, internationally recognized micro-credentials from premier public healthcare institutions in Canada.

Dr. Nazam actively contributes to the global academic community through her leadership on editorial boards and her extensive service as an expert peer reviewer for top-tier, internationally indexed scientific journals. She serves on the Editorial Board of Mental Health, Religion & Culture (published by Taylor & Francis) and contributes her peer-review expertise to prestigious, SCOPUS and Web of Science-indexed publications including Frontiers in Psychology, BMC Psychology, Child Abuse & Neglect, Supportive Care in Cancer, Heliyon, and the Indian Journal of Cancer

Experience
  • 5 Years
Qualification
  • Post Doctorate in Psychology
  • Ph.D. In Psychology
  • Advanced Diploma in Counseling Psychology
  • Masters of Arts in Psychology
  • Bachelors of Arts in Psychology
Award & Recognition

  • UGC Post Doctoral Fellowship to Women Candidate, University Grant Commission Post-Doctoral Fellowship to Women Candidates (PDFW)
  • Indian Institute of Social Science Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Maulana Azad National Fellowship
  • Best Paper Award, International Conference of Bangladesh Psychometric Society, Bangladesh.
  • Prof. Manju Thakur Memorial Award for Innovative Contribution in Test Construction, Indian
  • Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP) 51st National and 20th International Conference of IAAP, Bangalore University, India
  • Best Paper Award, International Conference on Well-being and Human Development, Department of Psychology
  • Aligarh Muslim University, India
  • Award of Gold Medalist, Advanced Diploma in Counseling Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia University, India
  • Academic Excellence, Certificate of Merit, Womens College, Aligarh Muslim University, India

Research

  • Nazam, F., & Munawer, I. (2025). Trauma Reflections: An interpretive phenomenological study of pellet-gun victims experiences in Kashmir. Cogent Mental Health, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/28324765.2025.2561668
  • Nazam, F., & Husain, A. (2024). Hope, meaning in life, and religious/spiritual struggle as predictors of quality of life among cancer patients with early and advanced malignancy: A structural equation modeling approach. Health Psychology and Behaviour Medicine, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2024.2351936 (Web of Science & Scopus)
  • Nazam, F., Husain, A., Devi, S., & Singh, R. (2023). Interpretive phenomenological analysis of hope in cancer patients: A qualitative study. Indian Journal of Cancer, 60(1), 32-36. DOI: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_33_20 (Web of Science, Scopus, Google)
  • Nazam, F., Shaikh, S., Nazam, N., Alshahrani, S., Hasan, G. M., & Hasan, I. (2021). Mechanistic insight into the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases: Towards the development of effective therapy. Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, 476(7), 2739-2752. Springer: USA. (Web of Science & Scopus)
  • Xue, B., Waseem, S, M. A., Zhu, Z., Alshahrani, M. A., Nazam, N., Anjum, F., Habib, A. H., Rafeeq, M. M. Nazam, F., & Sharma, M. (2021). Brain derived neurotrophic factor: A connecting link between nutrition, lifestyle and Alzheimers disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, 925991. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.925992 (Web of Science & Scopus, google)

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Certifications

  • Mental Health First Aid training (from Mental Health Commission, Canada)
  • Health Equity Impact Assessment (from Public Health, Ontario, Canada)

Area of Interest

  • Health and Wellbeing, Positive Psychology, Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods