Dr. Rubeena Kidwai Pakistan Institute of Learning and Living (PILL)
Lead: Policy Research Unit
Division: Older Adults Mental Health/ Multimorbidity Dr. Kidwai is a clinical psychologist. She obtained her Master’s degree in psychology from University of Karachi, Pakistan; Masters of Arts in Clinical Community Psychology from California State University, USA; Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology, California, USA and completed the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Public Mental Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA.

Her professional experience spans from over 10 years in Southern California, USA, followed by over 20 years in Pakistan. Her professional activities have included clinical services, psychological testing, assessment, and report writing, quantitative research, community-based program development, developing and conducting training workshops for corporate sector as well as in the community setting, clinical supervision, teaching and training in academic settings and advocacy for better mental health services. In Pakistan she has administered psychological tests on clients of various ages and from different socioeconomic groups. As full-time faculty at NUST she developed and taught a yearlong course on psychological assessment to three batches. Dr. Kidwai has a special interest in community mental health, public mental health, and health policy.

Dr. Rubina Hanif Director, National Institute of Psychology
Quaid-e-Azam university Dr. Rubina Hanif has a Ph.D. in Applied Psychology with post docs from Goldsmiths, London and Houston, US. She is a Tenured Professor and Director at National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. She has extensive research work with publications in National and International Journals. She has supervised more than 100 MPhil & Ph.D. students. Furthermore, her professional expertise includes Assessment and Testing, Stress management and development of customized training modules.

Dr. Rabia Jaffar Faculty (Psychologist) Dept. of Family Medicine, AKUH
Department of Family Medicine; Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi Dr. Rabia Jaffar is a clinical psychologist and has extensive experience in clinical therapy and practice at several institutions within Karachi. Her PhD work included adaptation of an intelligence test according to the Pakistani context. She is currently a Behavioural Coach at the Department of Family Medicine at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.

Sobia Aftab Professor of Clinical Psychology in
Institute of Clinical Psychology, UoK Sobia Aftab is Professor of Clinical Psychology in Institute of Clinical Psychology, UoK. Her PhD research work focuses on Attributional style and Hopelessness: Vulnerability to Depressive Symptomatology in Adolescence. She is Consultant Clinical Psychologist; CI of Hypnotherapy & BCH (NGH™, USA); Master Practitioner of NLP (USA). She is Fulbright Post-Doc Fellow; Assistant Editor, PJP; Assistant. Book Review Editor, PJCP; and Member Advisory Board, PJW amp; Editorial Board, PJAP. She is involved in teaching, research, and clinical practice. Her research focus is field of Clinical Psychology especially mental health issues and scale adaptation and development.

Dr. Saima Saif Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts, IBA Dr. Saima Saif is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA). She completed her Ph.D. from the Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi and her MSc from the Department of Psychology, University of Karachi.