Syeda Zoha Fatima Naqvi

Syeda Zoha Fatima Naqvi

Dubai Campus
Teaching Fellow

Contact details

Address
University of Birmingham Dubai
Dubai International Academic City
PO Box 341799
Dubai, UAE

Zoha is a Teaching Fellow in Psychology at the University of Birmingham Dubai. She is deeply committed to understanding and addressing how traumatic experiences affect children, adolescents and their families.

Qualifications

  • MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University College London, 2024
  • BSc (Hons.) in Psychology, University of Birmingham (Dubai), 2023

Biography

Zoha completed her BSc (Hons.) in Psychology at the University of Birmingham in 2023 and earned an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health from University College London in 2024, focusing on the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in trauma and stressor-related disorders. Maintaining her connection to her alma mater, she joined the University of Birmingham (UAE) in 2026 as a Teaching Fellow in Psychology.

Throughout her undergraduate studies, she has interned at Al Noor Rehabilitation & Welfare Association for People of Determination, Dubai Police HQ, Camali Clinic, and The Brain & Performance Centre. After completing her postgraduate studies, she worked as an Assistant Psychologist at The Free Spirit Collective.

She is currently working as an Honorary Research Assistant with NHS Lanarkshire (Psychological Services), exploring the risk factors for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, while also volunteering as a Research Assistant at Penn State University, exploring humility scales.

She is keen on trauma-informed research collaboration and aims to contribute meaningfully to mental health care and advocacy.

Teaching

  • LC Lifespan Psychology A: Introduction to Developmental Psychology 26/27 (Dubai)
  • LC Research Methods (Study Block A)/LC Research Methods A (26/27) Dubai [Co-Module Lead]
  • LI Research Methods C 26/27 Dubai

Research

Zoha's research interests include trauma, adverse childhood experiences, child mental health and adolescent mental health.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

ElKhalil, R, Adam, H, Bayoumi, R, Javaid, S, Albreiki, N, Naqvi, SZF, Alam, Z, Ahmed, LA, Al-Rifai, RH, Masuadi, E & Elbarazi, I 2026, 'Developing a culturally grounded mental health literacy framework for the United Arab Emirates using Grounded Theory and Delphi consensus', Scientific Reports, vol. 16, no. 1, 7800. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-38017-5

McMahon, C, Webster, CA, Weaver, RG, El Haber, C, Tekkurşun Demir, G, Ismail, ZM, Naqvi, SZF, Ghani, M, Kepenek, Ş, Kherraf, M, Krishnakumar, T, Prakash, P & Seo, Y 2024, 'Whole-of-school physical activity implementation in the context of the Dubai Fitness Challenge', PLOS One, vol. 19, no. 3, e0290856. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290856

Review article

Guo, G, Naqvi, SZF & Hanchate, NK 2026, 'Oxytocin dysfunction in severe mental illnesses following adverse childhood experiences: a systematic review', BMC Psychiatry, vol. 26, no. 1, 753. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-026-08279-4