About Us
Bushra Anwar, Director BMY Health
Bushra Anwar is an International Medical Graduate and a Public Health specialist trained from Pakistan, where she gained the experience of innovating systems at community, and organizational level. She was recognized as a mentor for innovators.
Through her mentorship, many healthcare professionals learned the skills of research, critical thinking, healthcare planning, coordination and change management.
In Canada she aims to support healthcare professionals for innovation, research, entrepreneurship and bringing change in community for adopting positive health behaviors with more focus on immigrants health and other vulnerable communities. Her affiliation with her startup in Pakistan and collaborations at national level is a strength for her startup in Canada to support Canadian researchers with resources and scope internationally, specially in context of developing country research with high disease burden.
In Canada she’s affiliated with McMaster University with Applied Clinical Research program and is also a member of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals – Canada chapter, 2023.
Consultants on Panel
Mehnaz Munir,Public Health Consultant
Global Health doctoral student, Mehnaz Munir, is a medical doctor with a Masters in Public Health from the University of Punjab in Pakistan. As a doctoral student, Mehnaz is learning how to approach the intricacy of health problems through a multi-jurisdictional and multi-sectoral lens that promotes collaboration and co-creation of knowledge at the population prevention and individual treatment levels. Being particularly interested in the numerous public health issues of developing countries, Mehnaz has studied them throughout her education in-depth along with their comparison with other nations of the world.
Khushbakht Anwar,Public Health Consultant
Khushbakht Anwar is a medical doctor with a masters in Public health from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is certified in Project Management from University of British Columbia, and has experience in health system, humanitarian and community setting, with demonstrated skills in designing, implementation and evaluation of health promotion and quality improvement initiatives, service delivery, research and project management methodologies. She’s a member of Canadian Public Health Association, and is currently working as project officer at Canadian Red Cross.
Jabeen Fayyaz
Dr. Jabeen Fayyaz is the Medical Director of SimKIDS, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, and a PEM Staff Physician at The Hospital for Sick Children. She leads several initiatives at SickKids, including serving as the Resuscitation Lead for the Competency-Based Medical Education Program (CBME) and chairing the Resuscitation Oversight Committee. Her career began in Pakistan, where she held leadership roles at Aga Khan University Hospital and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, later earning a master’s in health professional education and a Ph.D. in simulation. Dr. Fayyaz directs the PEM International Fellowship Program, chairs the IPSS-INSPIRE PED Simulation Fellowship, and has led global initiatives in simulation-based education, including a PEM curriculum and a simulation instructor course. She is also an active member of the Simulation Steering Committee and contributes to medical education and patient care worldwide. In addition to her clinical and educational work, Dr. Fayyaz has an extensive research portfolio and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Healthcare Simulation (IJOHS) and other prominent journals. She is a consultant on panel of BMY Health Research Ethics Board.
Dr.Owais Raza
Dr. Owais Raza is a public health professional currently serving as Research Mentor at BMY Health, Canada. He has a strong background in academia and practical research. He previously served as an Assistant Professor at Dow University of Health Sciences, where he taught epidemiology, supervised graduate theses, and led research workshops, and as Deputy Director of Research at PPHI Sindh, where he established an ethical review committee and oversaw research across 22 districts. Dr. Raza’s research interests include spatial epidemiology, childhood morbidity, infectious diseases, and health inequalities, and he is proficient in statistical programming languages like R, STATA, ArcGIS, and SPSS. He actively contributes to public health through his publications, peer reviews for journals like BMC Public Health and BMJ Open, and advocacy for diversity, equity, inclusion, open science, and work-life balance.