Conference Presentations
And
Invited Talks
Invited Talks
Guest Speaker | SBLC Fundamentals of Research |Simulation Based Learning Centre, TRU | April 2026
Guest Speaker|From Data to Discovery: Generating Insights through Social Media Research | Master of Data Science Seminar Series | TRU | March 2026
CASTANET news | 2026 | AI embraced in classrooms: TRU faculty testing AI tools in classrooms as the university zeroes in on a new strategy
TRU Newsroom | 2026 | TRU researcher develops AI tool for nursing communication
Webinar |In Their Own Words: Post-Secondary Students’ Perspectives on Diversity, Inclusion, and Intercultural Learning | BCcampus | October 2025
Guest speaker |User Centred Design | Healthcare Information and Big Data |University of Calgary | September 2025
Guest Speaker x 2 | Introduction to Health Informatics | NURS 1800 Knowledge and Critical Inquiry | TRU | March 2025 and 2026
Panelist | Nursing leadership panel| NRSG 542: Introduction to Leadership and Management UBCO | October 2024
Guest Speaker x 3| MDPR 641 Sustainable Business Cases for Precision Health Innovations |University of Calgary | Feb 2022, 2023, and 2024
Conference Presentations (n= 26)
Virani, A., Nagra, B., O’Mahony, J., Bacsu, J., Ghatore, J., Panda, S. (5-6 June 2025). 2024). Postpartum Depression in Social Media: An Infodemiology Study. Presented at the CNIA 2025 National Conference, Toronto, Canada
Virani, A. & Nagra, B. (22-23 May 2025). Navigating Nursing Education in the Digital Age. 90-minute interactive workshop conducted at the WNRCASN Conference, UBCO, Kelowna.
Virani, A., Johal, L. Panda, S., & Aighobahi, A. (25-26 April, 2025). Digital Learning: A Review Of Free Educational Apps For Children Aged 9 12. Paper presented at the Twenty-First International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society. National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan.
Virani, A., Killam, L., Graham, D., Lomen, J., Lundin, M., & Hulko, W. (25-26 April 2025). Development of a Virtual Simulation for Interprofessional Dementia Education. Paper presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies. National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan
Bacsu, J. D., Fraser, S. A., Jamali, A. A., Conanan, C., Rahemi, Z., Chasteen, A. L., Vellani, S., Gowda- Sookochoff, R., Berger, C., Mah, J. C., Fehr, F., Virani, A., Nanson, K., Cammer, A., Andrew, M. K., Grewal, K. S., McGilton, K. S., Lautrup, S., & Spiteri, R. J. (2025, June 19-20). Navigating awareness: Strategies to support dementia on social media during World Alzheimer’s Month. West Coast Conference on Aging, Vancouver, BC.
Bacsu, J.-D., Jamali, A. A., Lautrup, S., Conanan, C., Rahemi, Z., Fraser, S., Chasteen, A. L., Vellani, S., Gowda-Sookochoff, R., Berger, C., Mah, J., Fehr, F., Virani, A., Nanson, K., Cammer, A., Andrew, M., Grewal, K., McGilton, K. S., & Spiteri, R. J. (2025, April 22). Dementia advocacy strategies on social media. American Society on Aging Conference, Orlando, FL, United States.
Bacsu, J., D’Souza, Fehr, F., Nanson, K., Funk, M., Adeyemi-King, A ., Pottle, A. Virani, A., Hulko, W., Gonzalez, C., Norman, M., Victor, S., Rakobowchuk, M. (2025). Addressing Stigma of Dementia on Social Media Workshop. Organized by the PHARR Centre. Sandman Kamloops, May 14, 2025.
Bacsu, J., D’Souza, Fehr, F., Nanson, K., Funk, M., Adeyemi-King, A ., Pottle, A. Virani, A., Hulko, W., Gonzalez, C., Norman, M., Victor, S., Rakobowchuk, M. (2024). Developing a Research Agenda to Address Stigma of Dementia Workshop. Organized by the PHARR Centre. Sandman Signature Hotel Kamloops, September 5, 2024. https://youtu.be/1Wn-SeZYAJg
McLean, A., Hoare, A., Garson, K., Jiang, Y., Nanaman, M., & Virani, A. (2025, February 18). TRUly Inclusive? Research on student experiences of diversity and intercultural learning. Presented at the 21st Annual Teaching Practices Colloquium, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Hoare, A., McLean, A., & Harasymchuk, B., Yujie, J., & Nanaman, M., Garson, K., & Virani, A. (2025, June 10). Critically questioning institutional commitments and practices for enhancing students’ intercultural learning. Presented at the CSSE + SCE Conference, Online.
Hoare, A., Garson, K., McLean, A., Virani, A., Harasymchuk, B., Jiang, Y., & Nanaman, M. (2025, January 4-7). Narrating power, enacting exclusion: Operations of power and privilege in post-secondary students' identity and story work. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Funk, M., Bacsu, J., D’Souza, M., Virani, A., Rahemi, Z., & Smith, M. (Sept 2024). Rural Older Adults’ Perspectives on Falls Prevention: A Scoping Review. Rural Aging and stigma of Dementia Workshop, TRU
Virani, A., Mollani, A. & Jackson, P. (March 2024). Exploring Automated Thematic Analysis of YouTube Comments Relevant To Social Support In Postpartum Depression Using Machine Learning Techniques. Presented at the Twentieth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society, University of Valencia, Spain. Link for presentation
Virani, A. & Kaur, H (March 2024). Exploring Novel Approaches To Embrace Complexity In Healthcare Among Undergraduate Nursing Students. Presented at the Seventeenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies. University of Valencia, Spain. Link for Presentation
Virani, A., Broycki, E. Amed, S., Kushniruk A. & O. B.O. the TrustSphere (TS) Research Collaboration (April 2023). Adoption of an Innovative Digital Health Solution for Children Living with Type 1 Diabetes. Presented at the 19th international conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society, University of Malta, Malta.
Virani, A., Broycki, E. Amed, S., & Kushniruk A. (April 2022). Healthcare providers’ perspectives on TrustSphere: An Integrated Secure Digital Health Platform. Presented at the 15th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes. Barcelona, Spain
Pinkney, S., Virani, A., Abdulhussein, F., Amed, S., & O. B.O. the TrustSphere (TS) Research Collaboration. (April 2022). Evaluating the Feasibility and Benefit of TrustSphere: A Novel Digital Health Solution for Children Living with Type 1 Diabetes. Presented at the 15th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes. Paris, France.
Virani, A., Duffett-Leger, L. & Letourneau, N. (April 2021). Co-designing an e-Resource to Support Parent’s Mobile Applications Search. Virtual presentation at the Seventieth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Virani, A., Duffet-Leger, L., Letourneau, N., & Stroulia, E. (October 2019). Review and Evaluation of Mobile Applications (Apps) for Parents. Paper presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition: 2019 Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT). New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Virani, A., Duffet-Leger, L., Letourneau, N., & Stroulia, E. (June 2019). Parents’ Mobile Applications Searching Behaviors: A Focus Group Study. Paper presented at the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association Conference 2019, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.
Virani, A. & Duffet-Leger, L. (Feb 2018). Developing an Online Resource to Support Parents’ Information-Seeking with Mobile Applications (apps). Paper presented at the Peer Beyond Graduate Research Symposium, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Virani, A., Stroulia, E., Turin, T., & Green, T. (May 2015). Mobile Applications for Stroke: Review of Apps Targeting Health Care Professionals and General Population. Paper presentation at the European Stroke Conference 2015, Vienna, Austria.
Virani, A., Green, T., & Turin, T. (March 2014). Use of Mobile Application in Stroke Prevention. Poster presentation at the Fourth International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Virani, A., & Green, T. (October 2012). Amputation-Associated Stressors and Dyadic Adjustment. Poster presented at the 26th Margaret Scott Wright Research Day: Making a Difference: Nursing Research in Action. University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Virani, A., Estefan, A., Rankin, J. & Green, T. (September 2012). Understanding Couples’ Marital Satisfaction in the Context of Phantom Limb Pain: A Gadamerian Hermeneutic Study. Paper presented at the 4th Biennial Research Conference: Bridging Evidence and Practice: Shaping the Future of Nursing. University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Sommer, J., & Virani, A. (September 2005). Comparison of two teaching-learning paradigms: analysis and recommendations. Poster presented at the 10th National Health Sciences Research Symposium, Aga Khan University, Pakistan.