Prof. Howieda A.A. Fouly, PhD, MSN, BSN, is a Professor of Maternity, Obstetrics, and Gynecology Nursing. She is currently on sabbatical leave from Assiut University, Egypt, serving as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Nursing at the Higher Colleges of Technology, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (1998), a Master of Science in Nursing (2005), and a PhD in Maternity and Midwifery Nursing (2013) from Assiut University, with part of her doctoral training conducted at the University of Pennsylvania, USA (2009?2011). In December 2023, she was promoted to Professor at Assiut University.
Prof. Fouly has extensive teaching, research, and leadership experience across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. She has served as Lecturer (2013?2017) and Associate Professor (2018?present) at Assiut University, as well as Assistant Professor at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (2017?2022). She was also a visiting PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, where she worked on adolescent HPV research and cervical cancer screening, gaining expertise in SPSS data management. In March 2017, she completed a postdoctoral scholarship at Johns Hopkins University, USA.
Her professional experience spans over two decades, beginning as a Resident Nurse in the Obstetrics & Gynecology Department at Assiut University Hospital (2000?2002) and later as a Clinical Instructor (2002?2005). She has actively contributed to academic leadership, curriculum development, peer-reviewing nursing courses, and mentoring graduate theses. She has coordinated and taught a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate nursing courses, including maternity, pediatric, community health, psychosocial and behavioral sciences, midwifery, and advanced maternal care across institutions in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
Prof. Fouly?s career objective is to promote personal and professional growth by engaging in innovative and challenging assignments that utilize research and evidence-based practice to advance maternity and midwifery nursing education. She is actively involved in professional bodies, including the Emirates Nursing Association (ID 6736), the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN, ID 94297225), and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (ID 0586425). She also holds a registered nursing license (since 1999, #9924) and a registered midwifery license (since 2015, #6151).
Her contributions have been recognized with numerous awards and honors, including the prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship Award jointly sponsored by INDEN and Sigma Theta Tau International (2016?2017), multiple recognition letters for mentoring master?s theses at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and a 2025 Certificate of Designing for Digital Teaching and Learning at HCT, UAE. She was also honored with a 3rd Place Cup Award for the ?Low Carbs No Sugar Challenge? at HCT-RAKW in 2025, and various certificates of appreciation and recognition for academic contributions between 2018?2023.
In addition to teaching and research, Prof. Fouly has been deeply engaged in faculty development, serving as a reviewer for course specifications, a member of quality assurance and accreditation committees, and an advisor to undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students. She continues to play a vital role in shaping nursing education, with her teaching portfolio covering diverse courses such as maternity health nursing, pediatric health, ethical and legal issues in nursing, community health, anatomy and physiology, and capstone research projects at the Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE, as well as midwifery and women?s health nursing at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University.
Her research interests include women?s health, early detection of cervical cancer, maternity nursing, and midwifery education. She has actively published in peer-reviewed journals, maintained visibility on academic platforms including Scopus (Author ID: 57200228719), Google Scholar, ORCID (0000-0001-7060-764X), and LinkedIn, and continues to collaborate internationally.