Ms Aaishah Aslam

Profile

I am a dedicated Research Project Manager and Community Leader with over 20 years’ experience in education, community engagement, and health research. Skilled at building partnerships between universities, local organisations, and under-represented communities, with a strong focus on tackling health and education inequalities, with a focus on socioeconomically deprived and diverse areas.

Alongside health research, I have over 10 years of teaching experience as an ESOL/Arabic language teacher and Primary Educator, committed to safeguarding, inclusion, and high-quality learning. I am a multilingual educator (fluent in English, Urdu, two dialects of Punjabi (standard & Mirpuri) and Arabic), enabling me to connect meaningfully with diverse communities.

My career combines academic research, project management, and community leadership, underpinned by a Master’s in Education (Leadership and Management).

I am driven by a commitment to equity, collaboration, and innovation, striving to create lasting impact through health research, education, and community partnerships.

Responsibilities

• To develop research active GP Practices in underserved areas of Leeds
• To develop a representative, inclusive and diverse PPIE group
• To develop inclusive health research as a priority within the Division of Primary Care, Palliative C

Research interests

Currently leading the Deep End Leeds project – committed to diverse and representative health research, with a collaborative PPIE focus, at the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine at The University of Leeds. I specialise in developing inclusive Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) groups and advancing research networks that amplify marginalised voices. My current research prioritises are developing research active GP practices in areas of social and economic deprivation in Leeds, including Chapeltown, Harehills, Seacroft and Beeston

• Equitable Palliative care In the Community through Primary Care (EPIC-PC): a realist study to propose a new integrated neighbourhood team approach to palliative and end of life care
• The Deep End Leeds

Qualifications

• MA Education – Leadership & Management
• BA Hons – Arabic Studies – University of Leeds
• TESOL – Teaching English to Students of Other languages
• PTTLS - Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector

Student education

I currently teach the PPIE Component at LIME (Leeds Institute of Medical Education), tutoring year 2 and 3 medical students, the importance and practicalities of PPIE.