Pakistani doctor elected president of leading mental health body
A file photo of Dr Ayesha Mian.
AKU | https://www.dawn.com/news/2014695/pakistani-doctor-elected-president-of-leading-mental-health-body
Media Source: Dawn (Pakistan)
Date: 13 July 2026
Dr Ayesha I. Mian has been elected as the president of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions for the 2026-2030 term. Dr Mian’s election marks an important moment not only for Pakistan but also for the growing recognition of expertise emerging from low- and middle-income countries.…
Dr Ayesha I. Mian has been elected as the president of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions for the 2026-2030 term. Dr Mian’s election marks an important moment not only for Pakistan but also for the growing recognition of expertise emerging from low- and middle-income countries. An alumna of Aga Khan University, Dr Mian previously served on the faculty of the University of Texas and Baylor College of Medicine. After returning to Pakistan in 2013, she became Founding Dean of Student Experience and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at AKU, where she established Pakistan’s first Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship training programme.