Rate My Professor Musharrat Ahmed-Landeryou

Musharrat Ahmed-Landeryou is an Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy in the School of Allied Health and Life Sciences within the Faculty of Health and Social Care at London South Bank University, a position she has held since progressing from Senior Lecturer in 2022, having joined the institution in 2002. Her career in occupational therapy began as a Junior Occupational Therapist at Mile End Hospital from 1996 to 1997, followed by Head IV Occupational Therapist at Mayday Hospital from 1997 to 2002. She holds a BSc Honours in Physics with Medical Applications obtained in 1991, an MSc in Clinical Neurosciences with distinction awarded in 2008, and a PhD completed in December 2023 focused on service improvement using case study methodology. As a co-founder of BAMEOTUK, a pressure group for BME heritage occupational therapy students, staff, and educators advocating antiracist change, she leads the decolonising curricula agenda for allied health professions at the university and offers workshops on decolonising curricula and antiracist organizational transformation. She also provides out-of-hours mentorship for internationally recruited occupational therapists.

Her research interests centre on antiracism, equity, and decolonising curricula, higher education institutions, and organizations, contributing to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being. She developed an evidence-informed decolonising curriculum checklist wheel, a reflective tool integrated into the university's academic curriculum framework, and has presented it at conferences alongside keynotes such as 'Decolonising approach to curriculum transformation in diagnostic radiography' in 2024. Key publications include 'Developing an evidence-Informed decolonising curriculum wheel – A reflective piece' (2023, Equity in Education & Society), 'A critical reflection from inside, looking back and forward: Theorising perspectives on decolonising occupational science theory and practice' (2023, Journal of Occupational Science, 31(1): 32-46), 'Antiracism Occupational Therapy Practice: Why, What, How?' (chapter, 2026, Neurodiversity-Affirming Occupational Therapy), and 'Recruitment, Staff Development and Leadership' (chapter, 2026, Anti-Racist Medicine). In 2023, she received the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Merit Award. Her contributions extend to 38 conference participations and collaborative teaching across the Institute of Health and Social Care.