Dr Leila Neshat Mokadem

Moderator

I'm passionate about equitable health & wellbeing, inclusive education, and embodying global citizenship.

I'm a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, multi-lingual Doctoral Researcher, CEO of Equity Lighthouse, Vice President for Education at Graduate Women Scotland, UK GPhC registered Pharmacist, and External Examiner (MPharm).

I have extensive experience as a programme director, departmental EDI lead, institutional race equality champion, public speaker, global citizenship educator, community pharmacist, primary care prescribing advisor, specialist hospital pharmacist, and most recently as an academic entrepreneur.

Drawing from my own lived experience of a mixed heritage background, I've always celebrated global citizenship and the richness that diversity brings to our spaces, our communities, and our professions.

As an educator, I'm passionate about co-production and creating equity measures to positively transform the student experience. Since 2009, I have led on innovative curricula design and decolonising the curricula initiatives to empower international students and marginalised students to succeed in higher education. I have co-created global citizenship education (EDI + Sustainability) from module level, to course, school level, and institutionally. I am passionate about social justice and creating a sense of belonging for my students.

I sit on national UK-wide equality and global citizenship committees in my capacity as CEO of a health and educational equity organization. My work on supporting international students, compassionate pedagogy, global citizenship, and community health equity has been showcased locally, nationally, and internationally.

As an advocate for health equity, I've led on community engagement and public health projects with a focus on communities in areas of high deprivation, women from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, and cultural humility. My current exciting doctoral research is on inclusive public involvement in health research. This is a collaboration between Robert Gordon University, the University of Aberdeen, and NIHR-Aberdeen Health Determinants Research Collaboration, alongside an advisory group of wonderful global heritage women.