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Dr Sandie Woods is a Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy in the Department of Allied Health, School of Health and Social Care. She specialises in occupational therapy, qualitative and arts- based research, dementia, and mental health in older adults. Sandie had extensive experience of working as an occupational therapist in hospital and community settings prior to joining LSBU. She has a special interest in supervision and mentoring in healthcare, research poetry, and is a dementia friends champion with the Alzheimer's Society. Sandie teaches on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in occupational therapy and health and social care programmes. She is a researcher and research supervisor.

Teaching includes occupational therapy, dementia, long term conditions, qualitative research, supervision and mentoring in healthcare.

2015:  Research Steering Group for curriculum design in the School of Health and Social Care  at LSBU.
2015: Service evaluation of a Coaching and Mentoring programme.

• The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT)
• Higher Education Dementia Network (HEDN)
• Alzheimer's Society

Sandie is an Alzheimer's Society Dementia Champion.