Fresier Maseko

Lebogang Maseko has over 14 years of experience in academia as a lecturer in the Occupational Therapy Department, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and supervising and examining postgraduate research. Her teaching expertise lies in physical rehabilitation, with a special interest in spinal cord injury and biomechanics. She is also the coordinator of rural public health fieldwork for final-year Occupational Therapy students. She will be involved in developing a master’s programme in rehabilitation with colleagues. Her research interests are in public health, particularly health systems and policy research. Marrying her passion for both occupational therapy and public health, she will focus her PhD on disability, rehabilitation services, and health system reforms in South Africa. Her qualifications include a BSc (OT) and an MPH (Health Systems and Policy), both obtained from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her clinical experience includes working as an occupational therapist with a range of physical and neurological conditions in the public and private sectors in South Africa, as well as with the National Health Service (NHS) in England. She has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals focusing on health systems, disability, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, and primary health care. Lebogang Maseko has been serving as Vice President for the Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa (OTASA) since 2010 and is an EXCO member of Rural Rehab South Africa (RuReSa) as well as a member of the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA). She was also a recipient of the Association of Commonwealth Universities Early Academic Career Grant in July 2017, the NRF Thuthuka Grant in 2021, and the Female Academic Leadership Scholarship in 2022. She is driven by a passion for authors and, in particular, authors development. Lebogang Maseko believes in the human spirit; she believes that anything is possible if one is willing to work hard and that there is a reason for everything. Everyone has a purpose in life, and it is up to each individual to realize it.