Fehmidah Munir is a Professor of Health Psychology and a registered health psychologist. She previously worked at the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations at the University of Nottingham before moving to Loughborough University in 2006. Her research covers a wide range of long-term health conditions, examining prevention, management, and rehabilitation from integrated biopsychosocial and socio-ecological perspectives.
Fehmidah is a Professor of Health Psychology whose work advances understanding of long-term health conditions and the complex, bidirectional relationship between work and health. She leads large programmes of research that develop and evaluate integrated work-and-health interventions designed to strengthen self-management and co-management capabilities across diverse workplace and community settings. Her research has demonstrable impact, shaping organisational and community policies and informing evidence-based approaches to improving work participation and wellbeing. Fehmidah also forges and maintains strategic partnerships with employers, civil service departments, public health organisations, the NHS and other influential stakeholders to drive evidence-informed improvements in work and health policy and practice. She has secured funding from a range of bodies including the NIHR, UK Government, Department of Health, Department of Work and Pensions, EPSRC and ESRC.
Featured publications
- Munir, F., Kalawsky, K., Wallis D., & Donaldson-Feilder, E. (2013). Using intervention mapping to develop a work-related guidance tool for those affected by cancer. BMC Public Health, 13, 6. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-6. URL:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/6
- Munir, F., Clemes, S., Houdmont, J., & Randall R. (2012). Overweight and obesity in UK firefighters. Occupational Medicine, 62, 362-365.
- Munir, F., Yarker, J., Hicks, B., & Donaldson-Feilder, E. (2012). Returning employees back to work: Developing a measure for Supervisors to Support Return to Work (SSRW). Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 22, 196-208.
- Bains., M., Munir, F., Yarker, J., Steward, W.,& Thomas., S. (2011). Return-to-work guidance and support for colorectal cancer patients. Cancer Nursing, 36, E1-E12.
- Munir F, Houdmont JH, Clemes SA, Wilson K, Kerr R, Addley K (2015). Work engagement and its association with occupational sitting time: results from the Stormont Study. BMC Public Health, 15:30
- Clemes S, Houdmont J, Munir F, Wilson K, Kerr R, Addley R. K. (in press). Descriptive epidemiology of domain-specific sitting in working adults: The Stormont Study. Journal of Public Health.
- Houdmont J, Clemes, S, Munir F, Wilson K, Kerr R, Addley R. K (2015). Psychosocial Work Environment and Leisure-Time Physical Activity: The Stormont Study. Occupational Medicine65, 215–219
- Amlani NM & Munir F (2014). Does physical activity have an impact on sickness absence? A review. Sports Medicine, 44(7): 887-907.