Sevda ASQAROVA, Ph.D

Prof. Sevda Asqarova was born in 1954. Between 1969 and 1986, she completed her undergraduate, graduate and doctorate programs in two different disciplines (Psychology - Pedagogy and Musicology) with top honors. She holds the titles of Associate Professor and Professor in the specified scientific fields. She is a consultant for Master's and Doctorate theses in Türkiye and abroad. She has numerous published international and national (peer-reviewed and periodic) articles, methods, books (textbooks, monographs...) and translations. She worked as a member of foreign and domestic scientific organizations and as an administrator (Dean, Advisor to the Rector, Head of Department, Department and Program Founder) at various universities. She is on the Peer Reviewed Board of International Journals. She is the holder of EU Project Management Certificate and EU Project Training Certificates. Among the domestic and international projects and books she has carried out in different years, UNESCO. She has been deemed worthy of OXFORD and TÜRKİYE EDUCATION FOUNDATION awards. Prof. Asqarova is currently working as the Head of Department of Occupational Therapy at Üsküdar University Faculty of Health Sciences Occupational Therapy, Head of the Department of Occupational Therapy at Üsküdar University Graduate School of Health Sciences, and the Director of MÜTEM - Music Therapy Research and Application Center. In 2025, she has been invited to join the International Advisory Board of the British Journal of Occupational Therapy (BJOT). Prof. Asqarova has also been appointed as a Member of the Music Therapy Practice Advisory Commission under the Department of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (GETAT) of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye.