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Dr Eleni Karasouli

Job: Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology - Subject Lead for Postgraduate Psychology

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: School of Applied Social Sciences

Address: 51Âþ»­, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: Eleni.Karasouli@dmu.ac.uk

 

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Personal profile

I am a Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology and the Subject Lead for Postgraduate Psychology. I joined 51Âþ»­ in 2023. Prior to this I held posts at Warwick University in both the Warwick Medical School and the WMG Institute of Digital Healthcare. I gained my PhD in 2010 from the University of Leeds. I have been teaching and supervising students on both Psychology and Medical courses (undergraduate & postgraduate). I am an External Reviewer for a number of journals and funding programmes.

Research group affiliations

Institute for Psychological Science

Research interests/expertise

Eleni's work is characterised by an interdisciplinary focus (e.g. psychology, health services research, mental health) and aims to address key health issues. Her main interests are in the areas of behavioural and health psychology. Her research concentrates on the use of innovative interventions for improving health and health care systems. This involves understanding and changing behaviour in community and clinical populations.

Membership of external committees

  • UK Society for Behavioural Medicine - Executive Committee Member, Career Development Officer, 2020 –present.
  • European Health Psychology Society: Mentoring Standing Committee Member, 2024 -present.

Membership of professional associations and societies

  • British Psychological Society - Chartered Member
  • BPS Division of Health Psychology – Full Member
  • BPS Division for Teachers and Researchers in Psychology – Full Member
  • UK Society for Behavioural Medicine - Member
  • European Health Psychology Society - Member

Current research students

Nouf Alotaibi (FT) - The impact of fasting and chrononutrition on health outcomes in asthmatic adults - 2nd Supervisor

Externally funded research grants information

  • Acute Rehabilitation following Traumatic anterior shoulder dISlocAtioN (ARTISAN)- A Multi Centre RCT. NIHR HTA, £1,388,000, 2018 - 2021, Co-applicant.
  • Drivers’ wellbeing – Sleepiness interventions. JLR, £200,000, 2017-2018, Co-applicant.
  • Together driving 360 wellbeing: A high level review of employee health risks, and associated business impact. JLR, £119,500, 2017-2017. Co-applicant.
  • Piloting of an online self-help intervention aimed at reducing the risk of self-harm. Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, £12,339, 2013-2014, Principal Investigator.

ORCID number

0000-0001-5994-9198