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• PhD in Psychology – Coventry University UK
• MSc in Clinical Health Psychology (Distinction) - Department of Psychology University of Crete Greece
• BSc in Psychology (Distinction) – Department of Psychology University of Crete Greece

• Module Lead – the University of Cambridge, MPhil in Population Health Sciences (2014-2022)
• Module Lead – UCL, PG Changing Population Perspectives (2023-2024)
• Lecturer - UCL, Y6 SSC Behaviour Change (2023-2024)
• Teaching Associate – Warwick Business School, MBA programme (2016-2023)

• British Psychological Society, Chartered member
• HEA, Associate Fellow

• Digital Health Interventions to Promote Health and Wellbeing
• Process Evaluations of Health Behaviour Change Interventions in Older Adults with Multi-morbidities (e.g., cardio-metabolic, mental health, obesity)
• Physical activity, Eating Behaviour, Smoking Cessation, Medication Adherence
• Mixed methods, qualitative (e.g., grounded theory), quantitative (e.g., multivariable regression models), systematic reviewing and evidence synthesis

• Kassavou A (co-I), Sutton S, Wilson E, Griffin S, Prevost T. . National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) £233,577
• Kassavou A (PI), Sutton S. . School of Primary Care Research NIHR £48,257

• Editorial board of the British Journal of Health Psychology (2010-present)
• Editorial committee of the Frontiers in Health Services, Implementation Science (2023-present)
• Invited Academic Editor of Behavioural Science (2023-present)
• Invited Academic Editor Frontier in Digital Health (2023-present)
• Invited expert advisory board for Nuffield grant ‘UCL Raising educational outcomes for pupils with SEN and disabilities’ (2023-2024)

• T. Rookes, K. Kantilal, K. Walters, N. Kime, A. Kassavou, M. Younossi, WN. Tsang, P. Schartau, B. Gardner, N. Davies, A. Schrag. Experiences of a personalised intervention to support self-management in PwP – PD-Care: Live Well with Parkinson’s [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2024; 39 (suppl 1). . Accessed October 12, 2024.

Selected teaching-related publications

• Choi C, Fineberg M, Kassavou A. Evidence on the effectiveness of telemedicine and automated mHealth behavioural interventions to support medication adherence in patients after stroke. A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 246;
• Wang S, Kassavou A. Evaluating the effectiveness of digital intervention to support physical activity and sedentary behaviour in patients after stroke. A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Sci. 2023, 13(1), 62;
• Chilala I, Kassavou A, et al. Evaluating the effectiveness of remote behavioural interventions facilitated by health care providers to support medication adherence in patients with cardiovascular conditions. A systematic literature review with meta-analysis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57 (2) 2023, 99–110,
• Berry R, Kassavou A, Sutton S. Does self-monitoring diet and physical activity behaviours using digital technology support adults with obesity or overweight to lose weight? A systematic review with meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews 2021; 22 (10): e13306
• Tsoli S, Sutton S, Kassavou, A. Interactive voice response interventions targeting behaviour change: a systematic literature review with meta-analysis and meta-regression. BMJ Open.8:e018974
• Kassavou A, et al. The association between smartphone app-based self-monitoring of hypertension related behaviours and reductions in blood pressure: systematic review with meta-analysis. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2022; 10(7):334767. DOI: 10.2196/34767

Selected research-related publications

• Kassavou A, et al. The feasibility of the PAM intervention to support treatment-adherence in people with hypertension in primary care: a randomised clinical controlled trial. Nature Scientific Reports 2021; 11:8897.
• Kassavou A, et al Process evaluation of MAPS: a highly tailored digital intervention to support medication adherence in primary care. Frontier in Public Health 2021; 9:806168.
• Kassavou A, et al. Acceptability of the medication for patients support (MAPS) intervention to improve adherence to patients prescribed medication for hypertension or comorbidities, as an adjunct to primary care: a qualitative study. Journal of Health Psychology 2021; 2691:168-180.
• Kassavou A, et al. A highly tailored text and voice messaging intervention to improve medication adherence in patients with either or both hypertension and type 2 Diabetes in a UK primary care setting: Feasibility randomized controlled trial of clinical effectiveness. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2020;22(5):e16629

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E: Aikaterini.Kassavou@beds.ac.uk