Angelos Kassianos

Lecturer

Angelos Kassianos holds the position of Lecturer in Health Psychology at the Department of Nursing of the Cyprus University of Technology since January 2022. He is also a Visiting Professor at Riga Stradins University and a Visiting Tutor at University of Cambridge since 2023 and an Honorary Fellow with UCL. He holds a degree in Psychology (BSc, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, 2007) with postgraduate and doctoral studies in Health Psychology at the University of Surrey in the UK (2013). In his doctoral dissertation, he studied the relationship between quality of life and behavioral changes in patients [...]with prostate cancer. In addition to his Ph.D, he did the Stage 2 training in Health Psychology Practice and is registered as a Health Psychologist with the UK Health and Care Professions’ Council (HCPC) since 2017. During his PhD, he also worked for 3 months in 2012 as an Intern at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva.

He has worked for years in the UK as a research assistant at the University of Southampton (2013), as a Research Design Services (RDS) Consultant at Imperial College London consulting funding applicants on research methodology (2013) and as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Cambridge (2013-14) and at UCL (2015-2022) coordinating major research projects. For example, in Cambridge he coordinated a program funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) developing an online tool helping with early diagnosis of skin cancer while at UCL he coordinated the development of an online tool (eCREST) âÂÂâÂÂfunded by the Policy Research Unit (PRU) in Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis, with the aim of preventing cognitive errors that contribute to delaying the diagnosis of serious diseases, such as cancer. In 2015, he won a Fulbright Visiting Research Scholarship and worked for 3 months at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in the USA studying patients' priorities during palliative care. He was promoted to Senior Research Fellow at UCL in 2019 until 2022. At the same time, from 2019 to 2022, he started a collaboration with the University of Cyprus, where he secured funding from various bodies such as the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and the postdoctoral fellowship Marie Sklodowska-Curie (2019-2021).

He also has extensive teaching experience, earning the title of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) of the UK, which recognizes experience and quality in teaching. Prior to joining CUT, he has taught as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Surrey (2009-2013), as a Visiting Teaching Specialist in the Departments of Medicine and Psychology of the University of Cyprus (2013 and 2014), at Frederick University (2018) and at CUT (2017-2019) and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Turin (2017). He has also supervised undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral dissertations.

In 2016, he was a guest speaker at the European Parliament to talk about e-health and the use of mobile applications. In 2017, he emerged as one of the top young European innovative researchers to receive the US Young Transatlantic Innovation Leadership Initiative (YTILI) Scholarship from the US Department of State and in 2018 received the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) Young Researcher Award. In 2020 he was honored with the Young Researcher Award in the Social Sciences and Humanities by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation.

His research interests extend to a wide range of applications of behavioral sciences in health and public health using a mixed methodology (quantitative, qualitative, meta-analysis). His research falls on the development and evaluation of innovative intervention programs using technology, on understanding the determinants of health-related behaviors such as vaccination, breastfeeding, exercise and smoking, adherence to pharmacotherapy and psycho-oncology. He also investigates teaching clinical reasoning skills through interactive tools using online patient simulations.

He is a member of various committees, such as the European Health Psychology Society where he has been the National Representative of Cyprus since 2015 and a member of the Executive Committee since 2022, the Prevention and Intervention Board of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (EFPA) where he represents the Cyprus Psychologists Association and the EORTC Quality of Life Group where he is an active member since 2018. He is vice president of the Public Health Committee of the Parallel Parliament since 2019.

He has published extensively in scientific journals and presented at scientific conferences, while since 2019 he is the Associate Editor of the scientific journal Quality of Life Research (IF: 4,147).

Publications

Α) Publications in scientific peer-reviewed journals

2023

Karashiali, C., Constantinou, P., Christodoulou, A., Kyprianidou, M., Nicolaou, C., Karekla, M., Middleton, N., Kassianos, A.P. (2023). A qualitative study exploring the social contagion of attitudes and uptake of COVID-19 vaccination. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 19 (2), 2260038 https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2260038 IF: 4.526

Konstantinou, P., Ioannou, M., Melanthiou, D., Georgiou, K., Almas, I., Gloster, A.T., Kassianos, A.P., Karekla, M. (2023). The efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on quality of life and symptom management among chronic health conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Contextual Behavioural Science, 29, 240-253. IF: 5.138

Alexandrou, R., Kyprianidou, M., Photiou, G., Kassianos, A.P., Giannakou, K. (2023). The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived fear of future pandemics and/or epidemics: A cross-sectional study in Cyprus. Scientific Reports, 13:12194. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39381-2 IF: 4.996

Kassianos, A.P., Plackett, R., Kambouri, M., Sheringham, J., (2023). Educators’ perspectives of adopting virtual patient online learning tools to teach clinical reasoning in medical schools: A qualitative study. BMC Medical Education, 23(424). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04422-x IF: 2.317

Alvarez-Galvez, J.*, Anastasiou, A.*, Lamnisos, D., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Vasiliou, V.S., McHugh, L., Lubenko, J., Ruiz, F.J., Paez-Blarrina, M., Montesinos, F., Valdivia-Salas, S., Merwin, R.M., Karekla, M.^, Gloster, A.T.^, Kassianos, A.P.^ (2023). The impact of government actions and risk perception on the promotion of self-protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS One, 18(4): e0284433. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284433 * shared first authors, ^ shared last authors IF: 2.970

Chong, Y.Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Lamnisos, D., Ļubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Aydin, G., Ruiz, F.J., Garcia-Martin, M.B., Obando-Posada, D.P., Segura-Vargas, M.A., Vasiliou, V.S., McHugh, L., Höfer, S., Baban, A., Dias Neto, D., da Silva, A.N., Monestès, J-L, Alvarez-Galvez, J., Paez Blarrina, M., Montesinos, F., Valdivia Salas, S., Őri, D., Kleszcz, B., Lappalainen, R., Ivanović, I., Gosar, D., Dionne, F., Merwin, R.M., Gloster, A.T., Kassianos, A.P., Karekla, M. (2023). Predictors of changing patterns of adherence to containment measures during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: An international study. Globalization and Health. 19, 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00928-7 IF: 4.386

Rojas-Garcia, A, Lingeman, S., Kassianos A.P. (2023). Attitudes of mothers and healthcare providers towards interventions promoting breastfeeding uptake: A systematic review of qualitative and mixed-method studies. British Journal of Health Psychology, 00, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12663 IF: 8.101

Motrico-Martinez, Barata, C., E., Bina, R., Kassianos, A.P., Huynh-Nhu, L., Mateus, V., Moreno-Peral, P., Oztekin, D., Fe Rodriquez, M., Conejo Ceron, S. (2023). Effectiveness of interventions to prevent perinatal depression: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. General Hospital Psychiatry. 82 (47-61). IF: 7.587

Mahmić-Kaknjo, M., Tomić, V., Moriah, E.E., Nussbaumer-Streit, B., Raluca, S., Baladia, E., Riva, N., Kassianos, A.P., Marušić, A. (2023). Delphi survey on the most promising areas and methods to improve systematic reviews' production and updating. Systematic Reviews, 12:56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02223-3 IF: 3.136

Buchanan, Erin M., et al. (2023). The Psychological Science Accelerator’s COVID-19 rapid-response dataset. Scientific data, 10(1), 87. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01811-7 IF: 6.444

2022

Joyal‑Desmarais, K., Stojanovic, J., Kennedy, E.B., Enticott, J.C., Gosselin Boucher, V., Vo, H., Košir, U., Lavoie, K.L., Bacon, S.L.on behalf of iCARE Study Team (2022). How well do covariates perform when adjusting for sampling bias in online COVID‑19 research? Insights from multiverse analyses. European Journal of Epidemiology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-022-00932-y IF: 12.434

Christodoulou, A., Konstantinou, P., Antoniou, Z., Boda, Z., Iasonides, M., Kyprianidou, M., McHugh, L., Michaelides, M.P., Karekla, M., Kassianos, A.P. (2022). A protocol of an experimental study using social network interventions to examine the social contagion of attitudes towards childhood vaccination in parental social networks. Health Psychology Bulletin. 6(1), pp. 13–25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/hpb.37

Dorison, C., Lerner, J., Heller, B.H., Rothman, A.J., Kawachi, I.I., Wang, K., et al. (2022). In COVID-19 health messaging, loss framing increases anxiety with little-to-no concomitant benefits: Experimental evidence from 84 countries. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3 Affective Science.

Gökçen, A., Kassianos, A.P., Karekla, M., Gloster, A. (2022). COVID-19 Pandemisinde Stres ve Bireylerin Pandemi Sonrasında Yapacakları İlk Etkinlikler [Perceived stress in COVID-19 and the first post-lockdown activities]. Trakya Journal of Education, 12(3): 1372-1385.

Hughes, S., Kassianos, A.P., Everitt, H., Stuart, B., Band, R. (2022). Planning and developing a web-based intervention for Active Surveillance in prostate cancer: An integrated self-care programme for managing psychological distress. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8:175 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-01124-x

Koller, J.E., Villinger, K. Lages, N.C., Absetz, P., Bamert, M., Branquinho, C., Chaves-Avilés, L., Dimitropoulou, P., Fernández-Fernández, A.L., Gaspar de Matos, M., Griskevica, I., Gutiérrez-Doña, B., Hankonen, N., Inauen, J., Jordanova Peshevska, D., Kassianos, A.P., Kolsenikova, J., Lavrič, M., Mitanovska, T., Neter, E., Poštuvan, V., Trups-Kalne, I., Vargas-Carmiol, J., Schupp, H.T., Renner, B. (2022). Individual and collective protective responses during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 different countries: Results from the EUCLID online-survey. International Journal of Infectious Diseases,122, 356–364. IF: 3.623

Psychological Science Accelerator Self-Determination Theory Collaboration[1] (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 19(22), e2111091119, DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/n3dyf IF: 11.205

Plackett, R., Kassianos, A.P., Mylan, S., Kambouri, M., Raine, R., Sheringham, J., (2022). The effectiveness of using virtual patient educational tools to improve medical students’ clinical reasoning skills: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. 22:365 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03410-x

Kyprianidou, M.*, Konstantinou, P.*, Alvarez-Galvez, J., Ceccarelli, L., Gruszczyńska, E., Loumba, N., Mierzejewska-Floreani, D., Montagni, I., Tavoschi, L., Karekla, M., Kassianos, A.P. (2022). Profiling hesitancy to COVID-19 vaccinations in six European countries: Behavioral, attitudinal and demographic determinants. Behavioral Medicine https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2022.2071198 * joint first authors

Matsangidou, M.*, Kassianos, A.P.*, Papaioannou, D., Solomou, T., Krini, M., Karekla, M., Pattichis, C.S. (2022, April). Virtual painkillers: Designing accessible virtual reality experiences for helping cancer patients at home. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (pp. 1-9). *shared first authors

Epton, T., Ghio, D., Ballard, L., Allen, S., Kassianos, A.P., Hewitt, R., Swainston, K., Flynn, W.I., Rowland, V., Westbrook, J., Jenkinson, E., Morrow, A., McGeechan, G., Stanescu, S-C., Yousuf, A., Sharma, N., Begum, S., Karasouli, E., Scanlan, D., Hart, J., Bryne-Davis, L., Chater, A., Drury, J. (2022). Systematic review of interventions to promote physical distancing behavior during infectious disease pandemics/epidemics. Social Science & Medicine, 114946

Rus, C.L., Otoiu, C., Baban, A.S., Vajaean C., Kassianos, A.P., Karekla, M., Gloster, A.T. (2022). Working as a healthcare professional and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Work recovery experiences and need for recovery as mediators. Frontiers in Psychology. 13:718422. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.718422

Haller, E., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Aydın, G., Chong, Y.Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Ruiz, F.J., García Martín, M.B., Obando Posada, D.P., Segura-Vargas, M.A., Vasiliou, V.S., McHugh, L., Höfer, S., Baban, A., Neto, D.D., da Silva, A.N., Monestès, J-L., Alvarez-Galvez, J., Paez-Blarrina, M., Montesinos, F., Valdivia-Salas, S., Ori, D., Kleszcz, B., Lappalainen, R., Ivanović, I., Gosar, D., Dionne, F., Merwin, R.M., Karekla, M.*, Kassianos, A.P.*, Gloster, A.T.* (2022). To help or not to help? Prosocial behavior, predictors thereof, and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:775032. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.775032 *shared last authors

Roydhouse J., Cohen M.L., Corsin N., Eshoj H., Yucel E., Rutherford, C., Wac, K., Berrocal, A., Lanzi, A., Nowinski, C., Roberts, N., Kassianos A.P., Sebille, V., King, M.T., Mercieca-Bebber R., on behalf of the ISOQOL Proxy Task Force and the ISOQOL Board of Directors (2022). The use of proxies and proxy-reported measures: a report of the international society for quality of life research (ISOQOL) proxy task force. Quality of Life Research. 31:317–327 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-021-02937-8

Hailey, V., Rojas-Garcia, A., Kassianos, A.P. (2022). A systematic review of behaviour change techniques in physical activity interventions for breast cancer survivors. Breast Cancer, 29, 193-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12282-021-01323-z

2021

Kassianos, A.P., Georgiou, A., Kyprianidou, M., Lamnisos, D., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Aydın, G., Chong Y.Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Ruiz, F.J., Garcia-Martin, M.B., Obando-Posada, D.P., Segura-Vargas, M.A., Vasiliou, V.S., McHugh, L., Höfer, S., Baban, A., Dias Neto, D. da Silva, A.N., Monestès, J-L., Alvarez-Galvez, J., Paez-Blarrina, M., Montesinos, F., Valdivia-Salas, S., Ori, D., Kleszcz, B., Lappalainen, R., Ivanović, I., Gosar, D., Dionne, F., Merwin, R.M, Chatzittofis, A., Konstantinou, E., Economidou, S., Gloster, A.T., Karekla, M.*, Constantinidou, A.* (2021). Mental health and adherence to COVID-19 protective behaviors among individuals with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international, multinational cross-sectional study. Cancers, 13, 6294. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246294 *shared last authors

Nussbaumer-Streit B., Moriah E., Gartlehner, G., Thomas, J., Ramer Mikkelsen L., Riva, N., Silva, A.G., Baladia, E., Marques M., Martinez, P., Aguilar, L., Garroz, R., Martinez-Rodriguez, R., Eugenevna Ziganshina, L., Kontogianni, M., Sousa, M., Kassianos, A.P., Frampton, G., Mhmic-Kaknjo, M., Working Group 3 in the EVBRES COST Action (2021). Resource use during systematic review production varies widely: A scoping review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 139, 287-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.05.019

Ghio, D., Lawes-Wickwar, S., Yee Tang, M., Epton, T., Howlett, N., Jenkinson, E., Stanescu, S., Westbrook, J., Kassianos, A.P., Watson, D., Sutherland, L., Stanulewicz, N., Guest, E., Scanian, D., Carr, N., Chater, A., Hotham, S., Thorneloe, R., Armitage, C.J., Arden, M.A., Hart, J., Byrne-Davis, L., Keyworth, C. (2021). What influences people’s responses to public-health messages for managing risks and preventing disease during epidemics/pandemics? A rapid review of the evidence and recommendations. BMJ Open, 11:e048750. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048750

Papageorgiou, D., Kassianos, A.P., Lamnisos, D., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Gloster, A.T., Karekla, M. (2021). Mental Health and Wellbeing During the First vs. Second Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Cyprus. European Journal of Psychology Open. 80(1-2), 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000008

Konstantinou, P., Kasinopoulos, O., Karashali, C., Georgiou, G., Panayides, A., Papageorgiou, A., Wozniak, G., Kassianos, A.P., Karekla, M. (2021). A Scoping Review of Methods Used to Assess Medication Adherence in Patients with Chronic Conditions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. XX:1-17. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaab080

Nicolaou, C., Menikou, J., Lamnisos, D. Lubenko, J., Presti, N., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Aydin, G., Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Ruiz, F.J., Garcia-Martin, M.B., Obando-Posada, D.P., Vasiliou, V., McHugh, L., Hofer, S., Baban, A., Dias Neto, D., Nunes da Silva, A., Monestes, J-L, Alvarez-Galvez, J., Blarrina, M.P, Marin, F.M., Salas, M.S.V, Ori, D., Kleszcz, B., Lappalainen, R., Ivanović, I., Gosar, D., Dionne, F., Merwin, R., Kassianos, A.P., Karekla, M., Gloster, A.T. (2021). Mental health status of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak: An international study. European Journal of Psychology Open. 1-15 https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000010

Wang K., Goldenberg A., Dorison, C.A., Miller, J.K., Uusberg, A., Lerner, J.S., Gross, J.J., Agesin, B.B., Bernardo, M., Campos, O., Eudave, L., Grzech, K., Ozery, D.H., Jackson, E.A., Luis Garcia, E.O., Drexler, S.M., Jurković, A.P., Rana, K., Wilson, J.P., Kassianos, A.P. … Moshontz, H. (2021). A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behavior https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x

Sheringham, J., King, A., Plackett, R., Cornes, M., Kassianos, A.P. (2021). Physician associate/assistant impacts on cancer diagnosis in primary care: A rapid review. BMC Health Services Research, 21:644. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06667-y

Stojanovic, J., Boucher, V.G., Gagne, M., Gupta, S., Joyal-Desmarais, K., Paduano, S., Aburub, A., Sheinfeld Gorin, S., Kassianos, A.P., Ribeiro, P.A.B., Bacon, S.L., Lavoie, K.L & for the iCARE Study Team (2021). Global trends and determinants of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy: Findings from the iCARE study. Vaccines. 9(6), 661; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines906066

Plackett, R., Kassianos, A.P., Timmis, J., Sheringham, J., Schartau, P., Kambouri, M. (2021). Using virtual patients to explore the clinical reasoning skills of medical students: A mixed methods study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(6):e24723 doi: 10.2196/24723

Konstantinou, P., Georgiou, K., Kyprianidou, M., Nicolaides, C., Karekla, M., Kassianos, A.P. (2021). Transmission of vaccination attitudes and uptake based on Social Contagion Theory: A rapid scoping review. Vaccines. 9(6), 607; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9060607

De Witte, N.A.J., Carlbring, P., Etzelmueller, A., Nordgreen, T., Karekla, M., Haddouk, L., Belmont A., Øverland, S., Abi-Habib, R., Bernaerts, S., Brugnera, A., Duque, A., Ebert, D.D., Eimontas, J., Kassianos, A.P., Salgado, J., Schwerdtfeger, A., Tohme, P., Van Assche, E., Van Daele, T. (2021). Online consultations in mental healthcare during the Covid-19 outbreak: An international survey study on uptake and experiences. Internet Interventions. 100405 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100405

Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Lamnisos, D. Lubenko, J., Presti, N., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Aydin, G., Ruiz, F.J., Garcia-Martin, M.B., Obando-Posada, D.P., Vasiliou, V., McHugh, L., Hofer, S., Baban, A., Dias Neto, D., Nunes da Silva, A., Monestes, J-L, Alvarez-Galvez, J., Blarrina, M.P, Marin, F.M., Salas, M.S.V, Ori, D., Kleszcz, B., Lappalainen, R., Ivanović, I., Gosar, D., Dionne, F., Merwin, R., Gloster, A.T.*, Karekla, M.*, Kassianos, A.P.*, (2021). Patterns of psychological responses among the public during the early phase of COVID-19: A multi-country analysis of online survey data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 4143. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084143* Joint last authors

Dias Neto, D., Nunes da Silva, A., Roberto, M., Lubenko, J., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Lamnisos, D., Hoffer, S., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Vasiliou, V.S., McHugh, L., Monestes, J-L., Baban, A., Alvarez-Galvez, J., Paesz-Blarrina, M., Montestinos, F., Valdivia-Salas, S., Ori, D., Lappalainen, R., Kleszcz, B., Karekla, M.*, Gloster, A.*, Kassianos, A.P.* (2021). Illness perceptions of COVID-19 in the community: Predictors, impacts and temporal evolution. Frontiers in Psychology. 12:640955. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.640955 * Joint last authors

Chong, Y.Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Kassianos, A.P.*, Gloster, A.*, Karekla, M.* (2021). Can psychological flexibility and prosociality mitigate the public mental health impact of COVID-19? A cross-sectional study among Hong Kong adults. Globalization and Health, 17 (43). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00692-6 * Joint last authors

Lawes-Wickwar, S., Ghio, D., Tang, M.Y., Keyworth, C., Stanescu, S., Westbrook, J., Jenkinson, E., Kassianos, A.P., Scanlan, D., Garnett, N., Laidlaw, L., Howlett, N., Carr, N., Stanulewicz, N., Guest, E., Watson, D., Sutherland, L., Byrne-Davis, L., Chater, A., Epton, T. (2021). A rapid systematic review of public responses to health messages encouraging vaccination against infectious diseases in a pandemic or epidemic. Vaccines, 9(72). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020072

2020

Gloster, A.T., Lamnisos, D. Lubenko, J., Presti, N., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Aydin, G., Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Ruiz, F.J., Garcia-Martin, M.B., Obando-Posada, D.P., Vasiliou, V., McHugh, L., Hofer, S., Baban, A., Dias Neto, D., Nunes da Silva, A., Monestes, J-L, Alvarez-Galvez, J., Blarrina, M.P, Marin, F.M., Salas, M.S.V, Ori, D., Kleszcz, B., Lappalainen, R., Ivanović, I., Gosar, D., Dionne, F., Merwin, R., Kassianos, A.P.*, Karekla, M.* (2020). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures on mental health: An international study. PLOS One 15(12), e0244809 * Joint last authors

Konstantinou, P., Kassianos, A.P., Georgiou, G., Panayides, A., Papageorgiou, A., Wosniak, G., Karekla, M. (2020). Barriers, facilitators, and interventions for medication adherence across chronic conditions with the highest non-adherence rates: A scoping review with recommendations for intervention development. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 10(6), 1390-1398. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaa118

Plackett, R., Kaushal, A., Kassianos, A.P., Cross, A., Lewins, D., Sheringham, J., Waller, J., von Wagner, C., (2020). Use of social media to promote cancer prevention and early diagnosis: Scoping review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(11): e21582. DOI: 10.2196/21582

Notley C., Ward, E., Kassianos, A.P., Kurti, A., Mitchell, F., Nostikasari, D., Payton, J., Spears, C.A., (2020). Negotiating cancer preventative health behaviours and adapting to motherhood: the role of technology in supporting positive health behaviours. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health and Wellbeing. 15, 1811533 https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2020.1811533

Chong, Y.Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Chow, K.M., P. Kassianos, A.P., Karekla, M., Gloster, A. (2020). The role of illness perceptions, coping, and self-efficacy on adherence to precautionary measures for COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 6540, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186540

Plackett, R., Kassianos, A.P., Kambouri, M., Raine R., Duffy, S., Hamilton, W., Kay, N., Mylan, S., Hopwood, J., Schartau, P., Gray, S., Bennett, S., Valerio, C., Rodriguez, V., Player, E., Evans, D., Goundry, L., Van Hamel Parsons, V., Sheringham, J. (2020). Online patient simulation training to improve clinical reasoning: A feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Education, 20, 245 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02168-4

Wingen, T., Englich, B., Estal-Munoz, V., Mareva, S., Kassianos, A.P. (2020). Exploring the relationship between social class and Health-Related Quality of Life: The mediating role of power and status. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 16(5), 1983-1998. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-020-09853-y

Van Daele, T., Karekla, M., Kassianos, A.P., Compare, A., Haddouk, L., Salgado, J., Ebbert, D.D., Trebbi, G., (on behalf of the EFPA project group on eHealth), Bernaerts, S., Van Assche, E., De Witte, N.A.J. (2020). Recommendations for policy and practice of telepsychotherapy and e-mental health in Europe and beyond. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 30(2), 160 –173. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/int0000218

Kaushal A., Kassianos, A.P., Sheringham J., Waller, J., von Wagner, C. (2020). Use of social media for cancer prevention and early diagnosis: scoping review protocol. BMJ Open; 10, e033592. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033592

Kassianos, A.P.*, Plackett, R*., Schartau, P., Bennett, S., Valerio, C., Hopwood, J., Kay, N., Mylan, S., Sheringham, S. (2020). eCREST – a novel online patient simulation resource to aid better diagnosis through developing clinical reasoning. BMJ Simulation &Technology Enhanced Learning, 6, 241-242. doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2019-000478 Available at: https://stel.bmj.com/content/6/4/241.abstract * Joint first authors

2019

Kassianos, A.P., Ward, E., Rojas-Garcia, A., Kurti, A., Mitchell, F., Nostikasari, D., Payton, J., Saadi, J-P. Spears, C.A., Notley, C. (2019). A systematic review and meta-analysis of behaviour change techniques in interventions initiated after pregnancy to promote breastfeeding amongst postpartum women. Health Psychology Review, 13(3), 344-372.

Levens, S.M., Sagui-Henson, S.J., Padro, M., Martin, L.E., Trucco, E.M., Cooperman, N.A., Baldwin, A.S., Kassianos, A.P., Mdege, N.D. (2019). The effects of positive affect and episodic future thinking on temporal discounting, and healthy food demand and choice among overweight and obese individuals: Protocol for a pilot 2x2 factorial randomized controlled study. JMIR Research Protocols, 8 (3), e12265. doi: 10.2196/12265 Available at: https://www.researchprotocols.org/2019/3/e12265/

Ioannou, M., Kassianos, A.P., Symeou, M. (2019). Perceived social support in young adults protects against depression only under moderate levels of stress. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2780. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02780

2018

Kassianos, A.P., Ioannou, M., Koutsantoni, M., Charalambous, H. (2018). The impact of specialized palliative care on cancer patients’ Health Related Quality of Life: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Supportive Care in Cancer, 26, 61-79. doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3895-1 Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00520-017-3895-1?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst

2017

Plass, A. M., Gruszczynska, E., Ingmar, S., & Kassianos, A. P. (2017). Health Psychology Practice in Europe and other countries represented in the EHPS: A first step to moving forward together. European Health Psychologist, 19(6), 368-374. Available at: http://www.ehps.net/ehp/index.php/contents/issue/view/93/showToc

Kassianos, A. P., Gruszczynska, E., Ingmar, S., & Plass, A. M. (2017). Future directions in Health Psychology Practice in Europe and other countries represented in the EHPS: Moving Forward Together. European Health Psychologist, 19(6), 400-404. Available at: http://www.ehps.net/ehp/index.php/contents/issue/view/93/showToc

Kassianos, A.P., Georgiou, G., Papaconstantinou, E., Detzortzi, A., Horne, R. (2017). Smartphone applications for educating and helping non-motivating patients adhere to medication that treats mental health conditions: Aims and functioning. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1769. Available at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01769/full.

Woringer, M., Jones-Nielsen, J., Zibarras, L., Evason, J., Kassianos, A.P., Harris, M., Majeed, A., Soljak, M. (2017). Development of a questionnaire to evaluate patients’ awareness of cardiovascular disease risk in England’s National Health Service Health Check preventive cardiovascular programme. BMJ Open. 7: e014413. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014413 Available at: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/9/e014413

Zarouna, S., Kassianos, A.P. (2017). Ενίσχυση της φαρμακοθεραπείας πρώτης επιλογής στην Ιδεοψυχαναγκαστική Διαταραχή [Augmentation therapy in obsessive compulsive disorder]. Cyprus Medical Review, 3, 23-29.

Kassianos, A.P., Raats, M.M., Gage, H. (2017). Post-diagnostic dietary changes in prostate cancer: associations with patients’ wellbeing and the perceptions of GPs. European Journal of Cancer Care, 26(4). doi: 10.1111/ecc.12599 Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecc.12599/full

Usher-Smith, J., Kassianos, A.P., Emery, J.D., Abel, G., Teoh, H., Hall, S., Neal, R., Murchie, P., Walter, F.M. (2017). Identifying people at higher risk of melanoma across the UK: a primary care based survey. British Journal of Dermatology, 176:939-948. doi: 10.1111/bjd.15181 Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjd.15181/full

2016

Kassianos, A.P., Ioannou, M. Symeou, M., (2016). The health locus of control concept: Factorial structure, psychometric properties and form equivalence of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales. Health Psychology Open, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/2055102916676211 Available at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2055102916676211

Mareva, S., Thomson, D., Marenco, P., Vintergaard-Ott, C., Munoz, V.E., Schmidt, B., Wingen, T., Kassianos, A.P. (2016). Study protocol on ecological momentary assessment of health-related quality of life using a smartphone application. Frontiers in Psychology. 7:1086. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01086 Available at: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01086/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field=&journalName=Frontiers_in_Psychology&id=195241

Kassianos, A.P., Raats, M.M., Gage, H. (2016). An exploratory study on the information needs of prostate cancer patients and partners. Health Psychology Research, 4, 4786. doi: 10.4081/hpr.2016.4786

Available at: http://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/hpr/article/view/4786/5782

2015

Kassianos, A.P., Ignatowicz, A., Greenfield, G, Majeed, A., Car, J., Pappas, Y. (2015). ‘Partners rather than just providers…’: A qualitative study on healthcare professionals’ views on implementation of multidisciplinary group meetings in the North West London Integrated Care Pilot. International Journal of Integrated Care, 15(3). doi: 10.5334/ijic.2019 Available at: http://www.ijic.org/index.php/ijic/article/view/2019

Kassianos, A.P., Raats, M.M., Coyle, A. (2015). Perceived influences on post-diagnostic dietary changes among a group of men with prostate cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care. 24, 818-826.

doi: 10.1111/ecc.12357 Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecc.12357/abstract?userIsAuthenticated=false&deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=

Kassianos, A.P., Emery, J.D., Murchie, P., Walter, F.M. (2015). Smartphone applications for melanoma detection by community, patient and generalist clinician user: a review. British Journal of Dermatology. 172(6), 1507-1518.

doi: 10.1111/bjd.13665 Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjd.13665/full

Kassianos, A.P., Raats M.M, Peacock, M., Gage, H. (2015). Quality of life and dietary changes among cancer patients: A systematic review. Quality of Life Research. 24(3), 705-719. doi: 10.1007/s11136-014-0802-9 Available at:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265609184_Quality_of_life_and_dietary_changes_among_cancer_patients_a_systematic_review

2014

Usher-Smith, J.A., Emery, J., Kassianos, A.P., Walter, F.W. (2014). Risk prediction models for melanoma: A systematic review. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. 23(8), 1450-63. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0295 Available at: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2014/07/16/1055-9965.EPI-14-0295.full.pdf+html

Kassianos, A.P. (2014). The use of telephone interviews in qualitative psychology research: A reflective methodological exercise. QMIP Bulletin. 18, 23-26. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266558337_The_use_of_telephone_interviews_in_qualitative_psychology_research_A_reflective_methodological_exercise

2013

Kassianos, A.P. (2013). Benefit finding in cancer: The argument of being positive. PsyPag Quarterly, 89, 53-56. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/5344937/Benefit_Finding_in_Cancer_The_Argument_of_Being_Positive

Β) Books and book chapters

2022

Kassianos A.P. (Ed.). (2022). Handbook of Quality of Life in Cancer. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84702-9

Kassianos, A. P., & Tsounta, S. (2022). Defining Quality of Life. In Handbook of Quality of Life in Cancer (pp. 3-5). Springer, Cham.

Karekla, M., Kassianos, A., Papageorgiou, D. (2022). Digital Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Description of different digital modalities of intervention and evaluation of their impacts. In H. Wilson (Ed.) Digital Delivery of Mental Health Therapies: A Guide to the Benefits, Challenges and Making it Work. Jessica Kingsley Publishers

2019

Charalambous, H. and Kassianos, A.P. (2019). Early Palliative Care (EPC) trials for patients with advanced incurable cancer: what have we learned and how can we improve future trials and patients’ care. In M. Silberman (Ed.) Palliative Care: Volume 2, The Role and Importance of Research in Promoting Palliative Care Practice: Methods and Outcomes. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

2018

Ioannou, M. and Kassianos, A.P. (2018). The development of prejudice in children: Concepts and arguments and the case of Cyprus. In T. Kyritsi & N. Christofis (Eds.) Cypriot Nationalisms in Context: History, Identity, and Politics, pages 221-242. Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-97804-8_11

Kassianos A.P. (2018). Η Ψυχολογική Κατασκευή του ‘Άλλου’ [The psychological construction of the ‘Other’]. In A. Chr. Alekou (Ed.) Ο Χρήσιμος Εχθρός: Κείμενα για την Κατασκευή του ‘Άλλου’ [The useful enemy: Texts about the construction of the ‘Other’]. University of Cyprus Publications.

2016

Kassianos, A.P. (2016). Adherence with Prescription Directions. In S. Boslaugh (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Society. SAGE Publications Inc.

Kassianos, A.P. (2016). Quality of Life Research. In S. Boslaugh (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Society. SAGE Publications Inc.

Kassianos, A.P. (2016). History of Pharmacological Treatments for Mental Health. In S. Boslaugh (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Society. SAGE Publications Inc.

Kassianos, A.P. (2016). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAHMSA). In S. Boslaugh (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Society. SAGE Publications Inc.

Kassianos, A.P. (2016). Behavioural Pharmacology and Substance Abuse. In S. Boslaugh (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Society. SAGE Publications Inc.

2014

Kassianos, A. (2014). Understanding Lifestyle-Related Psychosocial Processes After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/805144/

World Health Organization. Management of Substance Abuse Unit. (2014). Global status report on alcohol and health, 2014. World Health Organization. [Contributed as part of WHO internship in 2012 – acknowledged]

Teaching

Department of Nursing, CUT 2022-today

Introduction to Psychology ΝΟΣ113 (BSc)

Introduction to Sociology ΝΟΣ116 (BSc)

Health Psychology ΝΟΣ316 (BSc)

Psychology of Motherhood Health MID112 (MSc Obstetrics)

Research Methods in Health Sciences (NUR502 and NUR 809) (MSc and PhD programme)

Riga Stradins University 2023-today (Visiting)

Psycho-Oncology

University of Cambridge 2023-today (Visiting)

Pre-Med Course, Health Psychology

UCL 2015-2022

Theory of Measurement (BSc Population Health)

Social Determinants of Health (MBBS students)

Research Methods (healthcare professionals)

Department of Psychology, Frederick University 2018 (visitor)

Health Psychology (BSc)

University of Turin 2017 (visitor)

Research methods and techniques in clinical social psychology (MSc)

Department of Nursing, CUT 2017-2019 (visitor)

Research Methods (MSc)

University of Cyprus 2013-2014 (visitor)

Introduction to Psychology in Medicine (BSc in medicine)

Psychopharmacology (PhD in Psychology)

University of Chichester 2013 (visitor)

Perspectives on Psychology (BSc in Psychology)

2012 until today – Examiner for the International Baccalaureate

Education

2008-2015 Postgraduate Certificate in Health Psychology Practice, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

2008-2013 PhD in Health Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

2007-2008 MSc in Health Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

2003-2007 BSc in Psychology, Pantion University of Athens, Greece

Research Interests

- Psycho-Oncology

- Digital Health

- Behaviour Change in health behaviours such as vaccination, breastfeeding, physical activity, smoking etc.

- Clinical Reasoning teaching

- Health-Related Quality of Life

Research Programs

Project title:	Developing a Country Observatory for Sharing Best Practices for Vaccination Promotion (co-OPERATOR)
Funding body:	Eu4Health
Amount:	1,738,651€ (local partner budget: 326,899€)
Period:	Nov 2023 – Nov 2026
Role:	Principal Investigator

Project title:	Preconception Profiling Assessment and Risk factor Evaluation of/for LIFEstyle (PREPARE FOR LIFE)
Funding body:	Cyprus University of Technology SEED Funding (PI: Dr. Ourania Kolokotroni, Cyprus University of Technology)
Amount:	30,700€
Period:	Oct 2023-Jun 2025
Role:	Co-Investigator

Project title:	eCAN: Joint Action on strengthening ehealth including telemedicine and remote monitoring for health care systems for cancer prevention and care
Funding body:	EU4Health Joint Action (PI: Sciensano, Belgium)
Amount:	5,000,000 €
Period:	Sep 2022-Sep 2024
Role:	Local Principal Investigator representing Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends
Description	There is a need to harmonize telemedicine regulations and to explore the efficacy of teleconsultation programs and telemonitoring in the cancer field. The eCAN JA explores their role in two clinical trials focused on tele-rehabilitation and tele-psychological support in different populations of cancer patients (Breast Cancer, Head and Neck cancer and advanced cancer at recurrence) in 10 European countries.[2]

Project title:	Developing a digital intervention with a virtual coach for frontline healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients
Funding body:	Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Resilience and Recovery Fund
Amount:	£49,940
Period:	Feb 2023-Dec 2023
Role:	Principal Investigator (Other partners: 3AHealth Ltd, Silversky Ltd)
Description	The aim of the project is to develop and test a theoretically informed digital intervention for frontline healthcare workers treating patients with COVID-19.

Project title:	Baby Buddy Communicators: A socially interactive cross-sectoral communication skills-building training for competent antenatal educators who "make every contact count”
Funding body:	Erasmus+ small-scale partnership (PI: Dr. Nicos Middleton, Cyprus University of Technology)
Amount:	20,000 €
Period:	Oct 2022-Oct 2024
Role:	Co-Investigator
Description	The project will design, implement, and pilot test a socially interactive digital environment where practicing and in-training Midwives will come together, under the watchful eye of service-users, to enhance the skills and competencies needed to deliver respectful consultations.

Project title:	Cancer, allostatic load, and regulation of emotions: How stress and emotion regulation impact mental and physical health of breast and testicular cancer patients (CARE).[3]
Funding body:	Cancer, allostatic load, and regulation of emotions: How stress and emotion regulation impact mental and physical health of breast and testicular cancer patients (CARE).[3] Bridges in Research Excellence grant scheme funded by the Cyprus Cancer Research Institute (CCRI). (PI: Dr. Maria Karekla, University of Cyprus).
Amount:	200,000€
Period:	Jun 2021-Jun 2024
Role:	Co-Investigator
Description	The CARE project aims to examine a wide range of biological and psychological stress markers in breast and testicular cancer patients: how their levels change throughout the first year after cancer diagnosis and how these biomarkers interact with patients’ emotion regulation ability and psychological flexibility. We will study the impact of these markers on physical and mental health and on cancer progression and treatment response using biochemical, epigenetic, and behavioral techniques. We will also assess how these stress-related changes can be managed using a modern, brief, easy and accessible eHome-care, self-delivered intervention, via momentary ecological assessment of emotions and health indices, to enhance emotion regulation skills, functionality, and wellbeing.

Project title:	Smart Living Homes – Whole Interventions Demonstrator for People at Health and Social Risks (GATEKEEPER).
Funding body:	EU Horizon 2020 (Research and Innovation) Grant (PIs: Dr German Gutierrez, Medtronic Iberica).
Period:	Sep 2019- Dec 2023
Role:	Local Scientific Coordinator representing Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends.
Description	GATEKEEPER is a European Multi Centric Large-Scale Pilot on Smart Living Environments. The main objective is enabling the creation of a platform that connects healthcare providers, businesses, entrepreneurs, and elderly citizens and the communities they live in, in order to originate an open, trust-based arena for matching ideas, technologies, user needs and processes, aimed at ensuring healthier independent lives for the ageing populations. https://www.gatekeeper-project.eu/

Previous Funding

Project title:	Development of novel medical-grade skincare products for oncology patients (MEDISKIN).
Funding body:	SEED Grant (Development of internationally competitive innovative products and services by startups) funded by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation. (PI: Dr. Marianna Prokopi-Demetriades, RSL Ltd./German Oncology Centre).
Amount:	498,505€ (Subset 19,500€)
Period:	Jun 2021-Sep 2023
Role:	Co-Investigator
Description	The proposal brings together a group of highly motivated SME startups and several leading research and clinical institutions in Cyprus, putting together a multidisciplinary consortium with substantial resources and expertise in biomaterials, skin health, cancer medicine, finance, and marketing, in order to develop and commercialize novel skincare products that will be able to successfully compete on the international market [4].

Project title:	Collective dynamics of health opinion contagion: the COVID19 infodemic and its effects on decision-making processes (DCODES) [DINÁMICAS COLECTIVAS DE CONTAGIO DE OPINIONES SOBRE SALUD: LA INFODEMIA DE COVID19 Y SUS EFECTOS SOBRE LOS PROCESOS DE TOMA DE DECISIÓN (DCODES)].
Funding body:	National Research Plan in Spain. (PI: Dr. Javier Alvarez-Galvez, University of Cadiz).
Period:	Sep 2021-Sep2023
Role:	Collaborator

Project title:	Moving beyond traditional methods of identifying and overcoming negative attitudes towards vaccinations (ACTION team)
Funding body:	Constructive Advanced Thinking (CAT) award
Period:	Feb 2020-Feb 2023
Role:	Team Coordinator Team: Javier Alvarez-Galvez (University of Cadiz), Ilaria Montagni (University of Bordeaux), Antonio Rojas-Garcia (Imperial College London), Ourania Kolokotroni (University of Nicosia), Catharina Margaretha Reynen-de-Kat (WHO Europe).
Description	http://netias.science/project_constructive-advanced-thinking

Project title:	Tackling anti-vaccination: mapping the social transmission of beliefs and attitudes (SAFEST)
Funding body:	EXCELLENCE Grant (Life Sciences) funded by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation
Amount:	247,204€
Period:	Sep 2020-Feb 2023
Role:	Principal Investigator
Description	The project will use Social Network Analysis (SNA) methods to investigate the social contagion of vaccination attitudes of parents of primary school children and experimentally test contagion using ‘intervention ambassadors’. http://safest.3ahealth.com/#about

Project title:	Testing and Evaluating the Collection of Patient Reported Outcomes In Cancer CarE Using Innovative Approaches: The ePROM Digital Health Tool (PRICE)
Funding body:	Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship funded by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation (2nd Chance/Young Researchers)
Amount:	150,000€
Period:	Sep 2019 – Sep 2022
Role:	Fellow (Mentors: Prof. Constantinos Pattichis, Dr. Maria Karekla University of Cyprus)
Description	The PRICE project aims to develop and evaluate a digital health tool (ePROM), collecting PROMs at the clinic and additional Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) of pain using a mobile application.

Project title:	Exploring the needs of medical education providers to scale up the uptake of a novel simulation-based online learning tool
Funding body:	Funded by UCL Knowledge exchange and innovation funding
Amount:	£14,997
Period:	Jun-Dec 2021
Role:	Principal Investigator
Description	The aim of this Knowledge Exchange (KE) project is to partner with medical education providers so to invest on scaling up an online tool for teaching clinical reasoning (eCREST) with non-university settings and other professional groups beyond medical students and decide on the business model and costing strategies.

Project title:	Member of a series of international project teams in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis: a) Coping Mechanisms and Behaviours Related to COVID-19 (COVID-19 IMPACT study) Co-PI (with Maria Karekla and Andrew Gloster) https://ucy.ac.cy/acthealthy/en/covid-19-impact-survey#Top An international prospective survey study looking into coping mechanisms and related behaviours. Led by University of Cyprus ACT Healthy laboratory and University of Basel.[5] b) Investigating Feelings and Behaviors Related to COVID-19 (PSACR). International Partner An international study investigating compliance with health promoting behaviors and/or managing negative feelings associated with the pandemic and led by the Psychological Science Accelerator. c) Your COVID-19 Risk study. Cyprus Team Chair[6] https://your-covid-19-risk.com/ An international study initiated through EHPS members and aiming to develop a behavioral risk calculator for COVID-19. d) International COVID-19 Awareness and Responses Evaluation (iCARE) study. International Partner[7] https://mbmc-cmcm.ca/covid19/ An international survey study to assess awareness, attitudes, and adherence to local prevention measures related to hygiene, social distancing and self-isolation in both a global convenience sample (which will include Canada) and a Canadian nationally representative sample. Led by the Montreal Behavioral Medicine Centre. e) EUCLID-Project Risk perceptions & behavior in the context of the current Coronavirus outbreak. International Partner https://euclid.dbvis.de/home In response to the ongoing public health emergency due to the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 and the associated disease COVID-19) outbreak worldwide, the University of Konstanz developed an online survey “EUCLID” to track: 1. Subjective health & symptoms, 2. Perceived risk & outbreak related perceptions, 3. Protection motivation & behavior, 4. Expected future developments of the current outbreak.

Project title:	Psychosocial factors related to the use of electronic cigarettes [Ψυχοκοινωνικοί παράγοντες που σχετίζονται με τη χρήση ηλεκτρονικού τσιγάρου].
Funding body:	Grant funded by the Cyprus Anti-Drugs Council (PI: Dr. Maria Karekla, University of Cyprus).
Amount:	5,000€
Period:	Feb 2020-Feb 2021
Role:	Co-Investigator

Project title:	Guiding metastatic breast cancer women after diagnosis to meet unmet needs: an avatar-based web platform (GIFTED)
Funding body:	SPARC Metastatic Breast Cancer Challenge Grant funded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Amount:	24,000 $
Period:	Oct 2019 – Feb 2021
Role:	Principal Investigator
Description	https://www.uicc.org/case-studies/guiding-metastatic-breast-cancer-women-after-diagnosis-avatar-based-platform The aim of the project is to develop/pilot an avatar-based online tool to guide women with metastatic breast cancer through their treatment pathway and help with coping.

Project title:	Understanding the contribution of physician associates to referral and recognition of cancer in primary care using online patient simulations
Funding body:	Grant funded by the UK National Institute of Health’s Policy Research Unit (PRU) in Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis
Amount:	£64,000
Period:	Sep 2019 – Dec 2020
Role:	Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Jessica Sheringham)
Description	The aim of the project is to understand how Physician Associates (PAs) might contribute to cancer recognition and referral in primary care by: (a) Characterising the landscape into which PAs will support recognition and referral of cancer in primary care through a rapid review of relevant literature and policy; (b) examining the clinical reasoning styles of final year student PAs using online patient simulations of possible cancer; and (c) developing and convening an expert workshop to identify implications for policy and practice

Project title:	Using online patient simulations to improve the clinical reasoning skills of medical and nursing students in Cyprus [Χρησιμοποιώντας διαδικτυακές προσομοιώσεις ασθενών για τη βελτίωση των δεξιοτήτων κλινικής συλλογιστικής των φοιτητών ιατρικής και νοσηλευτικής στη Κύπρο].
Funding body:	Funded by the Youth Board of Cyprus (76/2018)
Amount:	4,150€
Period:	Apr 2019-Oct 2021
Role:	Principal Investigator
Description	The aim of this project is to adapt and pilot an online patient simulation tool for teaching clinical reasoning with medical and nursing students in Cyprus. https://www.med.unic.ac.cy/2019/09/06/e-crest-project-an-evaluation-of-an-online-patient-simulation-training-tool-e-crest-to-improve-the-clinical-decision-making-skills-of-medical-students/

Project title:	Multiple health behaviour development in a transitional society: The case of Estonia.
Funding body:	Funded by the Estonian Archimides Foundation.
Amount:	750€
Period:	Feb – Nov 2019
Role:	Principal Investigator
Description	The study’s objective is to explore how alcohol intake, smoking and physical activity engagement are developed in a cohort in Estonia (Estonian Children Personality Behaviour and Health Study) and how these health behaviours impact biological and self-report health outcomes.

Project title:	Stay on Track: a web platform to help with adhering to prescribed medication.
Funding body:	Social Innovation Grant (SOCIALINNO/0617/0014) funded by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (programme RESTART 2016-2020)
Amount:	99,900€
Period:	Dec 2018 – Dec 2021
Role:	Principal Investigator
Description	The project’s objective is to design, develop and promote a web platform and smartphone application to (a) help patients to adhere to their medication (patient interface), and (b) help clinicians prescribing medication to more accurately monitor their patients’ adherence (clinician interface). http://www.stay-on-track.3ahealth.com/

Project title:	Changing how the brain responds when making healthy decisions: Translating neuroscience into population health
Funding body:	Frontiers Pilot Award (ULI TR002366) funded by Kansas University Medical Centre (KUMC), (PI L. Martin, Kansas University)
Amount:	$20,000
Period:	Sep 2018-Jun 2019
Role:	Co-Investigator
Description	Pilot study to examine brain activation, temporal discounting, and food demand and food choices related to positive affect and episodic future thinking guided imagery. This is the neuroscience part of the project.

Project title:	‘Stay Healthy After Baby’: A cross-national study to support smoking abstinence and inter-related cancer prevention behaviours among postpartum women.
Funding body:	International Innovation Grant: Reference: C54889/A25592 funded by Cancer Research UK Population Research Committee - BUPA Foundation Fund, (PI C. Notley, University of East Anglia)
Amount:	£40,000
Period:	Aug 2017-Mar 2019
Role:	Co-Investigator
Description	The project aims to develop a prototype intervention to target continued abstinence from smoking, combined with increased rates of breastfeeding and physical activity among postpartum women. https://www.uea.ac.uk/medicine/research/addiction/project-hatch

Project title:	Changing how people think and feel about cancer prevention behaviours: Translating neuroscience into population health.
Funding body:	International Innovation Grant (Reference: C63941/A25647) funded by Cancer Research UK Population Research Committee - BUPA Foundation Fund (PI N. Mdege, University of York
Amount:	£39,597
Period:	Aug 2017-Mar 2019
Role:	Co-Investigator
Description	Pilot study to examine brain activation, temporal discounting, food demand and food choices related to positive affect and episodic future thinking guided imagery. https://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/research/public-health/projects/cancer-prevention-behaviours/

Project title:	Increasing clinical reasoning capacity in future doctors in Turkey: Adapting a UCL training tool in respiratory diagnosis using online simulation methods for different contexts
Funding body:	Funded by the UCL Global Engagement Funds
Amount:	£500
Period:	Nov 2016
Role:	Principal Investigator
Description	Adapting and piloting an online medical tool (eCREST) in Turkey with students at Koc University School of Medicine.

Project title:	StayInTrack start-up
Funding body:	Scholarship by SignalGenericX IoT Innovation Challenge in collaboration with the Founder Institute Cyprus
Period:	Nov 2015
Role:	Co-founder

Project title:	StayInTrack start-up
Funding body:	Award for top-6 start-ups at the Cyprus Entrepreneurship Competition 2015.
Period:	200€
Role:	Co-founder

Angelos Kassianos

Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου

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He has worked for years in the UK as a research assistant at the University of Southampton (2013), as a Research Design Services (RDS) Consultant at Imperial College London consulting funding applicants on research methodology (2013) and as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Cambridge (2013-14) and at UCL (2015-2022) coordinating major research projects. For example, in Cambridge he coordinated a program funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) developing an online tool helping with early diagnosis of skin cancer while at UCL he coordinated the development of an online tool (eCREST) âÂÂâÂÂfunded by the Policy Research Unit (PRU) in Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis, with the aim of preventing cognitive errors that contribute to delaying the diagnosis of serious diseases, such as cancer. In 2015, he won a Fulbright Visiting Research Scholarship and worked for 3 months at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in the USA studying patients' priorities during palliative care. He was promoted to Senior Research Fellow at UCL in 2019 until 2022. At the same time, from 2019 to 2022, he started a collaboration with the University of Cyprus, where he secured funding from various bodies such as the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and the postdoctoral fellowship Marie Sklodowska-Curie (2019-2021).

He also has extensive teaching experience, earning the title of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) of the UK, which recognizes experience and quality in teaching. Prior to joining CUT, he has taught as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Surrey (2009-2013), as a Visiting Teaching Specialist in the Departments of Medicine and Psychology of the University of Cyprus (2013 and 2014), at Frederick University (2018) and at CUT (2017-2019) and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Turin (2017). He has also supervised undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral dissertations.

In 2016, he was a guest speaker at the European Parliament to talk about e-health and the use of mobile applications. In 2017, he emerged as one of the top young European innovative researchers to receive the US Young Transatlantic Innovation Leadership Initiative (YTILI) Scholarship from the US Department of State and in 2018 received the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) Young Researcher Award. In 2020 he was honored with the Young Researcher Award in the Social Sciences and Humanities by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation.

His research interests extend to a wide range of applications of behavioral sciences in health and public health using a mixed methodology (quantitative, qualitative, meta-analysis). His research falls on the development and evaluation of innovative intervention programs using technology, on understanding the determinants of health-related behaviors such as vaccination, breastfeeding, exercise and smoking, adherence to pharmacotherapy and psycho-oncology. He also investigates teaching clinical reasoning skills through interactive tools using online patient simulations.

He is a member of various committees, such as the European Health Psychology Society where he has been the National Representative of Cyprus since 2015 and a member of the Executive Committee since 2022, the Prevention and Intervention Board of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (EFPA) where he represents the Cyprus Psychologists Association and the EORTC Quality of Life Group where he is an active member since 2018. He is vice president of the Public Health Committee of the Parallel Parliament since 2019.

He has published extensively in scientific journals and presented at scientific conferences, while since 2019 he is the Associate Editor of the scientific journal Quality of Life Research (IF: 4,147).

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Angelos Kassianos

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angelos.kassianos@cut.ac.cy

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