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Dr Eirini Kontou is a clinical academic clinical psychologist who holds appointments at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and at the University of Nottingham. She currently holds the prestigious NIHR/HEE ICA Clinical Lectureship that supports her career development and a multi-phased iterative research project for optimising psychological care pathways for people after transient ishaemic attack and minor stroke. She is a Senior Research Fellow based at the School of Medicine and the Institute of Mental Health. Dr Kontou supervises research projects in the Trent Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a focus in stroke, MS and neuropsychology. In 2020, she was awarded the NIHR Development Skills & Enhancement award to develop her expertise in developing and evaluating complex interventions in clinical trials.
Dr Kontou achieved her BA (hons) in Psychology from the American College of Greece. She obtained her MSc in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Nottingham and then she received a training research bursary from the Stroke Association to undertake her PhD on the impact of communication problems on post-stroke depression. She qualified in clinical psychology in September 2012 from the University of Sheffield (DClinPsy) and she returned back to the university to work as a part-time researcher. As a qualified clinical psychologist, she has worked in health psychology and stroke rehabilitation. She has successfully completed a prestigious Stroke Association Postdoctoral Fellowship to develop an intervention that offers educational, psychological and social support for people after TIA and minor stroke. Dr Kontou is interested in the development, delivery and evaluation of psychological interventions in the context of rehabilitation and physical health.
Expertise Summary
Depression and communication problems after stroke, psychological adjustment interventions for people with multiple sclerosis and other long-term physical health problems, assessing fitness to drive in neurological conditions.
Dr Kontou's has a long-standing interest in stroke rehabilitation and in psychosocial difficulties following physical health conditions.
Teaching Summary
Teaching on the MSc Rehabilitation Psychology and Health Psychology courses.
Research Summary
Optimising Psychoeducation for Transient Ischaemic Attack and Minor Stroke Management (OPTIMISM). 2015-2018. Kontou E. (CI) et al. Funded by a Stroke Association Postdoctoral Fellowship.… read more