Evie Papavasiliou

Profile

Dr Evie Papavasiliou is a Health Sciences Education & Research Lecturer currently based at Leeds Institute of Medical Education, University of Leeds. Prior to that, Evie worked as a research scientist at the School of Health Sciences at the University of East Anglia and at the Department of Public Health & Primary Care at the University of Cambridge. With a background in Psychology, Evie specialises in health research, palliative and end-of-life care and qualitative and systematic review methods. Evie’s PhD explored the concepts, controversies and dilemmas surrounding the use of sedative medications at the end-of-life. She is interested to explore diverse approaches to review and evidence synthesis relating to design, implementation and evaluation of complex health care interventions.
In 2011, she was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship and spent three years at Lancaster University working for a European Inter-sectorial and Multidisciplinary Palliative Care Training (EUROIMPACT) network aimed at monitoring and improving palliative care in Europe, through which she was awarded her PhD by publications in 2014. Since then, she has been actively involved in several wide-scale interdisciplinary research programmes funded by the European Commission (Access to Opioid Medication in Europe); the Cabinet Office (End-of-Life Social Fund) and the NIHR School of Public Health Research (Communities in Control) and Marie Curie Cancer Care (Out-of-hours end-of-life care hospital admissions).

Responsibilities

• ENQUIRE 2 & 3 PPIE Lead
• Gateway to Medicine: Health & Illness Co-lead
• NIHR SPLENDID Programme: Co-investigator

Research interests

Evie’s research focuses on addressing the complexity of interventions, particularly in cases where meta-analysis is not feasible, by exploring alternative evidence synthesis methods. She has a strong interest in systematic review methodologies and the methodological components of interventions, with an emphasis on refining approaches to evaluating complex interventions. Her work involves applying logic model techniques to enhance understanding of intervention mechanisms, implementation processes, and outcomes. Through her research, she aims to improve the robustness and applicability of evidence synthesis, contributing to the advancement of methodological frameworks in health and social sciences.

Qualifications

• PhD in Health Research
• MRes In Health Research (End-of-Life Care)
• BSc (Hons) Psychology

Professional memberships

• ASME: The Association for the Study of Medical Education
• BERA; British Educational Research Association
• Advance Higher Education

Student education

Evie is actively involved in teaching across multiple programs, including the Gateway to Medicine, MBChB Year 2 & Year 3, and the MSc Physician Associate Studies.

Research groups and institutes

• Leeds Institute of Medical Education