Dr Dia Soilemezi
Biography
Dr Dia Soilemezi is a Researcher Psychologist and a Qualitative Methodologist. She is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Department of Psychology and currently works part-time as a Senior Research Adviser at the NIHR-funded Research Support Service Hub (delivered by the University of Southampton and partners).
Dia graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Crete (Greece), has an MSc in Health Psychology from Sussex University and a PhD in Psychology from the 草莓社区. Dia鈥檚 PhD project focused on the impact of the home environment in dementia care and was shortlisted for best research 2016 by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Before joining RSS (previously RDS) in 2017, Dia worked as a post-doc researcher in ageing-related projects at the 草莓社区 and University of Southampton. Before embarking on research, Dia was employed in a variety of NHS clinical settings in Brighton and 草莓社区, supporting adults and the elderly with stroke, dementia and mental health problems. She has also been a project worker implementing European integration projects, focusing on work-training and education for ex-drug addicts in Athens, Greece.
Research interests
My current research interests are: dementia; homecare; meaning of home; family carers; dementia-friendly design; healthcare environments; ageing and later life; use of herbal medicine
My main research interests lie within the field of dementia and particularly home care and support to family care of people with dementia. I am interested in the meaning of home and how it might change throughout the lifespan and especially in relation to health and care at home. I am using qualitative methods and I am particularly interested in using naturalistic methods, such as walking interviews.
Research outputs
2024
Soilemezi, D., Wanyonyi, K., Hill, V., Manthorpe, J.
16 Sep 2024, In: Dementia
Research output: Article
2023
Soilemezi, D., Wanyonyi, K., Hill, V., Manthorpe, J.
15 Dec 2023, In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 38, 12, 10p., e6039
Research output: Article
Navarta鈥怱谩nchez, M. V., Palmar鈥怱antos, A., Pedraz鈥怣arcos, A., Reidy, C., Soilemezi, D., Haahr, A., S酶rensen, D., Smidt, H. R., Bragstad, L. K., Hjelle, E. G., Haavaag, S. B., Portillo, M. C.
2 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing
Research output: Article
2022
Soilemezi, D., Palmar-Santos, A., Navarta-S谩nchez, M. V., Roberts, H. C., Pedraz-Marcos, A., Haahr, A., S酶rensen, D., Bragstad, L. K., Hjelle, E. G., Haavaag, S. B., Portillo, M. C.
27 Dec 2022, In: Health Expectations
Research output: Article
Urquhart, D. S., Cunningham, S., Taylor, E., Vogiatzis, I., Allen, L., Lewis, S., Neilson, A. R., Soilemezi, D., Akooji, N., Saynor, Z. L.
19 Dec 2022, In: NIHR Open Research. 2, 16p., 64
Research output: Article
Soilemezi, D., Roberts, H. C., Navarta鈥怱谩nchez, M. V., Kunkel, D., Ewings, S., Reidy, C., Portillo, M. C.
17 May 2022, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing, 12p.
Research output: Article
2021
Willcox, M., Simpson, C., Wilding, S., Stuart, B., Soilemezi, D., Whitehead, A., Morgan, A., Wrixon, E., Zhu, S., Yao, G., Webley, F., Yan, R., Bostock, J., Bell, M., Griffiths, G., Leydon, G., Little, P.,
29 Jan 2021, In: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 21, 1, 16p., 48
Research output: Article
2020
Soilemezi, D., Leydon, G. M., Yan, R., Simpson, C., Bell, M., Bostock, J., Moore, M., Willcox, M.
1 Dec 2020, In: Complementary Therapies in Medicine . 55, 7p., 102613
Research output: Article