Koula Asimakopoulou
Population & Patient Health
Kings College London
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Koula Asimakopoulou is a Health Psychologist registered with the Health Professions Council and a Chartered Scientist. She obtained her PhD in 2001 from the University of Surrey and since then she has researched and lectured both in the UK (Universities of Bath, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Roehampton) and overseas (University of Crete). She joined King’s College London in 2007 as a Lecturer in Health Psychology.
Research Interest
Health psychology: CBT for the treatment of dental anxiety, adherence, empowerment in health-care settings, patient-health care professional communication, patients' and health care professionals understanding of risk, cognitive functioning in and self-management of type 2 diabetes and chronic illness in general, psychology as applied to dentistry.
Publications
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Al-Kharboush GH, Asimakopoulou K, AlJabaa AH, Newton JT. The role of social comparison in social judgments of dental appearance: An experimental study. Journal of Dentistry. 2017 Jun 30;61:33-8.
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Newton JT, Asimakopoulou K. Minimally invasive dentistry: Enhancing oral health related behaviour through behaviour change techniques. British dental journal. 2017 Aug 11;223(3):147.
