- Occomore-Kent, L.C., Stavropoulou, C., Ward, E.C., Elkington, C., Hardman, J.C., Patterson, J.M. … Cruice, M. (2025). Training and competency frameworks used in the preparation of healthcare professionals for head and neck cancer screening: A scoping review protocol. PLOS One, 20(9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330664.
- Mohammadzadeh, A., Farjaminejad, S., Patel, P., Nanyonga, S., Ahmad, R., Stavropoulou, C. … Kozlakidis, Z. (2025). Biobanking in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Data Protection Frameworks. Biopreservation and Biobanking, 23(3), pp. 177–185. doi:10.1089/bio.2024.0086.
- Balayah, Z., Stavropoulou, C., Scarbrough, H., Nigam, A. and Ziemann, A. (2025). Re-conceptualizing implementation outcomes of health innovations as modes or attributes: an integrated framework. Frontiers in Health Services, 5. doi:10.3389/frhs.2025.1373429.
- Stavropoulou, C. and Viney, I. (2025). Transitioning to independence in medical research: A qualitative study using a systems theory perspective. Research Policy, 54(1), pp. 105111–105111. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2024.105111.
- Bevan, H., Ketley, D., Cawthorne, R., Stavropoulou, C. and Scarbrough, H. (2024). Spreading and scaling innovation and improvement: understanding why the differences matter. BMJ Innovations, 10(3), pp. 69–73. doi:10.1136/bmjinnov-2024-001251.
- Scarbrough, H., Sanfilippo, K.R.M., Ziemann, A. and Stavropoulou, C. (2024). Mobilizing pilot-based evidence for the spread and sustainability of innovations in healthcare: The role of innovation intermediaries. Social Science & Medicine, 340, pp. 116394–116394. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116394.
- Laliotis, I., Shaikh, M., Stavropoulou, C. and Kourouklis, D. (2023). Retirement and Household Expenditure in Turbulent Times. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 44(4), pp. 968–989. doi:10.1007/s10834-022-09884-7.
- Lammons, W., Silkens, M., Hunter, J., Shah, S. and Stavropoulou, C. (2023). Centering Public Perceptions on Translating AI Into Clinical Practice: Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Consultation Focus Group Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25. doi:10.2196/49303.
- Laliotis, I., Stavropoulou, C., Ceely, G., Brett, G. and Rushton, R. (2023). Excess deaths by cause and place of death in England and Wales during the first year of COVID‐19. Health Economics, 32(9), pp. 1982–2005. doi:10.1002/hec.4698.
- Anagnostopoulou, S.C. and Stavropoulou, C. (2023). Earnings management in public healthcare organizations: the case of the English NHS hospitals. Public Money & Management, 43(2), pp. 95–104. doi:10.1080/09540962.2020.1866854.
- Munblit, D., Nicholson, T.R., Needham, D.M., Seylanova, N., Parr, C., Chen, J. … Williamson, P.R. (2022). Studying the post-COVID-19 condition: research challenges, strategies, and importance of Core Outcome Set development. BMC Medicine, 20(1). doi:10.1186/s12916-021-02222-y.
- Munblit, D., Nicholson, T., Akrami, A., Apfelbacher, C., Chen, J., De Groote, W. … Soriano Ortiz, J. (2022). A core outcome set for post-COVID-19 condition in adults for use in clinical practice and research: an international Delphi consensus study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 10(7), pp. 715–724. doi:10.1016/s2213-2600(22)00169-2.
- Cluley, V., Ziemann, A., Feeley, C., Olander, E.K., Shamah, S. and Stavropoulou, C. (2022). Mapping the role of patient and public involvement during the different stages of healthcare innovation: A scoping review. Health Expectations, 25(3), pp. 840–855. doi:10.1111/hex.13437.
- Hicks, S. and Stavropoulou, C. (2022). The Effect of Health Care Professional Disruptive Behavior on Patient Care: A Systematic Review. Journal of Patient Safety, 18(2), pp. 138–143. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000805.
- Carson, G. (2021). Research priorities for Long Covid: refined through an international multi-stakeholder forum. BMC Medicine, 19(1). doi:10.1186/s12916-021-01947-0.
- Chen, Y., Stavropoulou, C., Narasinkan, R., Baker, A. and Scarbrough, H. (2021). Professionals’ responses to the introduction of AI innovations in radiology and their implications for future adoption: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1). doi:10.1186/s12913-021-06861-y.
- Michelen, M., Manoharan, L., Elkheir, N., Cheng, V., Dagens, A., Hastie, C. … Stavropoulou, C. (2021). Characterising long COVID: a living systematic review. BMJ Global Health, 6(9). doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005427.
- Michelen, M., Cheng, V., Manoharan, L., Elkheir, N., Dagens, D., Hastie, C. … Stavropoulou, C. (2021). What are the long-term symptoms and complications of COVID-19: a protocol for a living systematic review. F1000Research, 9, pp. 1455–1455. doi:10.12688/f1000research.27284.2.
- Michelen, M., Cheng, V., Manoharan, L., Elkheir, N., Dagens, D., Hastie, C. … Stavropoulou, C. (2020). Characterising long term Covid-19: a living systematic review. . doi:10.1101/2020.12.08.20246025.
- Hashem, F., Stephensen, D., Bates, A., Pellatt-Higgins, T., Hobbs, R.N.P., Hopkins, M. … Ali, H. (2020). Acceptability and Feasibility of an Isometric Resistance Exercise Program for Abdominal Cancer Surgery: An Embedded Qualitative Study. Cancer Control, 27(1). doi:10.1177/1073274820950855.
- Murad, Z., Stavropoulou, C. and Cookson, G. (2019). Incentives and gender in a multi-task setting: An experimental study with real-effort tasks. PLOS ONE, 14(3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213080.
- Gomes, D. and Stavropoulou, C. (2019). The impact generated by public and charity-funded research in the UK: A systematic literature review. Health Research Policy and Systems, 17. doi:10.1186/s12961-019-0425-2.
- Stavropoulou, C., Somai, M. and Ioannidis, J.P.A. (2019). Most UK scientists who publish extremely highly-cited papers do not secure funding from major public and charity funders: A descriptive analysis. PLOS ONE, 14(2). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0211460.
- Laliotis, I. and Stavropoulou, C. (2018). Crises and mortality: Does the level of unemployment matter? Social Science & Medicine, 214, pp. 99–109. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.08.016.
- Stephensen, D., Hashem, F., Corbett, K., Bates, A., George, M., Hobbs, R.P. … Ali, H. (2018). Effects of preoperative and postoperative resistance exercise interventions on recovery of physical function in patients undergoing abdominal surgery for cancer: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 4(1). doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000331.
- Glycopantis, D. and Stavropoulou, C. (2018). An agency relationship under general conditions of uncertainty: a game theory application to the doctor–patient interaction. Economic Theory Bulletin, 6(1), pp. 15–28. doi:10.1007/s40505-017-0120-9.
- Tsimtsiou, Z., Stavropoulou, C., Papastefanou, N. and Lionis, C. (2017). Enhancing clinical communication in dermatologists: a personalized educational intervention. Journal of Dermatological Treatment, 28(7), pp. 647–651. doi:10.1080/09546634.2017.1309348.
- Doherty, C., Stavropoulou, C., Saunders, M.N.K. and Brown, T. (2017). The consent process: Enabling or disabling patients’ active participation? Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 21(2), pp. 205–222. doi:10.1177/1363459315611870.
- Stavropoulou, C., Parmar, D. and Ioannidis, J.P.A. (2016). Research authors’ reply to Barlow and Barr and Taylor-Robinson. BMJ. doi:10.1136/bmj.i6639.
- Stavropoulou, C., Parmar, D. and Ioannidis, J.P.A. (2016). Bias in medical literature on health outcomes: bias in commentary? Reply. BMJ, 355. doi:10.1136/bmj.i6639.
- Barlow, D. (2016). Bias in medical literature on health outcomes: bias in commentary? BMJ. doi:10.1136/bmj.i6634.
- French, C. and Stavropoulou, C. (2016). Specialist nurses’ perceptions of inviting patients to participate in clinical research studies: a qualitative descriptive study of barriers and facilitators. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 16(1). doi:10.1186/s12874-016-0204-5.
- Galizzi, M.M., Miraldo, M., Stavropoulou, C. and van der Pol, M. (2016). Doctor–patient differences in risk and time preferences: A field experiment. Journal of Health Economics, 50, pp. 171–182. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.10.001.
- Laliotis, I., Ioannidis, J.P.A. and Stavropoulou, C. (2016). Total and cause-specific mortality before and after the onset of the Greek economic crisis: an interrupted time-series analysis. The Lancet Public Health, 1(2). doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(16)30018-4.
- Parmar, D., Stavropoulou, C. and Ioannidis, J.P.A. (2016). Health outcomes during the 2008 financial crisis in Europe: systematic literature review. BMJ. doi:10.1136/bmj.i4588.
- Doherty, C., Stavropoulou, and Saunders, M.N.K. (2016). Consent to treatment in the UK: Time for practice to reflect the law. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy.
- Galizzi, M.M., Miraldo, M. and Stavropoulou, C. (2016). In Sickness but Not in Wealth: Field Evidence on Patients' Risk Preferences in Financial and Health Domains. Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making, 36(4), pp. 503–517.
- Doherty, C., Stavropoulou, and Dickinson, L. (2015). Patients’ willingness to complete written incident report forms in one UK tertiary cancer hospital. Clinical Risk, 21(5), pp. 77–82. doi:10.1177/1356262215616013.
- Stavropoulou, C. and Valletti, T. (2015). Compulsory licensing and access to drugs. European Journal of Health Economics, 16(1), pp. 83–94. doi:10.1007/s10198-013-0556-2.
- Stavropoulou, C., Doherty, C. and Tosey, P. (2015). How effective are incident reporting systems for improving patient safety? A systematic literature review. Milbank Quarterly, 93(4), pp. 826–866.
- Galizzi, M.M., Miraldo, M., Stavropoulou, C., Desai, M., Jayatunga, W., Joshi, M. … Parikh, S. (2012). Who is more likely to use doctor-rating websites, and why? A cross-sectional study in London. BMJ Open, 2(6). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001493.
- Doherty, C. and Stavropoulou, C. (2012). Patients' willingness and ability to participate actively in the reduction of clinical errors: A systematic literature review. Social Science and Medicine, 75(2), pp. 257–263. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.056.
- Stavropoulou, C. (2012). Perceived information needs and non-adherence: Evidence from Greek patients with hypertension. Health Expectations, 15(2), pp. 187–196. doi:10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00679.x.
- de Lusignan, S., Pearce, C., Kumarapeli, P., Stavropoulou, C., Kushniruk, A., Sheikh, A. … Mendis, K. (2011). Reporting observational studies of the use of information technology in the clinical consultation. A position statement from the IMIA Primary Health Care Informatics Working Group (IMIA PCI WG). Yearbook of medical informatics, 6(1), pp. 39–47.
- Stavropoulou, C. (2011). Non-adherence to medication and doctor-patient relationship: Evidence from a European survey. Patient education and counseling, 83(1), pp. 7–13. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2010.04.039.
- Glycopantis, D. and Stavropoulou, C. (2011). The supply of information in an emotional setting. CESifo Economic Studies, 57(4), pp. 740–762. doi:10.1093/cesifo/ifr024.
- Dassiou, X., Glycopantis, D. and Stavropoulou, C. (2009). Bundling in General Markets and in Health Care Systems. THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ASYMMETRIES, 6(2), pp. 47–68.
Dr Charitini Stavropoulou
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About
Overview
Dr Charitini Stavropoulou is a Reader in Health Services Research in the School of Health Sciences and the co-director of the Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research (CHIR). She joined City, University of London in September 2014, having previously held teaching and research positions at the University of Surrey and Imperial College Business School.
Qualifications
- PhD in Health Policy, London School of Economics, United Kingdom, 2008
- MSc in Operational Research, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2003
- BSc in Business Administration and Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, 2002
Employment
- Reader, City, University of London, Aug 2020 – present
- Senior Lecturer, City, University of London, Jan 2013 – Jul 2020
- Lecturer, University of Surrey, 2009 – 2013
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Imperial College London, 2008 – 2009
Research
Research Overview
Dr Stavropoulou is a health services researcher with a background in health economics and policy. In her capacity as the Co-Director of the Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research (CHIR) she does research on the challenges of spreading innovation in healthcare to understand what hinders innovation from reaching out those who benefit from it. She is the Theme Lead, Innovation and implementation science in the Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North Thames.
Dr Stavropoulou is also interested in understanding the impact of public funding in supporting the creation and spread of research and innovation in healthcare. She has worked closely with funding bodies and between 2021 and 2022 she was on a part-time secondment at the Medical Research Council (MRC) evaluating the Council’s early career schemes.
Her work has appeared in leading international journals, including The BMJ, The Lancet Public Health, Milbank Quarterly, Social Science and Medicine and Journal of Health Economics among others. She has received funding from different bodies, including The Health Foundation, UKRI, NIHR and The Royal Marsden.
Research Grants
Principal investigator
• NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) - Leader of Partnership with The Royal Marsden, Funded by the National Institute for Health Research, January 2023-December 2027, £500,000.
• Economic evaluation of cancer innovations. Funded by The Royal Marsden. September 2016-October 2022, £370,000.
Co-Investigator
• Building a Well Communities Research Consortium to address health disparities through Integrated Care Systems, Funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council, UKRI, £250,000.
• Early lung cancer diagnosis AI X-rays, Evaluation Lead, Funded by the Small Business Research Initiative, Innovate UK, UKRI, October 2022-September 2023, £100,000.
• Proactive Care Programme (PCP) Evaluation, Funded by UCLP, June 2021-November 2021, £80,000.
• Which environmental interventions are effective in reducing health inequalities through food choices? Funded by Research for Patient Benefit, National Institute for Health Research, January 2020-January 2023 £1,004,000.
• Learning from the AHSN’s Experience to Successfully Spread Innovations in the NHS. Funded by NHS England and NHS Improvement. January 2020-December 2020, £30,143.
• Novel blood test to personalise Early Stage Colorectal Cancer Treatment. Funded by Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, National Institute for Health Research. January 2020-December 2027, £2,953,289.
• Development of a perioperative isometric-resistance exercise intervention programme (Basic Exercise Training To Enhance Recovery - BETTER) for patients undergoing elective abdominal and thoracic surgery for cancer. Funded by Research for Patient Benefit, National Institute for Health Research. March 2014-March 2017, £262,970.
• Patients as active partners in safety? An exploration of the extant clinical and legal issues from the perspective of patients and their carers. Funded by the Health Foundation. June 2013-October 2015, £132,000.
Completed Projects
Patients as active partners in safety? An exploration of the extant clinical and legal issues from the perspective of patients and their carers. Funded by the Health Foundation. June 2013-October 2015, £132,000.
Publications
Publications by category
Chapters (3)
- Stavropoulou, C. (2013). Models of governance of public services: empirical and behavioural analysis of 'econs' and 'humans' Response. BEHAVIOURAL PUBLIC POLICY (pp. 63–68). ISBN 978-1-107-61737-7.
- Stavropoulou, C. (2012). Physician-patient Relationship: A Review of the Theory and Policy Implications. The LSE Companion to Health Policy Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78100-423-4.
- Stavropoulou, C. (2012). A response to Bevan and Fasolo. Behavioural Public Policy (pp. 63–68). ISBN 978-1-107-04263-6.
Conference papers and proceedings (5)
- Balayah, Z., Stavropoulou, C., Chen, Y., Scarbrough, H., Nigam, A. and Ziemann, A. (2021). (Re-)conceptualising implementation depth of healthcare innovations - A systematic review and concept analysis. doi:10.1186/s13012-021-01163-7
- Balayah, Z., Stavropoulou, C., Chen, Y., Scarbrough, H., Nigam, A. and Ziemann, A. (2021). (Re-)conceptualising implementation depth of healthcare innovations - A systematic review and concept analysis.
- (2021). Proceedings of the 4th UK Implementation Science Research Conference. doi:10.1186/s13012-021-01163-7
- Ziemann, A., Chen, Y., Kyratsis, Y., Stavropoulou, C. and Scarbrough, H. (2019). What makes innovations both 'stick' and 'spread'? A multidisciplinary systematic review to understand implementation depth and scale-up of innovations in healthcare.
- French, C. and Stavropoulou, C. (2015). Specialist nurses’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to inviting adult NHS patients to participate in clinical research studies: a qualitative descriptive study. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-16-s2-p94
Journal articles (47)
Reports (2)
- Ziemann, A., Balayah, Z., Stavropoulou, C., Sanfilippo, K.R. and Scarbrough, H. (2022). Evaluating the pilot implementation of UCLPartners Proactive Care Frameworks. CHIR.
- Germain, S., Stavropoulou, C. and Ziemann, A. (2021). Key areas for targeting innovations to tackle health inequalities in the English NHS..
Working paper
- Laliotis, I., Shaikh, M., Stavropoulou, C. and Kourouklis, D. (2023). Retirement and Household Expenditure in Turbulent Times.