Dr Panagiota Smyrni
Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
Mary Seacole 1st Floor,Bay 8
- Email: panagiota.smyrni@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268771
- Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Department of Health Sciences
Responsibility
Committee Responsibilities:
- BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Examination Board.
- BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Course Committee.
- MSc Occupational Therapy Examination Board.
- MSc Occupational Therapy pre-registration Course Committee.
Administration Responsibilities:
- Seminar leader BSc OT levels 1, 2, & 3 and MSc OT pre-registration years 1 & 2
- Module leader - HH3603 - Professional Practice
- PhD supervisor
- Academic tutor and lecturer MSc pre-registration OT/ BSc OT
- Research supervisor MSc OT pre-registration
External Activities:
Editorial work
Expert Evaluator: European Commission - Information and Communication Technologies - ICT Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance Health: Objective ICT-2011.5.1: Personal Health Systems (PHS)
Reviewer
- Cochrane Collaboration - The Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group.
- Higher Education Academy, UK (Teaching Development Grants).
- UKOTPF.
- Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
- Disability and Rehabilitation: An International Journal.
- Open Rehabilitation Journal.
- Technical Programme Committee of the International Workshop for Ambient Assisted Living
- World Federation of Occupational Therapists
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy
Teaching Interests:
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Neonatal/Developmental care
- Challenging behaviours across the lifespan
- Assistive technologies in rehabilitation
- Information and communication technologies in Clinical Practice
- Evidence Based Practice / Single Subject Research
- Family-Centred Approaches
- Functional Assessment Methods
- Teaching Methods in Higher Education
Newest selected publications
Gibbs, D., Batra, D., Cruickshank, H., Currie, G., Edwards, S., Gormley, H., et al. (2022) 'Occupational therapy in neonatal services and early intervention: Practice guidelines'. Available at: .
Gibbs, D., Campbell, L., Currie, G., Dixon, J., Gormley, H., Hicks, B., et al. (2017) 'Occupational therapy in neonatal services and early intervention: Practice guideline'. Place of publication: Royal College of Occupational Therapists. Available at: .
Harniess, P. and Nikopoulou-Smyrni, P. (2015) 'Paediatric Physiotherapists' Practice in Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Assessment Programmes of High-Risk Infants A UK Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey'. The Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists, 6 (1). pp. 45 - 58. ISSN: 1368-7360
Konstantopoulos, K., Vogazianos, P., Thodi, C. and Nikopoulou-Smyrni, P. (2014) ''. Child Neuropsychology, 21 (6). pp. 751 - 758. ISSN: 0929-7049
Hunt, L., Nikopoulou-Smyrni, P. and Reynolds, F. (2013) ''. Disability and Rehabilitation, 36 (14). pp. 1139 - 1147. ISSN: 1464-5165