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Dr Georgia Spiliotopoulou
Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy

Mary Seacole 2nd Floor,Bay 41

Summary

Prior to joining the Department of Health Sciences, Georgia worked in physical, learning disabilities and children’s settings both in Greece and in the UK. Her doctoral research explored the impact of cognitive skills on school-aged children’s reading ability. As part of her research, she pilot-tested assessment tools for children’s working memory and metamemory. She is interested in research focusing on provision of assistive devices and quality of life of older adults and people with long-term conditions, outcome measures and effectiveness of provision of occupational therapy services.

Qualifications:

  • PhD (Brunel)
  • PGCert LTHE (Brunel)
  • MSc in Neurorehabilitation (Brunel)
  • BSc (OT) (TEI Athens)

Responsibility

Committee Responsibilities:

  • Division Steering Committee
  • BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Examination Board & Board of Studies
  • MSc (OT) Occupational Therapy Examination Board & Board of Studies
  • Chair of the Examination Board of the MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology and MSc Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences.

Administration Responsibilities:

MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-reg) - Programme Lead

Other Responsibilities:

  • Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy programmes
  • MSc OT Dissertation - Module Leader
  • Enabling Occupational and advancing practice: Specialities for practice - Module leader

Newest selected publications

Ibrahim, Z., Money, A., Atwal, A. and Spiliotopoulou, G. (2025) 'PilOT-Measure: A mobile 3D depth sensing application to support accurate and efficient clinician-led home-based falls risk assessments'. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 25 (1). pp. 1 - 27. ISSN: 1472-6947 Open Access Link

Journal article

Polyzou, C. and Spiliotopoulou, G. (2023) 'Exploring the factors affecting parasport participation for elite athletes with acquired physical disabilities in Greece'. BRITISH JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. pp. 69 - 70. ISSN: 0308-0226

Conference paper

Garrad, A., Callen, G., Dunford, C., Wales, L., Spiliotopoulou, G. and Frater, T. (2018) 'The concurrent validity of the UK Functional Independence Measure and Functional Assessment Measure (FIM plus FAM) for children and young people with acquired brain injury'. SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. pp. 84 - 84. ISSN: 0308-0226

Conference paper

Spiliotopoulou, G., Atwal, A. and McIntyre, A. (2017) 'The use of evidence-based guidance to enable reliable and accurate measurements of the home environment'. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 81 (1). pp. 32 - 41. ISSN: 0308-0226 Open Access Link

Journal article

Spiliotopoulou, G., Atwal, A. and McIntyre, A. (2016) 'Do we measure accurately for provision of assistive devices?'.40th Annual Conference, College of Occupational Therapists. Harrogate. BRITISH JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. pp. 53 - 53. ISSN: 0308-0226

Conference paper
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