Elysa Ioannou

Dr Elysa Ioannou BSc, MSc, AFHEA, ANutr

Researcher


Summary

Dr Elysa Ioannou is a Researcher on the ENHANCE project (evaluating complications of excess weight clinics in children and young people), which is a large NIHR funded project. Dr Ioannou's research experience includes a range of qualitative methods and some basic statistical tests, while research interests include health equity, systems thinking, use of the Socio-Ecological Model and a special interest in physical activity promotion, management and reduced risk of diabetes and obesity.

About

Dr Elysa Ioannou is a Researcher on the ENHANCE project (evaluating complications of excess weight clinics in children and young people), which is a large NIHR funded project. She was previously a Graduate Teaching Assistant and PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University, and is a registered Associate Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition (AfN) in the UK.

She graduated with a First-Class Honour’s degree in Sport and Exercise Science from Loughborough University and top of her Master’s class at the University of Sheffield, achieving a Distinction in Human Nutrition MSc. With a Year in Industry experience at the Leicester Diabetes Research Centre, Dr Ioannou's research interests lie with health promotion and reducing risk and/or improved management of chronic diseases through physical activity.

Her PhD focused on optimising physical activity after gestational diabetes, with a view to reducing risk of future type 2 diabetes using realist methods. Dr Ioannou has a special interest in health equity and effective health promotion and disease prevention interventions, incorporating systems thinking and a whole-systems approach.

Teaching

School of Sport and Physical Activity

College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences

Research

Recent publications

Ioannou, E., Humphreys, H., Homer, C., & Purvis, A. (2024). Barriers and system  improvements for physical activity promotion after Gestational Diabetes: A  qualitative exploration of the views of Health Care professionals. Diabetic  Medicine. (early view). https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.1542

Ioannou, E., Humphreys, H., Homer, C., & Purvis, A. (2024). Beyond the individual:  socio-ecological factors impacting activity after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.  Diabetic Medicine. e15286. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.15286

Ioannou, E., Humphreys, H., Homer, C., & Purvis, A. (2024). Preventing Type 2 Diabetes  after Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review Mapping Physical Activity  Components using the Socio-Ecological Model. Maternal and Child Health  Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-024-03948-w

Beaumont, J. D., Ioannou, E., Harish, K., Elewendu, N., Corrigan, N., & Nield, L. (2024). "We're  one small piece of the puzzle": evaluating the impact of short-term funding for tier two weight  management services. Frontiers in public health, 12, 1381079.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.138107

Ioannou, E., Humphreys, H., Homer, C., & Purvis, A. (2023). A Systematic Review and  Thematic Synthesis of the Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity for  Women after Gestational Diabetes: A socio-ecological approach. British Journal  of Diabetes. 23(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2023.413

Ioannou, E., Chen, H.L., Bromley, V. et al. The key values and factors identified by older adults  to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour using co-production approaches:  a scoping review. BMC Geriatr 23, 371 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04005-x

Tuttiett, E., Ioannou, E., Wijnhoven, H., Corfe, B., & Williams, E. (2022). Adaptation and  validation of a protein intake screening tool for a UK adult population. Journal of Nutritional Science, 11, E100. doi:10.1017/jns.2022.96

Akparibo, R., Aryeetey, R. N. O., Asamane, E. A., Osei-Kwasi, H. A., Ioannou, E., Infield Solar, G., Cormie, V., Pereko, K. K., Amagloh, F. K., Caton, S. J., & Cecil, J. E. (2021). Food Security in  Ghanaian Urban Cities: A Scoping Review of the Literature. Nutrients, 13(10), 3615. 

Postgraduate supervision

Evaluation, diabetes or obesity focus, physical activity promotion, maternal health, community based physical activity 

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