Dikaios Sakellariou
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
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School of Sciences
Department of Health Sciences
Academic Qualifications
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Academic qualifications (list by highest qualification) |
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Qualification |
Year |
Awarding Institution |
Department |
Thesis title (Optional Entry) |
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PhD |
2014 |
Cardiff University |
School of Healthcare Sciences |
PhD |
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MSc |
2005 |
Sapporo Medical University |
School of Health Sciences |
MSc |
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BSc |
2002 |
Technological Educational Institute of Athens |
Occupational Therapy |
BSc |
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Employment History
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Employment history in Academic Institutions/Research Centers – List by the three (3) most recent |
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Position |
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2025 |
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European University Cyprus |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
Associate Professor |
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2025 |
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Cardiff University |
Cardiff, United Kingdom |
Honorary Professor |
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2008 |
2025 |
Cardiff University |
Cardiff, United Kingdom |
Professor |
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Publications
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Key refereed journal papers, monographs, books, conference publications etc. List the five (5) more recent and other five (5) selected –(max total 10) |
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Journal and Publisher / |
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Pages |
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2025 |
Satisfaction with health facility personnel among older people with disabilities in Chile: An observational study based on the 2024 DISCA survey |
Elena S. Rotarou, Rafael Pizarro-Mena |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
22 (7) |
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2 |
2025 |
Mapping social participation interventions for adults with a neurodegenerative condition: a scoping review of in-person and digital community approaches |
Hannah Trotman, Fiona Wood, Katy Hamana |
Disability & Rehabilitation |
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3 |
2024 |
Decision-making regarding accessing paediatric unscheduled healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods rapid review and thematic synthesis |
Cian Dowling-Cullen |
BMJ Open |
14(7) |
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4 |
2023 |
Designing for Disabled People: Exploring inclusive design in architectural education |
Menatala Kasem, Sam Clark |
Charrette |
9(1) |
255-270 |
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5 |
2023 |
The WHO European framework for action to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities 2022–2030 |
Satish Mishra, Elena S. Rotarou, Carrie Peterson, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat |
The Lancet Regional Health–Europe |
25 |
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2021 |
The effectiveness of primary health care reforms in Greece towards achieving universal health coverage: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research 21, article number: 628. 10.1186/s12913-021-06678-9
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Thanos Myloneros |
BMC Health Services Research |
21 |
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7 |
2021 |
Maternal health in crisis: A scoping review of barriers and facilitators to safe abortion care in humanitarian crises. Frontiers in Global Women’s Health. 10.3389/fgwh.2021.699121
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Bianca Dias Amaral |
Frontiers in Global Women’s Health. |
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8 |
2021 |
Examining the role of government in shaping disability inclusiveness around COVID-19: a framework analysis of Australian guidelines. International Journal for Equity in Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01506-2 |
David Colon Cabrera, Narelle Warren |
International Journal for Equity in Health. |
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9 |
2021 |
The lived temporalities of prognosis; Fixing and unfixing futures. Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, 39(2).
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Nina Nissen, Narelle Warren |
Cambridge Journal of Anthropology |
39 |
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10 |
2019 |
Access to health care in an age of austerity; Disabled people’s unmet needs in Greece. Critical Public Health 29(1), 48-60.
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Elena Rotarou |
Critical Public Health |
29 |
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Exhibitions
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Exhibitions (where applicable). List the five (5) more recent and other five (5) selected. (max total 10) |
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Topic |
International / Local |
Location* |
Role in Exhibition |
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2024 |
Leadership and governance to achieve disability inclusive health systems: guidance for self-assessment |
Διεθνής |
Κοπεγχάγη |
Σύμβουλος |
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2 |
2023 |
Rapid access to essential assistive technology for internally displaced people in Ukraine (AT10): lessons learned report. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe |
Διεθνής |
Κοπεγχάγη |
Σύμβουλος |
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3 |
2020 |
Greece factsheet on financing of care services for PWDs |
Διεθνής |
Brussels |
Σύμβουλος |
Research Projects
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Research Projects. List the five (5) more recent and other five (5) selected (max total 10) |
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Funded by |
Project Role* |
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09/2023-09-2026 |
Social participation and neurodegeneration |
Health and Care Research Wales |
Συνερευνητής/επιβλέπων |
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10/2023-10/2025 |
Study on Guidance to Increase Access to Healthcare for People with Disabilities |
European Health and Digital Executive Agency, HADEA |
Σύμβουλος |
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04/2019 |
Travel grant |
Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation |
Βασικός ερευνητής |
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09/2028-04/2022 |
Inequalities in access to cancer care in Wales |
KESS II, European Commission |
Συνερευνητής/επιβλέπων |
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09/2017-09-2018 |
The Challenges of Cancer and Disability Study (CoCaDS). |
Tenovus Cancer Care |
Βασικός ερευνητής |
Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees
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Academic Consulting Services and/or Participation in Councils / Boards/ Editorial Committees. List the five (5) more recent (Optional Entry) |
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Title of Position or Service |
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2024-2026 |
NIHR |
Funding committee member- Work and Health |
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2. |
2024 |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
PhD examining committee member |
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3 |
2022-2025 |
WHO, Europe |
Consultant on disability inclusion |
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2021-2022 |
WHO, Headquarters |
Member of Technical group of access to healthcare for disabled people |
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2020-2021 |
EASPD |
Consultant on disability inclusion |
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Awards/International Recognition
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Awards / International Recognition (where applicable). List the five (5) more recent and other five (5) selected. (max total 10) (Optional Entry) |
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Awarded by: |
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2014 |
Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology |
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2011 |
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy |
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Other Achievements
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Other Achievements. List the five (5) more recent and other five (5) selected. (max total 10) (Optional Entry) |
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Key Activities: |
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2023 |
Invited speaker on disability inclusion at the House of Lords, UK |
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2022 |
Invited speaker at the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Community ad Global Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
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2021 |
Invited speaker. Symposium on Occupational Therapy Research. Department of Occupational Therapy, National University of Mar del Plat, Mar del Plata, Argentina |
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2021 |
Invited speaker. Symposium on Disability and Subjectivities. Department of Social Anthropology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece |
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2021 |
Invited speaker. Bridging cancer disparities for people with disabilities. Invited lecture at the Ability Grand Rounds, at the Centre for Research Excellent in Disabilities, West Virginia University, USA |
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2020 |
Invited speaker. Des/cuidados y discapacidad en tiempos de pandemia: reflexiones para la terapia ocupacional social. Invited lecture by the Federal University of Minais Girais, at the International Symposium on Social Occupational Therapy, Brazil |
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2020 |
Invited speaker. Pensamientos sobre vulnerabilidades estructuradas, la pandemia, y la vida cotidiana. Invited paper by the Colombian Association of Occupational Therapists, Colombia |
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2019 |
Invited speaker. Non-communicable diseases and disability. Invited lecture at the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Community and Global Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
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2019 |
Invited speaker. Towards a value-based education in occupational therapy. Invited keynote lecture at the conference of the French National Association of Occupational Therapists (ANFE), Paris, France |
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10 |
2019 |
Invited speaker. Access to health services for disabled people. International Centre for Evidence in Disability and Centre for Global Chronic Conditions, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London |
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