Dr Panagiota Kontari
PhD Student
MSc Health Psychology | BSc (Hons) Psychology
About
I am currently a PhD Candidate in Psychology at the University of Surrey exploring the role of depressive symptoms and cardiometabolic risk factors as predictors of dementia using data from three longitudinal cohort studies. I graduated with a Psychology BSc (Hons) from the University of Athens in 2016 and I completed an MSc in Health Psychology at the University of Surrey in 2017.
My qualifications
Sept 2011 - May 2016
BSc (Hons) Psychology, First Class
University of Athens
Sept 2016 - Sept 2017
MSc Health Psychology, Distinction
University of Surrey
Affiliations and memberships
British Psychological Society
Graduate Member
Diabetes UK
Member
ResearchResearch interests
My research focus is on the prediction and prevention of dementia and I am particularly interested in the biological, psychological and social determinants of dementia risk. My PhD project looks at the longitudinal relationship of depression and cardiometabolic disorders with the risk of dementia using secondary data analysis.
Research interests
My research focus is on the prediction and prevention of dementia and I am particularly interested in the biological, psychological and social determinants of dementia risk. My PhD project looks at the longitudinal relationship of depression and cardiometabolic disorders with the risk of dementia using secondary data analysis.
Publications
Kontari P., Smith K.J. (2019) Risk of dementia associated with cardiometabolic abnormalities and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal cohort study using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 34(2): 289-298.
Kontari, P., Fife-Schaw, C., Thompson, H., Schmitz, N., Smith, K.J (2018) Prediabetes, diabetes and depression as risk factors for dementia. Diabetes UK Professional Conference, Excel London, UK.
Economou, A., Varlokosta, S., Kontari, P., & Papageorgiou, S. G. (2021) The nonverbal BriefScreen: A cognitive screening method for patients with limited language and motor abilities. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 1-8.
Smith, K. J., Gavey, S., RIddell, N. E., Kontari, P., & Victor, C. (2020) The association between loneliness, social isolation and inflammation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 112, 519-541.
Kontari, P., Economou, A., Beratis, I.N., Kontaxopoulou, D., Fragkiadaki, S., Varlokosta, S., Papageorgiou, S.G. (2016) Comparison of a non-linguistic screening test, Nonverbal Cogscreen, with the MMSE in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and cognitively intact individuals. : 14th International Athens/Springfield Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy (AAT), Athens, Greece
Beratis, I.N., Stanitsa, E., Kontaxopoulou, D., Fragkiadaki, S., Kontari, P., Pavlou, D., Papantoniou, P., Economou, A. Yannis, G., Papageorgiou, S.G. (2018) The value of Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in the prediction of fitness to drive in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.