Dr Dalia Tsimpida

Associate Professor Dalia Tsimpida is a member of the Kidney Lifestyle Research Team, based in the SAPPHIRE group (Social science, APPlied Healthcare and Improvement Research), within the Division of Public Health and Epidemiology. After 18 years in the governmental sector, where she worked as a Behavioural and Social Research and Analysis specialist, she transitioned into academia completing her PhD as a NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Manchester in 2021, where she subsequently held postdoctoral research and teaching roles. Prior to joining Leicester, she held posts as Lecturer in Public Health, Policy and Systems at the University of Liverpool, and as Lecturer in Gerontology at the University of Southampton and Thematic Cluster Lead for Data Skills and Methods in the ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership. As a public health researcher, Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), and Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH), her work spans health inequalities, hearing health, and ageing, drawing on mixed methods approaches - integrating qualitative, quantitative, and evidence synthesis techniques - alongside spatial analysis to understand and address inequalities in population health. She is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Consultant to the World Health Organization in Global Ear and Hearing Care Inequalities.