Dimova, Elena

Dr Elena Dimova

Researcher 1A
Department of Nursing and Community Health
I joined GCU in 2019 where I work as a Postgraduate Researcher primarily in the field of alcohol. I am currently a member of the Substance use and misuse research group at GCU.

My primary research interests focus on the use of psychological theories to promote behaviour change and how biopsychosocial factors act as barriers and motivators for behaviour change.
I completed a P.h.D (Teachable moments: Potential for behaviour change among people with type 2 diabetes and their relatives) at University of Stirling in 2019, an M.S.c in Health Psychology in 2013 and a B.A.s (Hons) in Psychology in 2012, both at University of Stirling. I am a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society and a full member of the Division of Health Psychology. I am also an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I have worked on different research projects (for example, qualitative studies, my PhD was mixed-methods, systematic reviews, scoping reviews) in different fields (for example, alcohol, type 2 diabetes, prolapse, sustainability of interventions, postgraduate student experience, road-traffic related trauma). I have also been involved in teaching to small (for example, seminars) and large (for example, lectures) groups of students, supervision and mentoring.