Dr Nikolaos Efstathiou PhD, MSc, RGN, PGCEd

Nikolaos Efstathiou

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Associate Professor

Contact details

Email
n.efstathiou@bham.ac.uk
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Address
School of Health Sciences
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Nikolaos is an Associate Professor in Nursing. He  also holds an honorary appointment as Adjunct Professor at the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa.

Nikolaos is an experienced academic and researcher. He holds a PGCert in Learning and Teaching in HE. His research interests lie in palliative and end-of-life care, decision-making, and limitations of life-sustaining treatments.  He has received grants from the National Institute for Health and Care Research,  UK charities, and European organisations and societies for research and visits to international research centres. He has successfully disseminated research findings in peer reviewed journals and through presentations at national and international conferences.

Nikolaos has a clinical background in Critical Care and maintains his clinical activity by working closely with NHS partners to undertake research and apply findings in practice.

Qualifications


  • PGCEd, Birmingham City University, 2006
  • PhD in Nursing, University of Glamorgan, 2004
  • MSc in Nursing, University of Wales, 1996
  • BNurs, TEI of Athens, 1992
  • Registered Nurse 1992

Biography

Nikolaos is an Associate Professor in Nursing. He  also holds an honorary appointment as Adjunct Professor at the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa.

Nikolaos is an experienced academic and researcher. He holds a PGCert in Learning and Teaching in HE. His research interests lie in palliative and end-of-life care, decision-making, and limitations of life-sustaining treatments.  He has received grants from the National Institute for Health and Care Research,  UK charities, and European organisations and societies for research and visits to international research centres. He has successfully disseminated research findings in peer reviewed journals and through presentations at national and international conferences.

Nikolaos has a clinical background in Critical Care and maintains his clinical activity by working closely with NHS partners to undertake research and apply findings in practice.

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Teaching

Teaching Programmes

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Efstathiou's expertise in qualitative research methods and Delphi Technique has led him to working with research students on various subjects (bariatric surgery, voiding difficulties, depression in renal dialysis patients, labour and sepsis and maternal mental illness, identifying research priorities, palliative and end-of-life care).

He is interested in supervising research students in the following areas:

  • End-of-Life care in acute care settings
  • Decision making in End-of-Life care

  • Withdrawal of life sustaining measures in intensive care units

Other activities

  • Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa.
  • Associate Editor for the Nursing in Critical Care journal
  • Peer reviewer for medical and nursing journals.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Bagcivan, G, Colomer-Lahiguera, S, Dowling, M, Kotronoulas, G, Semple, C, Efstathiou, N, Fernandez-Ortega, P, Brochstedt Dieperink, K, Pape, E, Miguel, S & Drury, A 2025, '', British Journal of Nursing, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. S10-S18.

Weblin, J, Parekh, D, Hodson, J, Guo, P, Efstathiou, N & McWilliams, D 2025, '', Physiotherapy, vol. 128, 101791.

Gopal, DP, Guo, P, Taylor, SJC & Efstathiou, N 2025, '', Family Practice, vol. 42, no. 1, cmae077.

Kesecioglu, J, Rusinova, K, Alampi, D, Arabi, YM, Benbenishty, J, Benoit, D, Boulanger, C, Cecconi, M, Cox, C, van Dam, M, van Dijk, D, Downar, J, Efstathiou, N, Endacott, R, Galazzi, A, van Gelder, F, Gerritsen, RT, Girbes, A, Hawyrluck, L, Herridge, M, Hudec, J, Kentish-Barnes, N, Kerckhoffs, M, Latour, JM, Malaska, J, Marra, A, Meddick-Dyson, S, Mentzelopoulos, S, Mer, M, Metaxa, V, Michalsen, A, Mishra, R, Mistraletti, G, van Mol, M, Moreno, R, Nelson, J, Su帽er, AO, Pattison, N, Prokopova, T, Puntillo, K, Puxty, K, Qahtani, SA, Radbruch, L, Rodriguez-Ruiz, E, Sabar, R, Schaller, SJ, Siddiqui, S, Sprung, CL, Umbrello, M, Vergano, M, Zambon, M, Zegers, M, Darmon, M & Azoulay, E 2024, '', Intensive Care Medicine.

Causer, H, Spiers, J, Chew-Graham, CA, Efstathiou, N, Gopfert, A, Grayling, K, Maben, J, van Hove, M & Riley, R 2024, '', Death studies.

Kevern, P, Walker, W, Jones, J, Owen, S & Efstathiou, N 2024, '', Health and Social Care Chaplaincy.

Spiers, J, Causer, H, Efstathiou, N, Chew-Graham, C, Gopfert, A, Grayling, K, Maben, J, van Hove, M & Riley, R 2024, '', Death studies.

Gopal, DP, Taylor, SJC, Guo, P & Efstathiou, N 2024, '', BJGP Open.

Efstathiou, N, Guo, P, Walker, W, MacArtney, J & Bailey, C 2024, '', Journal of Palliative Care, pp. 1-8.

Adistie, F, Neilson, S, Shaw, KL, Bay, B & Efstathiou, N 2024, '', BMC Palliative Care, vol. 23, no. 1, 184.

Abstract

Pettifer, A, Bailey, C, Guo, P & Efstathiou, N 2024, '', Palliative Medicine, vol. 38, no. 1_suppl, pp. 128-128.

Guo, P, Sharma, P, Efstathiou, N, Bailey, C, Evans, C, Higginson, I & Harding, R 2024, '', Palliative Medicine, vol. 38, no. 1_suppl, pp. 176-176.

Guo, P, Efstathiou, N, Bailey, C, Adab, P & Glasby, J 2024, '', Palliative Medicine, vol. 38, no. 1_suppl, pp. 48-48.

Review article

Begum, T, Efstathiou, N, Bailey, C & Guo, P 2024, '', Vaccine.

Dowling, M, Efstathiou, N, Drury, A, Semple, C, Fernandez-Ortega, P, Brochstedt Dieperink, K, Pape, E, Kotronoulas, G, Miguel, S, Colomer-Lahiguera, S & Bagcivan, G 2023, '', European Journal of Oncology Nursing, vol. 63, 102272.