Dimitrios Koutoukidis
RD PhD MSc AFHEA
Researcher
Diet, Lifestyle, and Obesity
I am a dietitian and my research interests are focused on the development and evaluation of health behaviour change interventions.
In 2017, I completed my PhD in Nutrition, Dietetics, and Behavioural Sciences at University College London funded by the UCL Grand Challenges. My work focused on developing and piloting a randomised controlled trial of a behaviour change intervention for healthy eating and physical activity in endometrial cancer survivors. Following my PhD, I worked as a Research Associate in the ASCOT and MASCOT trials at the UCL Department of Behavioural Science and Health. I am a member of the research work stream of the Cancer and Nutrition NIHR Infrastructure Collaboration.
I am currently funded by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Obesity Theme to develop and test interventions for weight loss as the primary treatment for obesity-related diseases.
Key publications
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Recruitment, adherence, and retention of endometrial cancer survivors in a behavioural lifestyle programme: The Diet and Exercise in Uterine Cancer Survivors (DEUS) parallel randomised pilot trial
Journal article
Koutoukidis DA. et al, (2017), BMJ Open, 7
Recent publications
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Use of intervention mapping to adapt a health behavior change intervention for endometrial cancer survivors: The shape-up following cancer treatment program
Journal article
Koutoukidis DA. et al, (2018), BMC Public Health, 18
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Attitudes, challenges and needs about diet and physical activity in endometrial cancer survivors: a qualitative study
Journal article
Koutoukidis DA. et al, (2017), European Journal of Cancer Care, 26