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Stella Tsoli

Honorary Research Fellow

Institute of Cardiovascular Science

Orcid identifier0000-0003-1975-7321
  • Honorary Research Fellow
    Institute of Cardiovascular Science
  • University College London, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Aging, 1 – 19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, United Kingdom

BIO

Stergiani (Stella) Tsoli is an Epidemiologist and a Research Fellow at the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Aging. Her research focuses on healthy aging and social determinants of health over the lifecourse and the effects of social connections on health.

She is leading coordinated analyses across three UK birth cohorts (NSHD, BCS70 and NCDS) constructing longitudinal Frailty Indices (FIs) from prospective follow-up assessments to describe frailty in individuals aged 30 to 64 as part of a NIHR Policy Research project aiming to understand frailty in younger people using nationally representative birth cohorts and analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics.

She is also at the final stage of her PhD in Social Epidemiology at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Social Research Institute at UCL. Her doctoral research focused on the longitudinal association of social participation and engagement on biomarkers of physical health and physical activity, using data from the National Child Development Study (NCDS) and the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). During her PhD, she was a Visiting fellow at the lab of Professor Ichiro Kawachi at Harvard University.

Stella has received awards from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC). Additionally, she served as the Early Career Representative and a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS) (2017-2019).

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Stella alongside her PhD worked as a Senior Health Analyst at the UK ‘s Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Department of Health and Social Care. She has previously held positions in the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the World Health Organisation in Geneva and Doctors of the World. She has a Master of Philosophy in Public Health (funded by MRC) from University of Cambridge and a BSc in Environmental Science at University of the Aegean, Greece.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Assistant
    University College London, MRC Unit for Lifelong Hlth & Ageing

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Visiting Scholar
    Harvard University, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Cambridge, United States2020 - 2020
  • Research Assistant for REF
    University College London, School of Life and Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom2019 - 2020
  • Research Assistant
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, London, United Kingdom2016 - 2017
  • Managing Editor of IDCG
    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Campbell Collaboration, Washington D.C., United States2016 - 2017

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Executive Officer
    UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, United Kingdom2021 - 2022
  • Evaluation Analyst
    World Health Organization, Roll Back Malaria Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland2015 - 2015

CERTIFICATIONS

  • M.Phil in Public Health
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom2014 - 2015
    Thesis Title: Interactive voice response interventions targeting behaviour change: a systematic literature review with meta-analysis and meta-regression” (available as peer-reviewed publication)
  • Ptychio (BSc) in Environmental Science
    University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece2009 - 2014
    Thesis Title: “Particulate air pollution and birth weight: A systematic literature review” (available as peer-reviewed publication)

LANGUAGES

  • Greek, Modern (1453-)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Italian
    Can read, write, speak and understand

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

FIELDS OF RESEARCH