#10 Dimitra Kale – EURO HEALTH Podcast

It is now more than two years since the global Covid-19 pandemic was declared. Time has come to take stock on how the very existence of covid has affected people in the world. What kind of impact did Covid-19 have on things like diet behaviors, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption? Why women and younger people’s mental health was more affected by lockdowns? Did having a pet help people during lockdowns? You will find these and other questions in the new Euro Health podcast episode with Dimitra Kale, Research Coordinator at the University College London.

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Dr Dimitra Kale holds a BSc in Psychology from Brunel University in London, a MSc in Health Psychology at King’s College London and University College London and recently completed a PhD in Psychology from Goldsmiths University of London. She is currently a Research Coordinator at the University College London. She works for UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research group which is part of the Department of Behavioral Science and Health. As a PhD student, Dimitra Kale examined the role of impulsivity-related traits with nicotine dependency. She investigated individual differences in cigarette smoking and vaping, and the role of vaping in smoking cessation at Goldsmith, University of London. She is now involved in a number of studies focusing on the development and evaluation of digital interventions for smoking cessation, and the analysis of survey data to gain insight into population-wide influences on smoking and vaping. In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, she contributes to a survey study to gain a better understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on health behaviours among UK adults. Dr Kale has published several articles and contributed to many books. Some of the most important publication include: 
• Dr Kale and al., Characterizing the patterns of and factors associated with increased alcohol consumption since COVID‐19 in a UK sample, Drug and alcohol review. 2021, pp. 890-899. 
• Dr Kale and al., Associations between vaping and Covid-19: Crosssectional findings from the HEBECO study, Drug and alcohol dependency. 2021, 108590. 
• Dr Kale and al., Changes in Cigarette Smoking and Vaping in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK: Findings from Baseline and 12- Month Follow up of HEBECO Study, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022, 19 (2), 630. 
• Trait impulsivity, cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use, Goldsmiths, University of London. 2020.

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Euro Health Podcast focuses on European health policy by giving voice to leading experts. The goal is to bring complex and evidence-based information, which could lead to a better Europe. Podcast is hosted by Tomáš Jirsa and Jan Klusáček. 

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