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Professor Christina Liossi is a Professor of Paediatric Psychology at the University of Southampton. She holds an honorary role as a Consultant Paediatric Psychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust. Her research focuses on understanding adjustment to chronic illness in children and families, with a particular emphasis on developing CBT-based interventions for pain management. She leads projects funded by organizations like Sparks and the ESRC, investigating breakthrough pain, attentional bias in pain perception, and palliative care tools. Her work bridges clinical practice and research, emphasizing cognitive neuroscience and evidence-based guidelines.
Education and career highlights include contributions to national/international guidelines on pediatric pain, authorship of a book on procedure-related cancer pain, and development of the e-PAIN project. She mentors doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, particularly in pediatric pain research. Her teaching and supervision activities are integral to training future health professionals in psychological interventions for chronic conditions.
Key research themes include cognitive bias modification, internet-delivered therapies, and family factors in pediatric pain. She has pioneered randomized trials establishing hypnosis as an evidence-based intervention for children with cancer. Current projects explore breakthrough pain assessment tools and pain modulation mechanisms in young people with chronic illnesses.
- Active Projects: Development of pediatric breakthrough pain tools (Sparks-funded), ESRC attentional bias studies
- Grants: Brain Tumour Charity (PROMOTE HRQoL study), Wessex Medical Research (Recurrent Abdominal Pain)
- Professional Roles: Member of Medicines for Children Research Network (MCRN)
