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Research output per year
Dr Andreas Xyrichis is a senior academic researcher at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care; ranked top Faculty for nursing in the UK and second in the world. He is the Chair of the Research Ethics Panel for psychology, nursing and midwifery; Director at the European Nursing Research Foundation; and Trustee of the renowned Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the international Journal of Interprofessional Care, the most influential academic journal in the field of interprofessional science currently ranked in the top quarter of Thomson-Reuters impact factor list of Health Policy & Services journals.
Andreas has held clinical, research and policy posts in London and Brussels; and his training has been in nursing, research methodology, health policy and sociology. He holds a BSc, a MSc and a PhD all from King’s. His interests and expertise lie in interprofessional practice, education and research. Andreas' research is supported by the National Institute for Health Research, and other national and international funders, to investigate interprofessional, team-based practice interventions for patient safety and quality improvement. Andreas is also an active educationalist and has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK since 2013.
Andreas’ research focuses on strengthening the organisation and delivery of healthcare, towards improving the accessibiliy, efficiency, safety and quality of healthcare systems. A major contribution is in the area of interprofessional working, the coordination and collaboration between different healthcare professions in particular, where his work has been used to inform health policy, practice and education of healthcare professionals internationally. He is an expert evaluator for major funding bodies including the National Institute for Health Research and the European Commission (Horizon 2020).
His research is empirical and theoretically driven, applying rigorous qualitative social science techniques to investigating contemporary societal and healthcare related challenges. Much of this work is ethnographic in nature, involving participant observation, interviewing and document analysis. Andreas believes that complex problems benefit from multiple methodological approaches and so he promotes interdisciplinarity and collaborative research.
Andreas has served as advisor to numerous health policy committees for the European Commission and the Department of Health in England on topics such as workforce planning, education and training of health professionals, safety and quality of health services and eHealth. He also served as Advisor to the Secretary General of the European Federation of Nurses‘ Associations (EFN) representing over 3 million nurses across 34 countries in Europe. He continues to be actively involved in policy work and is an advocate for the use of research evidence in making policy decisions.
interprofessional care; intensive care units; medical sociology; health policy; health workforce; teamwork
Current Research Projects
2020 - Improving the patient experience of hospital noise through sound masking. GSTT Charity-Health Innovation Fund. PI: Dr Andreas Xyrichis
2020 - Exchange program for education and research in interprofessional healthcare. CONFAP-Newton Fund-FAPESP. PI: Profa Dra Jaqueline Silva
2018 – Interprofessional team-based practice for patient safety: competencies, power relations and conflict in maternity care. King’s College London – International PhD Fellowship. PI: Ms Gabriele Carlomagno Vilanova
2018 - Health management strategies to improve access and quality of Primary Care services in São Carlos, Brazil. Municipality of São Carlos. PI: Profa. Dra. Vivian Aline Mininel
2018 – Interprofessional education for pre-licensure health care students in Nanjing, China: a randomised controlled trial. King's College London/Nanjing Health School PhD Scholarship. PI: Ms Kelly Liping Kong
2017 – Is a Blunt Thoracic Trauma Integrated Care pathway (BTTICP) for the management of Blunt Thoracic Injury (BTI) feasible and acceptable when compared with standard UK practice? National Institute for Health Research. PI: Dr Gerry Lee
Recently Completed Projects
2019 - Education, Interprofessional Work, Health and Innovation. CAPES-PRINT (PRINT - PROGRAMA INSTITUCIONAL DE INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO) Call no. 41/2017. PI: Profa Dra Diana Pinho
2017 – The effectiveness of interventions to promote patients and families' involvement in adult intensive care settings. National Institute for Health Research – Research for Patient Benefit. PI: Dr Andreas Xyrichis
2017 – Hospital Project on Noise, Sound and Sleep (HPNoSS). King's Cultural Institute - Arts in Health & Wellbeing. PI: Dr Andreas Xyrichis
2015 – 2018 A Mixed Method Process Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of an ICU Telemedicine Programme at Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. GSTT Health Innovation Fund. PI: Prof Jane Sandal
2015 – 2016 Preventing hospital acquired, catheter associated urinary tract infections (CUTIs) in people over 65 years old: A qualitative study of knowledge transfer in the UK and Brazil, British Academy Newton Mobility Funds, PI: Dr Miriam Cristina da Silva de Paiva
2014 – 2015 Practice nurses’ and GP’s information needs in caring for patients post ICU discharge, FNFNM Seed Corn Funds, Co-PIs: Dr Suzanne Bench & Dr Andreas Xyrichis
2014 – 2017 Longitudinal National Evaluation of Schwartz Centre Rounds®, National Institute for Health Research, PI: Prof Jill Maben
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Doctor of Philosophy, University of London
Award Date: 1 Jan 2014
Academic Practice, Postgraduate Certificate , King's Academy
Award Date: 1 Oct 2013
Master of Science, King's College London
Award Date: 1 Jan 2006
Bachelor of Nursing, King's College London
Award Date: 1 Jan 2005
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Xyrichis, A., Rafferty, A. M. & Rose, L.
1/09/2019 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research
Andreas Xyrichis (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Andreas Xyrichis (Organiser)
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
Andreas Xyrichis (Contributor)
Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
Andreas Xyrichis (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Andreas Xyrichis (Associate Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Xyrichis, Andreas (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Xyrichis, Andreas (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Xyrichis, Andreas (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Xyrichis, Andreas (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively