Polina Mesinioti
Research Fellow
Profile
Biography
Polina is a Research Fellow at the York Trials Unit and works on the Response Study, a multidisciplinary NIHR-funded project investigating the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework. Polina is a sociolinguist and employs discourse analytic and ethnographic techniques to investigate aspects of health care interaction. Her PhD (University of Warwick) and previous Research Assistant experience focused on teamwork and leadership in emergency teams.
Qualifications
- BA Linguistics (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
- MA Theoretical Linguistics (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
- PGC Social Sciences (University of Warwick)
- PhD Applied Linguistics (University of Warwick)
Research
Overview
Polina conducts qualitative research on various aspects of workplace/healthcare communication, with a special interest in intra-team interactions in emergencies, patient safety, and the management of chronic diseases. She primarily employs multi-method, ethnographic designs and multimodal lenses.
Projects
- Response Study: a multidisciplinary NIHR-funded project investigating the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework in NHS.
- Teamwork in the COVID-19 Zone (with the University of Warwick): a project drawing on simulated medical emergencies to understand and improve communication amongst teams wearing FFPE Personal Protective Equipment.
Research group(s)
Teaching
Postgraduate
- MPH Dissertation Supervisor
- Mentoring PhD students
- Supporting the postgraduate module 'Health Research in Practice' (HEA00092M), University of York (2023)
External activities
Memberships
- Member of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
- Member of the Migration, Identity, and Translation Network (MITN)
Board Membership
- Member of the Open University Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) (2023-2025)
Editorial duties
- Regular reviewer for the Qualitative Health Communication (QHC) Journal
