Sophia Papadakis
April 30, 2026 2026-08-03 9:14Sophia Papadakis
Sophia Papadakis
PhD in Faculty of Public Health & Health Systems
Sophia Papadakis Ph.D. MHA
Dr. Papadakis is a Senior Research Associate, School of Medicine at the University of Crete (Greece). Dr. Papadakis holds a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Public Health & Health Systems at the University of Waterloo and a Master’s in Health Administration. Sophia divides her time between Crete and the UK where she is Academic and Health Systems Consultant for the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT). Prior to relocating to Europe she was Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa and Programme Director, in the Division of Prevention of Rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Dr. Papadakis main area of interest is health behaviour change and with a focus on tobacco dependence treatment. Dr. Papadakis has held multiple large research and knowledge translation grants and has been member of several European Research Consortiums. Dr. Papadakis has been involved as author of national guidance and regularly delivers training to health and social care professionals in health behaviour change and tobacco dependence treatment. She has published more than 90 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, and monographs. She is lead author of the English National Stop Smoking Guidance (2024) and was awarded the European Network for Smoking Prevention ENSP Award for Excellence for significant contribution to the field of tobacco control in (2025).
1999 BSc (Honors Human Kinetics), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2004 MHA (Master in Health Administration), Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2011 PhD, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2005 Doctoral Fellowship, Strategic Training Program in Tobacco Research, Canadian Institute for Health Research
2009 Doctoral Fellowship, Population Intervention for Chronic Disease Prevention, Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR)
Dr. Papadakis main area of interest is health behaviour change and with a focus on tobacco dependence treatment. She holds expertise in the design, delivery and evaluation of complex interventions in health care and community settings. She has a particular interest in implementation science with a focus on methodology to support the scale-up of evidence-based interventions. Dr. Papadakis has held multiple large research and knowledge translation grants and has been member of several European Research Consortiums.
Health behaviour change with a focus on tobacco dependence treatment and disease prevention. My research focusses on the design, evaluation and implementation of preventative interventions in clinical and community settings. I am interested in implementation science, including scale-up of public health interventions and the adaption of interventions to populations and settings
- Els C, Papadakis S, and D Kunyk. Tobacco Management in Primary Care Settings in Disease Interrupted: Tobacco Reduction and Cessation. Els C, Kunyk D, Selby P (Eds.). Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2012. ISBN-10: 14679123X.
- Kunyk D, Papadakis S. Tobacco Use and Addiction Management in Primary Care Settings. In Disease Interrupted: Tobacco Reduction and Cessation. Els C, Kunyk D, Selby P (Eds.). Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2017. ISBN:978-1-77114-385-1.
- Behrakis P†, Vardavas C, Papadakis S. (Eds.). Tobacco Cessation Guidelines for High Risk Populations. Hellenic Cancer Society and European Network for Smoking Prevention, Athens, Greece, 2017. ISBN: 978-960-98654-6-3.
More here
2026-Present Member, WHO Collaborating Centre (WHO CC) on Quality of Care and People-Centered Health Policies, School of Medicine, University of Crete
2026-Present Scientific Committee Member, European Network for Smoking Prevention (ENSO)
2023-2027 EUVABECO (PI: C Lionis), https://euvabeco.eu/
2023-2026 Joint Action: Transfer of best practices in primary care (CIRCE-JA) (Co-PI: AM. Carriazo
C Lionis, G. Kochiadakis), https://circeja.nfz.gov.pl/
2026-2030 Scientist, CITIES AT HEART, Horizon (PI: Dipak Kotecha, Local PI: C Lionis), https://www.citiesatheart.eu
