Rate My Professor Katarzyna Lion

Dr. Katarzyna (Kasia) Lion is a Lecturer in Psychology and Research Fellow at Griffith University, affiliated with the School of Applied Psychology within Griffith Health and the Menzies Health Institute Queensland. She joined Griffith in August 2019 as an early career researcher with an emerging national profile in dementia and aged care research. Prior to this, she worked as a Research Assistant in the Department and Clinic of Psychiatry at Wroclaw Medical University from October 2014 to December 2019. Lion holds a PhD in Medical and Health Sciences from Wroclaw Medical University, completed between October 2014 and February 2020, and a degree in Psychology from the University of Wrocław, obtained from October 2009 to June 2014.

Her research specializations encompass stigma in dementia and mild cognitive impairment, psychosocial interventions including the Meeting Centres Support Programme, the impacts of COVID-19 on people with dementia and their carers, and technology applications in aged care such as virtual reality, humanoid robots like Telenoid, and smart home technologies. Additional academic interests include cognitive interventions and psychological support for brain tumour patients and caregivers, neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation, whole-body cryotherapy for cognitive deficits, clinical neuropsychology, gerontology, and qualitative research methods. Key publications include 'The effectiveness of smart home technologies to support the health outcomes of community-dwelling older adults living with dementia: A scoping review' (2021), 'Do people with dementia and mild cognitive impairments experience stigma? A cross-cultural investigation between Italy, Poland and the UK' (2020), 'Met and unmet care needs of the elderly with dementia living at home: Personal and informal carers’ perspectives' (2019), 'Evaluation of the implementation of the Meeting Centres Support Program in Italy, Poland, and the UK; exploration of the effects on people with dementia' (2018), and 'Efficacy of the whole-body cryotherapy as add-on therapy to pharmacological treatment of depression–a randomized controlled trial' (2020). With over 950 citations across 67 publications, her contributions advance psychosocial and technological interventions in dementia care, brain tumour survivorship, and caregiver support. She participates in projects such as MEETINGDEM, LaTCH-BRAINS telehealth cognitive intervention, and the Telehealth Making Sense of Brain Tumour (Tele-MAST) programme.