Niki joined Loughborough University as a Lecturer in Psychology in 2025. Prior to joining SSEHS, she worked in the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham as a Research Associate on the TELSTAR (TELerehabilitation in STroke CARe) project.
Niki is an applied psychologist, with extensive research and teaching experience in health psychology and neuropsychology. Her research focuses on the implementation of e-health and rehabilitation technologies so that they offer real benefits for patients and their families. She is interested in the use of realist evaluation and mixed method methodologies to understand and improve the quality of healthcare services for people with neurological conditions. Niki currently leads a Stroke Association funded project examining how technological innovations could support the provision of evidence-based, equitable rehabilitation for stroke survivors in the community.
Featured publications
- Blake H, Scarlett K, Khulumula SK, Chouliara N (2025). Mixed-methods evaluation of targeted leadership development training to support the career progression of the black and minority ethnic NHS workforce. BMJ Leader. DOI: 10.1136/leader-2024-001175
- Jitendra, MJ, Chouliara N & Blake H. (2025). From Five to Four: Examining Employee Perspectives Towards the Four-Day Workweek. Administrative Sciences 15 (3): 114. DOI: 10.3390/admsci15030114
- Russell L, Chouliara N, Lewis S, James M, Fisher R. (2024). How and why do community stakeholders participate in the national stroke audit in England? Findings from a mixed-method online survey. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1358). DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11653-1
- Chouliara N, Cameron T, Ballard-Ridley S, Fisher RJ, Kettlewell J, Kidd L, Luxton L, Pomeroy V, Stockley RC, Thomas S, Gordon AL. (2024). Investigating the Implementation of Community-Based Stroke Telerehabilitation in England; A Realist Synthesis Study Protocol. Advances in Telerehabilitation for Optimising Recovery [Special Issue] Healthcare, 12(10). DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12101027. Impact Factor= 2.8
- Chouliara N, Byrne A, Cameron T & Fisher R. (2024). Getting the message across; a realist study of the role of communication and information exchange processes in delivering Stroke Early Supported Discharge services in England. Plos one, 19(3). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298140. Impact Factor= 3.7
- Blake H, Bullock H & Chouliara N. (2023). Enablers and barriers to mental health initiatives in construction SMEs. Occupational Medicine, 73(6), 317-323. DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqad075. Impact Factor= 5.1
- Chouliara, N., Cameron, T., Byrne, A., Lewis, S., Langhorne, P., Robinson, T., Langhorne, P, Walker, M., Waring, J., & Fisher, R. (2023). How do stroke early supported discharge services achieve intensive and responsive service provision? Findings from a realist evaluation study (WISE). BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), 1-12. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09290-1. Impact Factor=2.8
- Blake H, Brewer A & Chouliara N. (2023). “We’re not going to be as prepared." A qualitative study of healthcare trainees' experiences after one year of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054255. Impact Factor= 4.614
- Cameron T, Koller K, Byrne A, Chouliara N, Robinson T, Langhorne P, Walker M, Fisher R. (2022). A qualitative study exploring how survivors’ expectations and understanding of stroke Early Supported Discharge shaped their experience and engagement with the service. Disability and Rehabilitation. DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2102251. Impact Factor= 2.2.
- Fisher, R. J, Chouliara N, Byrne A, Cameron T, Lewis S, Langhorne P, Robinson T, Waring J, Geue C, Paley L, Rudd T & Walker M. (2021). Large-scale implementation of stroke early supported discharge: the WISE realist mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 9(22). DOI: 10.3310/hsdr09220
- Byrne A, Chouliara N, Cameron T, Geue C, Lewis S, Robinson T, Walker M, Fisher R. (2021). Evaluating stroke early supported discharge using cost-consequence analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation. DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1983043. Impact Factor= 2.2.
- Fisher R, Byrne A, Chouliara N, Lewis S, Paley L, Hoffman A, Rudd T, Robinson T, Langhorne P & Walker M. (2021). Effect of Stroke Early Supported Discharge on length of hospital stay: Analysis from a National Stroke Registry. BMJ Open. 11:e043480. DOI: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2020-043480. Impact Factor= 2.9
- Fisher R, Byrne A, Chouliara N, Lewis S, Paley L, Hoffman A, Rudd T, Robinson T, Langhorne P & Walker M. (2020). Effectiveness of Stroke Early Supported Discharge: Analysis from a National Stroke Registry. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.006395. Impact Factor 2022 = 8.271
- Fisher R, Chouliara N, Byrne A, Lewis S, Langhorne P, Robinson T, Waring J, Geue C, Hoffman A, Paley L, Rudd A & Walker M. (2019). What is the impact of large-scale implementation of stroke Early Supported Discharge? A mixed methods realist evaluation study protocol. Implementation Science, 4(1): 61. DOI: 10.1186/s13012-019-0908-0. Impact Factor = 7.2
- Chouliara N, Fisher R, Crosbie B, Guo B, Sprigg N, Walker M. (2019). How do patients spend their time in stroke rehabilitation units in England? The REVIHR study. Disability and Rehabilitation. DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1697764. Impact Factor= 2.2.