Dr Ioannis Kyratsis

About

Overview

Yiannis is Senior Lecturer in Health Management and Leadership. He is also Visiting Scientist at Harvard University T.H. School of Public Health and Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London. He is Associate of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management and the Associate Editor of BMC International Health & Human Rights. He previously worked at the Faculty of Medicine and the Business School of Imperial College London. His primary research interests include the diffusion of health innovations, institutional and professional identity change, health system reforms and the implementation of evidence-informed interventions in healthcare. His research has been published in top management, medical and health services research journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, BMJ Open, Implementation Science.

Qualifications

• PhD in Health Management & Organisation Studies, Imperial College Business School, United Kingdom
• MSc in Health Care Management, Imperial College Business School, United Kingdom
• PG Diploma in Diffusion of Innovations, Imperial College Business School, United Kingdom
• PG Diploma in International Health Management, Imperial College Business School, United Kingdom
• DVM in Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Employment

• Visiting Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2020 - present
• Associate Professor Organization Theory, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2019 - present
• Honorary Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) Health Management and Leadership, City, University of London, United Kingdom, July 2019 - present
• Senior Lecturer in Health Management & Leadership, City, University London, United Kingdom, October 2013 - June 2019

Memberships of professional organisations

• Pan-Hellenic Veterinary Association (2000); Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (2002); Hellenic Geotechnical Chamber (2005); European Group of Organizational Studies (2007); Academy Health (2008); European Health Management Association (2008); Transition Countries Network for Senior Health Managers & Health Policy Makers (2009); New Institutionalism Network (2011); OTReG-Organization Theory Research Group (2011); Society for Studies in Organizing Healthcare (2013)

Languages

English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review) and Greek, Modern (1453-) (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)

Research

Research Overview

Yiannis' primary area of research is in healthcare management and leadership. His work investigates the role of social institutions in shaping identity change for professionals in healthcare, particularly doctors; the implementation of international health system reforms; the adoption and diffusion of service and technological innovations in healthcare, including the use of evidence in the process by clinicians and managers; patient safety and organisational safety culture. Yiannis has extensive research experience in the English NHS and internationally. He has been awarded competitive research grants as Principal or co-Investigator from several prestigious sources. He conducted research on the diffusion, and implementation of family medicine primary care reforms across five European transition countries, namely Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Moldova, Serbia and Slovenia. He undertook research and consultancy work for World Bank funded projects in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Moldova and Turkey as well as for the Global Fund in Ukraine and Moldova as Principal Investigator. He has worked as a researcher and independent consultant for the World Health Organization in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Yiannis is a founding member of the European Health Management Association Transition Countries Network for Senior Health Managers and Health Policy Makers.

Research Areas

- Theory: Neo-institutional theory of organisations, particularly sociological theories of institutional change; diffusion & implementation of complex service and technological innovations; the interplay between institutional logics and professional identity
- Methodology: qualitative methods, multiple case study research designs, grounded theory, mixed methods

Completed Research

- National Institute for Health Research Health Service & Delivery Research Project (NIHR HSDR) – Co-Investigator (with Prof A. Holmes Imperial College London & Prof S. Dopson University of Oxford) & Project Lead: Research explores how healthcare managers make sense and use evidence when adopting and implementing new technologies to help fight hospital infections. Robust comparative case studies in nine Hospital NHS Trusts across England - innovations from technology (coated catheters) to service design (temporary isolation facilities). Competitive peer-reviewed grant (£284,000, November 2010 – October 2012).

- Department of Health England - Co-Investigator (with Prof A. Holmes Imperial College London) & Project Lead: Project funded (£100,000) by the Department of Health England (May 2009 – May 2010). Researching the adoption, procurement and implementation of innovative technologies to help combat Health Care Associated Infections by 12 NHS Trusts across all ten Strategic Health Authorities in England.

- GFATM Ukraine / Moldova – Principal Investigator (with Prof A. Holmes Imperial College London): Project funded ($120,000) by the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (August 2009 – April 2010). Country case studies to assess the interaction and level of integration between GFATM supported vertical disease programmes and the health systems in Ukraine and Moldova.

- Bosnia & Herzegovina: World Health Organization (March 2009). Principal Investigator Research Consultancy Project ($20,000) Designed post intervention Users’ Perception Review in five pilot project implementation areas. Carried out pre/post- intervention evaluative analysis. Produced final research report, including recommendations for the health authorities.

summary of findings were presented at a national conference

Grants

As Principal or Co- Investigator Yiannis was awarded over half million pounds in research funding in the last four years. Awards include the National Institute for Health Research, the Global Fund, the Department of Health in England, and the World Health Organization. Yiannis has led research and consultancy projects for the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the Global Fund, and the European Union. His research has informed and influenced government bodies in areas such as the mobilisation of knowledge into practice, and the implementation of major health reforms. Examples include the Ministries of Health in Turkey, Serbia, Moldova, Ukraine, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and the English NHS.

As Honorary Lecturer for the National Centre for Infection Prevention & Management Imperial College London he supports research in Work-Stream 1 on innovation adoption and behaviour change and Work-Stream 4 on capacity building and education on Health Care Associated Infections. He is also advising on theory and methodology on two work packages (WP3 & WP4) for the EU-funded research project Prevention of Hospital Infections by Intervention & Training (PROHIBIT).

Health Services Research Centre

- Health Policy Leadership and Management Group
- Patient Safety Group
- Implementation Research Group

Principal Collaborators

- Professor Rifat Atun (Harvard University)
- Professor Nelson Phillips (Imperial College London Business School)
- Professor Alison Holmes (Faculty of Medicine Imperial College London)
- Professor Gerry George (Dean Lee Kong Chian School of Business Singapore Management University)
- Professor Paul Tracey (University of Cambridge)
- Dr Amanda Goodall (Cass Business School)

Research students

Publications

1. Kyratsis, Y., Atun, R., Phillips, N., Tracey, P. and George, G. (2017). Healthcare in Transition: Professional Identity Work in the Context of Shifting Institutional Logics. Academy of Management Journal, 60(2), pp. 610-641. doi:10.5465/amj.2013.0684

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Education

Module Leader MSc Health Management:

- HMM002 Strategic Management in Healthcare

- HMM022 Management and Leadership in Healthcare

Also teach on the following MSc-level modules:

- HRM001 Introduction to Research Methods & Applied Data Analysis
- HRM020 Foundation in Research Methods & Data Analysis
- HRM011 Introduction to Research Methods & Applied Data Analysis (Online Module)
- HMM008 Health Innovation and Change
- HMM024 Health Management Consultancy
- HPM004 International Health Systems
- HS3051 Leading and Managing in Professional Practice
- HSM051 Leading and Managing in Professional Practice

Professional activities