Dr Nuriye Kupeli

Profile

I am a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, a mixed‑methods social scientist and BABCP‑accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist specialising in dementia, palliative care, and the psychological needs of people affected by life‑limiting illness.

I have secured over £11 million in research funding across 15 grants from NIHR, ESRC, Alzheimer’s Society, Marie Curie and the Wellcome Trust. This includes a prestigious Alzheimer’s Society fellowship, two Marie Curie–ESRC collaborative PhD studentships as PI, and multiple large programme grants as Co‑Applicant, including the ESRC–NIHR EMBED‑Care programme and the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre led by QMUL.

My research has influenced national policy and clinical practice. I co‑designed a COVID‑19 decision aid adopted by NHS England, received the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Hero Award for Research, and have presented work in Parliament. I am part of a UK‑wide collaboration developing the first national palliative care guidelines for Creutzfeldt‑Jakob Disease.

Research

Research Interests:

My research programme focuses on improving care, support, and psychological wellbeing for people living with dementia, life‑limiting illness, and other neurodegenerative conditions. Over the past decade, I have developed a mixed‑methods programme of work that integrates research, clinical practice, and policy engagement across five interconnected areas:

• Palliative and end‑of‑life care for people with dementia and other life‑limiting conditions
• Psychological and behavioural support for families and carers
• Measurement, assessment, and management of complex symptoms
• Communication, decision‑making, and advance care planning
• Co‑production, qualitative methodologies, and applied health research

Equity, inclusion, and meaningful patient and public involvement (PPIE) underpin my work, ensuring that research is grounded in lived experience and leads to real‑world change. Examples include a nationally implemented COVID‑19 decision aid for family carers of people with dementia, and the development of the first UK clinical guidelines for palliative and supportive care in Creutzfeldt‑Jakob Disease. My research has informed NHS England pathways, shaped parliamentary briefings, and contributed to national policy on dementia and end‑of‑life care.

Publications

A systematic review of psychometric properties of tools measuring Quality of Death, Dying, and Care, Completed after Death https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40271-018-0328-2 

Context, mechanisms and outcomes in end of life care for people with advanced dementia https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-016-0103-x

A systematic review of expressive writing as a therapeutic intervention for people with advanced disease https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-019-0449-y

Supervision

I am subsidiary supervisor for Noura Rizk, Exploring the influence of ethnic background, culture and faith on perceptions towards advance care planning conversations with British Muslims, ESRC-White Rose Studentship.