Sofia is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London.

Sofia is currently working on BUILD2Depot (Buprenorphine Induction Low-Dose to Depot: development of safe rapid transfer to depot medication and Go/No-Go testing of the potential for remote community-based monitoring). BUILD2Depot is an NIHR-funded Phase II study investigating the feasibility and acceptability of low-dose buprenorphine induction and remote community-based monitoring.

Prior to this, Sofia was a Research Fellow on ProACTIVE (Programme of Research for Alcohol Care Teams: Impact, Value and Effectiveness) at the University of Southampton (2024–2025). She has also contributed to evidence reviews and dissemination strategies with organisations including Public Health England (PHE)/Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP), and the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA).

Between 2020 and 2024, Sofia completed her PhD at King’s College London. Her thesis “Acceptability and feasibility of contingency management to promote treatment engagement in comorbid alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease” involved a collaboration between the Department of Addictions, the Alcohol Care Team, and the Institute of Liver Studies (King’s College Hospital). In 2024, Sofia received the Early Career Investigator Award from the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcohol and Addictions (ISBRA) in recognition of her PhD research.

Sofia completed an MSc in Addiction Studies at King’s College London (2020). Her MSc project involved a systematic review examining the effects of vaping on smoking cessation and reduction. She holds a BSc in Neuroscience from Queen Mary University of London (2019).

Research Interests

• Alcohol-related liver disease
• Comorbidity in addiction
• Health inequalities and social determinants of health
• Person-centred interventions in substance use treatment
• Co-production of interventions in healthcare
• Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement
• Mixed-methods research