Dr. Mesinioti Polina

Dr Polina Mesinioti is a passionate sociolinguist about exploring how language and interaction shape healthcare experiences and outcomes. She works as a Research and Innovation Manager at DRAXIS Environmental and holds Visiting Researcher status at the University of York, where she previously worked as a Lead Researcher in the department of Health Sciences. Polina holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Warwick and an MA in Theoretical Linguistics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has taught across four institutions in the UK and Greece, delivering modules in linguistics, health sciences, qualitative methods, and psychology.