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Dr Oindrila Dutta is an Assistant Professor/ Lecturer at the University of Greenwich since 2022. Her PhD, completed in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2020, employed a mixed-methods approach to systematically understand the lived experience of parents of children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses and developed an online narrative intervention titled NeW-I (Narrative e-Writing Intervention) to support their quality of life, enhance their sense of well-being and reduce caregiver burden. Her PhD was preceded by a Masters in Counselling and Guidance at the National Institute of Education, Singapore in 2016, and a Bachelors in Psychology from St. Xaviers’ College, Mumbai, India in 2014. She is also a certified Thanatologist by the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC).
Dr Dutta has published research on improving psycho-emotional well-being of patients and families facing illness, disability, end-of-life and mortality, as well as enhancing dignity in end-of-life care, the role of patients’ autonomy and decision-making in end-of-life care and the importance of compassion within the realm of grief and loss. To carry out studies to this end, she has secured funding in the capacity of a Co-Investigator from national funding bodies such as the Temasek Foundation Innovates’ Singapore Millennium Foundation Grant and the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Grant. Dr Dutta also spent a brief period coordinating the operational, administrative, management and financial activities of the largest European Commission funded health research grant to ever be led by an Irish university - SHAPES (Smart and Health Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems) - a project valued at €21 million and comprising a consortium of 36 partners across 14 European countries.
In recognition of her work, Dr Dutta has received numerous commendations including the Edie Stark-Shirley Scott Early Career Award (2022) and the Best Cross-Cultural Student Paper Award (2019) by the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), a Special Mention for the Graduate College Research Excellence Award by Nanyang Technological University (2021), the Dean’s Commendation for Research by the National Institute of Education, Singapore (2017) - to name a few. Dr Dutta’s research has also featured in the media (including Temasek Foundation, Singapore’s Annual Report and Our Better World Singapore’s website) for its novelty and relevance to local contexts.