Galia Rybitskaya

Art director and designer

Galia runs her design studio in North London. Her professional experience is in communication design specializing in concept & identity development for cultural and commercial sectors. She also maintains her own artist’s practice with focus on heuristic research and experimental communication.

She is presently focused on bringing evidence-based research from independent and academic sources to wider audiences through the public domain. More specifically, she is interested in working with research that directly addresses societal functioning, planetary well-being and the links between the human-constructed environment and the natural world.

She draws on years of experience in art, design, and communication to create visual and verbal narratives that explore the impacts of human activity upon its local and global surroundings.

Basak Tas, PhD

Research Fellow

As a Research Fellow at the National Addiction Centre of King’s College London, Basak is committed to advancing our understanding of opioid use, with a particular focus on reducing opioid-related morbidity and mortality. Her research utilises a diverse array of methodologies, including experimental, observational, and qualitative approaches.

Her work in studying heroin overdose involves carefully controlled experimental studies where participants self-administer pharmaceutical-grade diamorphine (heroin). Through precise physiological and psychological measurements, she seeks to unravel critical factors commonly associated with overdose risk. 

In addition to this, she is at the forefront of testing innovative wearable technologies designed to detect and respond to opioid overdose events. By conducting observational studies, experimental trials, and acceptability assessments, she evaluates the potential of these devices to improve early and accurate detection of opioid overdoses and respiratory depression in chronic opioid users.

Basak strives to develop interventions that not only enhance scientific knowledge but also have a meaningful impact on public health, ultimately helping to save lives.