Academic Appointment 
Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics,
Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics,
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
http://dehems.med.uoa.gr/

Interests

• Epidemiology of infectious diseases; COVID-19, HCV, HIV, HBV, influenza, hospital acquired infections
• Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases
• Interventions  for infectious diseases in key populations (people who inject drugs, prisoners, MSM)
• Serobehavioural surveys using Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS)
• Social networks 

Research projects
Current projects

• A seek-test-treat community-based program for infectious diseases (HIV, HCV) among people who inject drugs in Athens 2024-2024 (ARISTOTLE 2024-2025)
• A project assessing social contacts and age mixing of the population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
• Estimating all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the population of people who inject drugs in Greece
• Estimating the population size of people who inject drugs in Greece

Other past projects 

• A seek-test-treat community-based program for infectious diseases (HIV, HCV, HBV) among people who inject drugs in Thessaloniki, 2019-2021 (ALEXANDROS)
• A seek-test-treat community-based program for infectious diseases (HIV, HCV, HBV) among people who inject drugs in Athens, 2018-2020 (ARISTOTLE HCV-HIV)
• A project aiming to investigate the HIV and hepatitis C epidemics in the population of people who inject drugs in Greece (funded by the Partnership Agreement for the Development Framework 2014-2020)
• A project aiming to assess HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Athens during the  period following the HIV outbreak (2014-2019)
• A project assessing injection networks of people who inject drugs in Athens
• Principal investigator of a program for screening and linkage to care for HIV, HCV, HBV & TB in a Greek prison
• Co-PI of ARISTOTLE program during the HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs in Athens, Greece
• Co-investigator in multiple projects on infectious diseases in key populations, health examination surveys etc
• Co-investigator in NIH funded projects on HIV among key populations

European/International collaborative projects

• Working group on HIV outbreaks among people who use drugs in Europe and North America

• Working group on the  European Questionnaire on Drug Use among People living in prison (EQDP)

Professional and Scientific Societies/Committees:

• Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Union Drugs Agency (2024-2028)
• Member of the the national committee of experts for COVID-19.
• President (2019-2020), Vice-President (2017-2018) and Secretary (2013-2016) of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (http://www.iscb.info/)
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the National Public Health Organisation (EODY)
• Member of the Steering Committee for the implementation of the Hellenic National Plan for hepatitis C elimination 
• Member of the Advisory Group for the development of the Hellenic National Plan for hepatitis C elimination 
• Chair of the working group on people who inject drugs and prisoners for the National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS

Teaching

• Biostatistics in undergraduate students (Medical School, School of Dentistry, Department of Biology)
• Epidemiology in undergraduate students (Medical School)
• Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases in postgraduate students 
• Seminars in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Trials for professionals

Professional Education

• PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2005)
• MSc in Biometry, University of Reading, UK (1994)
• BSc in Mathematics, Dept. of Mathematics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (1993)
  
  
• Short course on “Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases”, Imperial College, UK (2007)

Expert meetings

I have participated as expert in expert panels/meetings/workshops organised by CDC, EMCDDA, WHO/Europe and ECDC