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
Current projects (Principal Investigator)
Other past projects
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
Current projects (Principal Investigator)
- Estimating all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the population of people who inject drugs in Greece
- A project assessing social contacts and the age mixing of the population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
- A seek-test-treat community-based program for infectious diseases (HIV, HCV, HBV) among people who inject drugs in Thessaloniki (ALEXANDROS)
- A seek-test-treat community-based program for infectious diseases (HIV, HCV, HBV) among people who inject drugs in Athens (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
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Working group on HIV outbreaks among people who use drugs in Europe and North America
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Working group on the European Questionnaire on Drug Use among People living in prison (EQDP)
Other past projects
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
I have participated as expert in expert panels/meetings/workshops organised by CDC, EMCDDA, WHO/Europe and ECDC