Constantine Bougioukas

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Hygiene,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Email: mpougioukas(@)auth.gr

Biography

Konstantinos I. Bougioukas was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He is a research methodologist and a supporter of open and reproducible science. He holds a BSc in Physics, a BSc in Physical Education and Sport Science (excellence award as first graduate), an MSc in Statistics and Modeling and an MSc in Medical Research Methodology from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th.). He specializes in methods for overviews of reviews and completed his PhD at Medical School of A.U.Th.

At present he is a Teaching Assistant and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Hygiene, Social-Preventive Medicine and Medical Statistics at Medical School of A.U.Th. He is working on improving the reliability and reporting of medical research as a meta-researcher. His interests include medical research methodology, data visualization, and data analysis with R computer language.

Athanasios Chatzisotiriou

Associate Professor in Physiology, Medical School
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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Telephone: +30 2310.999693
Email: achatzisot(@)med.auth.gr

Biography

Dr Chatzisotiriou was born in Thessaloniki. He completed his basic medical training (M.D.) in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1995, receiving an award by the Hellenic State Institute of Scholarships for all academic years. His PhD thesis was performed in the Laboratory of Physiology of the Medical School in the same university, with the experimental study of the “Effect of spinal cord transection on the lower motoneurons”, completed and defended in 2003.

He completed his residency in neurosurgery in the neurosurgical department of AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki in 2005. He was then trained in functional and stereotactic neurosurgery (treatment of epilepsy, movement disorders, pain etc.) in the Neurosurgical Department of the University Hospital of Lausanne in Switzerland from 2005-2007, initially as an Assistant and later as a Chef de Clinique Adjoint.

Since 2007, he is involved in teaching Physiology and Neurophysiology in undergraduate and postgraduate students.

In November 2009, he was elected Lecturer in the Department of Physiology of the Medical School of Aristotle University and was appointed in this position in January 2012. He was then Assistant Professor (non-tenure) in 2016 and Assistant Professor (tenure) in 2019.

His research interests include the study of spinal cord injuries and the neuromuscular interactions following peripheral nerve injury.

Themistoklis Diamantopoulos

Post-Doctoral Researcher of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Email: thdiaman@auth.gr

Biography

Themistoklis Diamantopoulos works as a post-doctoral researcher on Data Mining and Software Engineering. He has a Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh. Furthermore, he has received his PhD in the field of applying Data Mining techniques on Software Engineering data at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has worked as a research associate in the Informatics and Telematics Institute (ITI) of Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (CERTH) and currently works at the Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering Labgroup (ISSEL). His research interests include the areas of Data Mining, Software Engineering, Software Quality, and Machine Learning. He has participated in multiple EU-funded and national research projects (eCOMPASS, S-CASE, SEAF, VITAL) both as a researcher and as an active software engineer. Personal website: https://thdiaman.github.io/

Elisavet Georgiou

Assistant Professor of Medical Biochemistry
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

 

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Telephone: +30 2310 999171
email: elgeorgiou@auth.gr

Biography

Elisavet Georgiou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. She obtained her MD at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Early during her studies she showed an interest in molecular mechanisms of disease and later, during the PhD studies, more specifically in epigenetics. Following her residency in Haematology, she worked as a post- doc researcher in the Centre for Hematology, Imperial College London, with special interest in epigenetic modifications in inherited GPI deficiency and other red blood cell disorders, with the support of the Foundation of the Greek Haematology Society. After working as a consultant in the Haematology Department in ‘Papageorgiou’ Hospital, Thessaloniki, she moved to the Department of Biological Chemistry in the Medical School of Aristotle University. She is currently Assistant Professor of Medical Biochemistry and her research interests lie in the field of epigenetic control of gene expression in human disease (neoplastic and non-neoplastic).

Thomas Karagiannis

Internal Medicine Physician, MD, MSc, PhD

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Email: tkaragian(@)auth.gr                                                              http://cebm.med.auth.gr/?page_id=962                            https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Karagiannis-2

Biography

Dr. Thomas Karagiannis earned his basic medical degree (MD) in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and completed his training in Internal Medicine at Ippokratio General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

In 2010, Dr. Karagiannis obtained an MSc degree in Medical Research Methodology with high grades from Aristotle University Thessaloniki, and in 2016 he obtained an MSc degree in International Health Technology Assessment, Pricing and Reimbursement at the University of Sheffield, UK. In 2018, he concluded his doctoral thesis in the field of diabetes at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher and Academic Affiliate at the Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Dr. Karagiannis has co-authored several articles published in high impact factor journals and has teaching experience in undergraduate (Evidence-Based Medicine, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics) and postgraduate (Clinical Research Methodology, Systematic Reviews, Qualitative Research) courses. His main research interests include knowledge synthesis and meta-research, qualitative and mixed-methods research, and evidence-based clinical decision making in diabetes.

Aris Liakos

Assistant Professor of Medicine & Evidence-Based Practice

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Email: arliakos(@)auth.gr
Website: http://cebm.med.auth.gr/?page_id=939

Biography

Aris Liakos holds a primary appointment as Assistant Professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He also works as a hospital-based physician Consultant in Internal Medicine at Ippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece and serves as an elected member of the Executive Board of the Hellenic Association for the Study and Education of Diabetes Mellitus.

Dr. Liakos was born in 1988 and primarily qualified as a doctor from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2012 achieving the third highest admission score in the national central examination process. In 2010 during his undergraduate studies he attended classes as visiting student at Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2014 he also obtained an MSc degree in Medical Research Methodology with high grades from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki supported by a post-graduate scholarship from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation. Since 2012 he has been working as a research fellow at Clinical Research & Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. As part of his PhD degree he successfully coordinated a multicentre, investigator-initiated randomised controlled trial in the field of Diabetes (Grade: Excellent with Distinction).

Dr. Liakos has developed strong quantitative skills in evidence synthesis of healthcare interventions including network meta-analyses and systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies and has co-authored several articles published in high impact factor journals with over 2,500 citations (Google Scholar h-index 20). He has also contributed in the design and conduct of several research projects supported by the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD).

Dr. Liakos has received formal training in Indirect and Mixed Treatment Comparisons from the Universities of Leicester and Bristol as well as in Statistics for Clinical Trials from the University of Oxford, UK. Dr. Liakos was recently certified as Level 2 guideline panel methodologist after attending the International Guideline Credentialing and Certification (INGUIDE) programme organised by the Guidelines International Network in collaboration with McMaster University, Canada. Dr. Liakos teaches a number of courses at under- and post-graduate level including Internal Medicine, Advanced Life Support (Certified Instructor by the European Resuscitation Council), Evidence Based-Medicine, Clinical Research Methodology, How to write a paper, Clinical trials and Systematic Review and Meta-analysis and has been repeatedly honoured with prizes for excellence in teaching from Aristotle University.

Andigoni Malousi

Adjunct Lecturer in Bioinformatics at Lab. of Biological Chemistry,
Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

 

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Email: andigoni@auth.gr

Biography

Dr. Andigoni Malousi was born in Thessaloniki in 1975. In 1998 she graduated from the Informatics Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and she completed her MSc studies in Medical Informatics at the Medical School of AUTH. In 2008, she received her PhD in Bioinformatics from the Medical School of AUTH. She pursued her Post-doc at the Institute of Applied Biosciences of the Center for Research & Technology Hellas (INAB/CERTH) and from 2013 to 2015 she worked in Paris as Research Engineer at the Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Unit of the Translational Neurosciences Institute in the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital. She has worked as research assistant in EU research projects and served as remote evaluator and central panel reviewer of HORIZON 2020 research proposals.

From 2016 she works as Bioinformatics teaching staff at the Lab. of Biological Chemistry of the Medical School, and she is responsible for two undergraduate elective courses in Bioinformatics at the Medical School and Pharmacy School of AUTH. She is also coordinator of the “Bioinformatics” course and the “Programming tools and applications in -omics technologies” at the MSc program in Precision Medicine.

Dr. Malousi is co-author of >30 peer-reviewed journal papers and >40 articles published in book series and conference proceedings. She has been a reviewer in 17 international journals and member of the student Editorial Board of the Methods of Information in Medicine. Her research interests are in the fields of computational genomics, high-throughput -omics data analysis and predictive modelling.

Gesthimani Mintziori

Reader, Medical School
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Email: gefsi(@)auth.gr

Biography

Gesthimani Mintziori is an Endocrinologist, currently working as a Reader in Aristotle University School of Medicine (AUSoM). Immediately after receiving her Medical Degree (AUSoM, 2004) she received her M.Sc. Degree (Medical Research Methodology, AUSoM 2006). In 2014 she completed her PhD with distinction (AUSoM). In 2019-2021 she was awarded with scholarship for her post-doc research by the State Scholarship’s Foundation (IKY). She has completed her residency in Endocrinology at the Department of Endocrinology, Ippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki and is now working as an Endocrinologist and as a faculty member (Reader) in the English-speaking  AUSoM.

Gesthimani Mintziori is an author of many peer-reviewed articles, her works have received awards in European and International Congresses and in 2016 she was awarded as “International Endocrine Scholar” by the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE). She is a Senior Editor, Reviewer and a Review Editor in many peer-reviewed journals in the fields of endocrinology and reproduction. She participates as a tutor at the pre- and post-graduate curriculum of the AUSoM. She was a founding member and a co-Chair of the European Young Endocrine Scientists, the official representative body of young Endocrinologists within the ESE. She is now a member of ESE Early Career Taskforce and ESE focus group member on Reproductive Endocrinology. In 2021 she was a member of ESE Guidelines group on “Pituitary Adenomas and Pregnancy” and European Thyroid Association (ETA) Guideline on “Thyroid function and Assisted Reproduction”.

 

Michail Papamichail

Post-Doctoral Researcher of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Email: mpapamic@issel.ee.auth.gr

Biography

Michail Papamichail is an Electrical and Computer Engineer graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. During his studies, he was selected by the University of California, Irvine for a paid internship position after a worldwide call, while he has also worked as an Oracle RPAS solution consultant (Veltio LLC) where his main duties involved designing and implementing large systems for demand forecasting. He is currently a PhD candidate and also works as a research associate at the Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering Labgroup (ISSEL) under the supervision of Dr. Andreas Symeonidis, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His PhD topic lies in the area of software quality and in specific it refers to the application of artificial intelligence and data mining techniques for assessing the maintainability degree of software. As a research associate, he has worked in multiple EU-funded (Mobile-Age) and national research projects (EERIS, Tektrain) as well as in private sector research projects (CIA). In addition, he works as a teaching assistant for “Pattern Recognition” course. Finally, he currently holds the position of chief technology officer (CTO) in the newly founded company Cyclopt, which aims at providing innovative solutions in the area of software quality as-a-service.

Paschalis Paschos

Consultant in Gastroenterology, MD, MSc, Doctoral Research Fellow

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Email: paschosp@auth.gr, pashospas@hotmail.com

Biography

Paschalis Paschos was qualified at the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2002 and was trained in Gastroenterology at AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece (2010-2014). In 2009, he earned his MSc degree in Medical Research Methodology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Since 2012 he has been working as a research fellow at Clinical Research & Evidence Medicine Unit, Aristotle University Thessaloniki. He participates as tutor in undergraduate and postgraduate courses of Evidence-Based Medicine. He has participated in the Greek translation of Evidence-Based Medicine, How to practice and teach EBM, 3rd Edition. He has co-authored several peer-reviewed articles and one book chapter. His main research interests include evidence synthesis of healthcare interventions (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) and diagnostic test accuracy studies. Currently, he is carrying out a network meta-analysis as PhD candidate in the field of Gastroenterology.