The 1st Intense course on «Clinical Epidemiology: from Theory to Application» was successfully completed on October 25, 2024. The course was conducted in the context of the MoU signed on December 2023 by Harvard University and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). The MoU formalizes the longstanding collaboration between the Departments of Epidemiology…
Albert Hofman, Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, was awarded the title of doctor honoris causa of the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The award ceremony took place on Wednesday, 23 October…
Professor Vana Sypsa has been appointed to serve as member of the Scientific Committee of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) for a four-year term (2024-2028). The task of the Scientific Committee is to assist the Management Board and the Director of the EUDA by delivering an opinion on any scientific matter concerning the Centre’s…
A multicenter, multinational study was published in The Lancet HIV, led by Assistant Professor Nikolaos Pantazis of the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). The study investigated weight changes after the initiation of antiretroviral therapy in people living with HIV and the relationship of…
A programmatic agreement on the Greek “National Action Plan for HIV” was signed on March 13, 2024 between the Greek Ministry of Health and the National Retrovirus Reference Center (NRRC) of the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics (DHEMS), in the presence of the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Prof.…
Between 13-15 February 2024, a transformative initiative aimed at preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the Joint Action on cancer and other non-communicable disease prevention project (JA PreventNCD), was launched in Oslo Norway. The project is co-funded by the European Union with a total budget of 95.5 million EUR, representing 20% of the EU’s total health budget. …
The 45th Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB) will be held in July 21-25, 2024 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The conference is addressed to statisticians, epidemiologists, clinicians and members of other disciplines working or interested in the field of clinical biostatistics,. The Chairs of the Organizing and Scientific Programme Committees of the…
The Rector of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Professor Gerasimos Siasos, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Harvard University and NKUA. The MoU was signed by Professor Jane J. Kim, Dean at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) and Professor Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Dean at the NKUA…