In a ceremony that took place at the Zappeion Lyceum in Constantinople, on Friday 16 2025, Dr. Aikaterini Niforou was awarded the “Stathis Arseniadis” Scholarship in the context of the PeopleCert’s Scholarship Program “Honouring our teachers from Constantinople” with the support of the Ecumenical Federation of Constantinopolitans. Dr. Niforou, MD,...
Welcome to the website of the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. On this website we invite you to learn about Medical Education provided by the Department, the Department’s contribution in the field of Public Health and the research activities of the Special Research and Diagnostic Units.
The Department offers programs for undergraduate students of the Medical School and of the School of Dentistry, the Faculty of Biology and the Faculty of Pharmacy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Additionally, there are programs offered for postgraduate students, prospective health officers, who receive special training in order to understand methodological research issues in order to consider the broader needs of the population following the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and evidence-based scientific data. Similar specialized courses are offered to staff and to lead research groups and public health bodies.
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The Department
The Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics was founded in 1933. At present it forms part of the Sector of Social Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurology, of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School. The Department is active in education, research and specific diagnosis in the areas of Epidemiology, Research Methodology, Preventive Medicine, Public Health, Medical Statistics and Occupational Medicine, as well as in more specialized areas developed within the Special Research and Diagnostic Units.
News
Prof. Anastasia Kotanidou receives the “Dimitrios Trichopoulos Award of Exceptional Service to NKUA, Medicine and the Society”
The ceremony of the Annual Faculty Awards of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) took place at the NKUA Aula Magna on Tuesday, April 8 2025. Following a unanimous decision by the NKUA Senate, the Award for Exceptional Service to NKUA and the Society to be presented to...
Scholarship for short-term mobility to the United Kingdom awarded to PhD candidate Ms. Vasiliki Engeli
Ms. Vasiliki Engeli, PhD candidate in the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics (DHEMS), School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), has been awarded a short-term scholarship in the framework of the Program “Greek-British Cooperation on Short-term Scholarships-4th Cycle”. The program is organized by the State...
Scholarship awarded to Dr. Evangelia Georgia Kostaki, Special Teaching Staff member, for the International Scientific conference “CROI 2025”, USA
Dr. Evangelia Georgia Kostaki, a member of the Special Teaching Staff of our Department, presented an innovative study on investigating the source of infection for people living with HIV with different stages of diagnosis at the International Scientific Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2025 (CROI 2025), held in San...
The 1st Intense course on «Clinical Epidemiology: from Theory to Application» has been successfully completed
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...
Harvard Professor Albert Hofman receives the title of doctor honoris causa of the NKUA’s School of Medicine
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...