Webinar “COVIC-19 Vaccines: Moving Forward”

On 15th January 2021, a live broadcasted webinar on “COVIC-19 Vaccines:Moving Forward” was attended by a large audience of public health professionals and students. Faculty members of the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, as members also of the Hellenic Forum of Public Health and Social Medicine, served in the organizing committee and contributed…

Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (ELIDEK) Funding of project evaluated as class A by the European Research Council

The research project entitled “Functionality and Activity of Human Endogenous Retrovirus K” which was granted an A score by the European Research Council (ERC) will be funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (ELIDEK) under the call for proposals “Aen Aristevein – Theodoros Papazoglou”. This call provides bridge-funding for project proposals graded “A”…

WHO “Regional workshop on advancing implementation science on HIV and viral hepatitis in eastern Europe and Central Asia”

On February 10-11 2020, a “Regional workshop on advancing implementation science on HIV and viral hepatitis in eastern Europe and Central Asia” was organised by WHO in Berlin, Germany. . Dr. Vana Sypsa, Assoc. Professor at the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics participated as an invited speaker and gave a lecture on the…

WHO organized European Conference on Screening

On February 11 an 12 2020 a European Conference on Screening was organized by WHO in UN City, Copenhagen, Denmark. The Greek Ministry of Health was represented by Prof. P. D. Lagiou and V. Benetou of the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics. During the meeting, issues regarding the organisation and evaluation of screening…

Participation of the Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics in the 2nd International Meeting on Teaching Epidemiology

On January 21-22 2020, the 2nd International Meeting on Teaching Epidemiology was organised in Zurich, Switzeland by the Institute of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention of the University of Zurich. The 2nd Meeting was a follow up of the June 2018 1st International Meeting on Teaching Epidemiology, which defined 31 core competencies for academic epidemiologists. The…

Researchers at the Dept. of Hygiene conduct full-genome evolutionary analysis of the novel corona virus (2019-nCoV)

A study conducted at the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics (DHEMS) of the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), provided a full-genome evolutionary analysis of the novel coronoa virus (2019-nCoV), responsible for the recent epidemic which initiated in Wuhan, China. The results of the study suggest that the 2019-nCoV…

Event in memoriam of Christina Bamia

One year after the passing of Assoc. Prof. Christina Bamia, the MSc Program on Biostatistics organizes an in memoriam event on December 16, 2019, 16:00-18:00, at the Amphitheater of Physiology in the premises of the School of Medicine. Attached you may find the invitation by the Director of the MSc program, Prof. Klea Katsouyanni with…