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WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition and Health participated in the online training course on Noncommunicable Diseases coordinated by WHO European Office

From left to right: Prof. V. Benetou and Prof. A Naska The WHO Collaborating Center (CC) for Nutrition and Health at the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, participated in the online training course «Training Course on Noncommunicable Diseases 2022– Surveillance, Implementation and Evaluation» coordinated by the WHO European Office for the Prevention and…

EFSA and the Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics join forces to manage and advance the methodology of the national Dietary Surveys in the EU

From left to right: K. Niforou, E. Valanou, N. Koffas and Prof. A Naska The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), following a competitive procedure, assigned to the Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics (DEHEMS) the management of data collected through national dietary surveys in the EU Member States (MS) and Associated Countries (rf. The…

Invited lecture of Assoc Prof. Evi Samoli at Yale University

How to Communicate Data in a Pandemic

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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”…

Lecture “The use of mathematics in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic”

On Wednesday, July 15th 2020 (01:15 pm), Vana Sypsa (Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Medical Statistics, Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) will give a lecture on the topic “The use of mathematics in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic” in a seminar organised by the Department of Mathematics…

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…