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CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Department: Public Health
Laboratory: Clinical Epidemiology
Director: Marianna Diomidous, Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health, Director of the Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health
Secretariat / Communication responsible: Konstantinos Chardalias, PhD (c) of Public Health and Health Policy, Assistant to the Associate Professor, In-Charge Secretariat to the Office of the Associate Professor

Laboratory Contact Details

Room / Building

  • 123 Papadiamantopoulou Building, Old-Amphitheatre and New-Amphitheatre
  • Theory-Hall 1st Floor
  • Multimedia Health-Informatics Laboratory Ground Floor
  • Laboratory of Nursing E-Learning 1st Floor

General Description

The main purpose of the Laboratory is the Theoretical and Practical Training in the field of Clinical Epidemiology as well as the Analysis and Investigation of Multiple Issues Concerning Public Health and Scientific Research and Scientific Assessment on Public Health Issues.

Participation in Conferences, Seminars and Workshops and Evaluation of Public Health Programs.

Laboratory Staff

Laboratory Courses (undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum) - taught in the laboratory

Introduction to Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Public Health, Public Health and Social Identifiers in Health

Infrastructure

  • Associate’s Professors Office-No.9 1st Floor
  • Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health (Old Amphitheatre and New Amphitheatre, Nursing Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

Laboratory Research Activities

  • PH-ELIM (Enhancement of study programs in Public Health Law, Health Management, Health Economics and Health Informatics in Montenegro). Enhancement of study programs in Public Health Law, Health Management, Health Economics and Health Informatics in Montenegro (PH-ELIM)” is an Erasmus + project fostering cooperation among Institutes and Universities in Germany, Montenegro, Greece, Austria and Hungary. Key project goals are to enhance and modernize the educational system in ME in accordance with common EU best practices, provide education of public health professionals at all levels making them highly competent to support nation in creating sustainable and flexible healthcare system, deliver effective healthcare services and protect citizens against health threats, all by cost-effective and straightforward approach.
  • RN4CAST (Registered Nurse Forecasting). Organizations who participated in RN4CAST gathered data from nursing staff, asking about characteristics of the nursing job. These data have been explored in terms of health outcomes and patient satisfaction. Aim of this multicenter study was to examine the nursing profile and the way nursing job is related to health outcomes, in European context. 
  • COASTWATCH (Leader of this European Programme for the Epidemiological Study of the Environmental Pollution).
  • Hellenic Central Health Council-KESY (Scientific Manager on the Epidemiological Study concerning the Contraceptive’s Use by the Greek General Population).
  • Hellenic Central Health Council-KESY (Scientific Manager of a Scientific Program for the Development of an Information Guide regarding Health-Services to HIV-Patients).
  • UNE CIA Scientific Manager of a Program concerning the Public Information and the Protection of Public Health for AIDS in Collaboration with a Consortium of English/UK Universities.
  • ΙΤ-EDUCTRA Scientific Consultant into a Scientific Program for the Development of an Educational Logismic for the Training of Health-Care Professionals.
  • Kapodistrias Programme Informatics Program for the Epidemiological Study of The Farmer’s Primary Health-Care (Scientific Coordinator).
  • TELENURSING (Research Program for the Codification of Nursing Practices A  General Architecture for Medical Experts Systems

Publications

  • Zimeras S., Diomidous M. Survival Models in Computer Virus. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2018;251:320-322.
  • Karampela I., Tzortzis E., Nikolopoulos M., Dalamaga M., Diomidous M., Armaganidis A. A Hospital Information System Application May Facilitate Staff Compliance with Quality Protocols in a Medical Unit: A Case Study. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2018;251:203-206.
  • Bizopoulou A., Mangita A., Chardalias C., Koutonias P., Diomidous M. Health Professionals Information for Diagnostics Related Groups (DRGs) with the Use of a Website. Acta Inform Med. 2017 Sep;25(3):195-197
  • Chardalias K., Magnita A., Andrianopoulos C., Koutonias P., Kefaliakos A., Diomidous M. Continuous Education in Community Nursing with the Use of Health Informatics. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017;238:269-271.
  • Pistolis J., Zimeras S., Chardalias K., Roupa Z., Fildisis G., Diomidous M. Investigation of the Impact of Extracting and Exchanging Health Information by Using Internet and Social Networks. Acta Inform Med. 2016 Jun;24(3):197-201.