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January 2014
CURICULUM VITAE
ANNA PAPA-KONIDARI
Professor of Medicine, AUTH
LAST NAME : PAPA – KONIDARI
FIRST NAME : ANNA
Date of Birth: January 1, 1956
Citizenship: Greek
Address: A' Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124,
Thessaloniki, Greece
Phone: +30 2310 999006
FAX: +30 2310 999151
E-mail address: [email protected]
Education
1980: Diploma in Medicine. Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
1984: Specialisation (qualification) in Microbiology-Biopathology.
1996: MD Thesis, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece.
Positions
2012-today: Professor of Microbiology in the Dept. of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2002-today: Head of Molecular Diagnostics and Special Viral Pathogens lab. Head of the National
Reference Centre for Arboviruses.
2008-2012: Associate Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2002-2008: Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
1994-2002: Senior scientist at the Dept. of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki (main field: hemorrhagic fevers) and at the National AIDS Reference Laboratory of
Northern Greece.
1985-2002: Biopathologist at the Hospital of IKA, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1980-1981: County doctor, General Hospital of Veria, Greece.
Work and collaboration with other laboratories
1991-1992: Laboratory of Bacteriology, Infectious Diseases Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece (6 months)
1994: Laboratory of Food Hygiene, Veterinary School, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
(1 year)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, at the Special Pathogens
Department, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases.
Central Public Health Laboratory of London, UK.
Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Robert-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Collaboration also with laboratories in Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Czech Republic.
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Languages
Greek (mother tongue)
English (Regency Diploma in English, Advanced Level)
German (Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache)
Projects
Partner in 4 European projects (2 FP6, 2 FP7), Coordinator in 10 National projects. Advisor at 2 FP7
projects.
Member in Scientific Society Boards (up to present)
 General Secretary in the International Society on Hantaviruses.
 Member of the Steering Committee of the ‘European Network of Imported Viral Diseases’
(ENIVD).
 Vice President of Hellenic Society of Virology.
Member of Scientific Societies
Member of Medical Society of Northern Greece.
Member of Hellenic Society of Microbiology.
Member of Hellenic Society of Virology.
Member of Microbiological Society of Thessaloniki.
Member of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Member of European Society of Virology.
Member of German-Greek Academy for Biomedical Research.
Member of Greek Society of Study and Control of AIDS.
Conferences
Chair of the VIII International Conference on HFRS, HPS and Hantaviruses (2010).
Participation in more than 100 conferences as lecturer, chair, or member of the scientific or organizing
board.
Prizes
8 prizes in National Congresses, 1 in a European Congress.
Invited speaker
In many National and International conferences
Reviewer in 25 scientific journals (Emerging Infectious Diseases, Eurosurveillance, Journal of Medical
Virology, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Archives of Virology, Vector-Borne and
Zoonotic Diseases, Trends of Parasitology, Journal of General Virology, etc).
Reviewer for Universities and Organisations
· 6th Framework program of the EC
· French National Research Agency
· Medical Research Council of South Africa
Other activities
Representative of Greece as European Networking Officer in EDCTP (European & Developing
Countries Clinical Trial Partnership), evaluator of SSA and STREP projects in the 6th Frame Programme
of EC
Member of the Education committee of AUTH in European education issues.
Publications
Books: 2 chapters in an English book, chapters in 3 Greek books, 6 chapters in seminar books.
In international journals listed in PubMed: 158 articles.
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In Greek journals: 40 articles.
Presentations in 50 International and 100 National Conferences.
Impact Factor: 592.
Citations: 2135.
H-index: 23