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ELENA RIZA

Epidemiologist- Public Health Specialist
Special Research and Teaching Staff
Dept Hygiene, Epidemiology & Medical Statistics
School of Medicine, N.K.U.A.

Dr Elena Riza is a trained Epidemiologist and Public Health Specialist holding a Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH) from the University of Dundee (Scotland-UK), a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM- University of London-UK) and a Master’s degree in Global Health & Disaster Medicine from the Medical School NKUA.

Moreover, she holds a Diploma in Forced Migration from the Refugee Studies Centre- (University of Oxford), a certificate in Health in Humanitarian Crises from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London-UK), a certificate in Bioethics from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in cooperation with Johns Hopkins University- USA and a certificate in the Principles of Ethics and Personal leadership from NAEMT- USA (National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians).

She teaches in the Undergraduate medical degree modules “Epidemiology & Research Methodology”, “Preventive Medicine and Public Health”. She is the coordinator and lead instructor of the elective module “Occupational Medicine” which focuses on the assessment of the interrelation between exposure to potential risk factors in the workplace on human health.

She coordinates and teaches in the postgraduate programme: “Occupational, environmental and pharmaceutical risk assessment and management” of the Medical School, NKUA. She is a core management team member of the postgraduate programme “Global Health and Disaster Medicine” of the Medical School NKUA teaching Epidemiology, Research Methodology, Public Health, Environmental Health, and Health promotion.

She supervises a number of research projects and dissertations, and she participates in several public health interventions, humanitarian activities addressing mainly vulnerable population groups focusing on female cancer prevention, health literacy, chronic disease prevention and management.

She has a large number of publications in peer-reviewed journals, she is the author of chapters in textbooks, and she participates in many scientific meeting and conferences both in Greece and abroad. She is α fluent speaker in 5 languages, member of the Greek Association of Médecins sans Frontières and she is a reviewer in many scientific journals.

 

Indicative list of scientific publications

A full list of scientific publications is available in PubMed central www.ncbi.nih.gov/pubmed and in Scopus database https://www.scopus.com/

  • Riza, E., Nassi, M., Kostares, E., Lazarou, E. (2023). Empowering the Academic Community Towards a Sustainable Environment in the Post-pandemic Period. In: Leal Filho, W., Dinis, M.A.P., Moggi, S., Price, E., Hope, A. (eds) SDGs in the European Region. Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91261-1_33-1
  • Al-Qadi M, Al-Hussami M, Riza E, Athamnah E, Shehadeh J, Kleisiaris C, Almegewly WH, Karavasileiadou S. Indicators of Healthcare Services Utilization among the Syrian Refugee Population in Jordan: An Observational Study. Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Feb 7;11(4):478. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11040478.
  • Nassi, M, Riza, E, Bouziani, E. (2023). Sustainably Driven Telemedicine for Chronic Illness Patient Satisfaction: Pre and Post Pandemic. In book: SDGs in the European Region Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives (pp.1-14). DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-91261-1_99-1
  • Karnaki, P., Katsas, K., Diamantis, D.V., Riza, E., Rosen, M.S., Antoniadou, M., Gil-Salmerón, A., Grabovac, I., Linou, A. Dental Health, Caries Perception and Sense of Discrimination among Migrants and Refugees in Europe: Results from the Mig-HealthCare Project (2022) Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12 (18), art. no. 9294, DOI: 10.3390/app12189294
  • Riza, E., Lazarou, A., Karnaki, P., Zota, D., Nassi, M., Kantzanou, M., Linos, A. Using an IT‐based algorithm for health promotion in temporary settlements to improve migrant and refugee health (2021) Healthcare (Switzerland), 9 (10), art. no. 1284, DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9101284
  • Riza, E., Kakalou, E., Nitsa, E., Hodges-Mameletzis, I., Goggolidou, P., Terzidis, A., Cardoso, E., Puchner, K.P., Solomos, Z., Pikouli, A., Stoupa, E.-P., Kakalou, C., Karamagioli, E., Pikoulis, E. Appraisal of a contact tracing training program for COVID-19 in Greece focusing on vulnerable populations (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (17), art. no. 9257. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18179257
  • Kolomvotsou AI, Riza E. Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Refugee and Migrant Patients in a Primary Healthcare Setting in Greece: A Pilot Intervention. Epidemiologia. 2021; 2(1):14-26. DOI: 10.3390/epidemiologia2010002.
  • Public Policies, “One Health,” and Global Inequalities Under the COVID-19 Lens. Tsani, Stella & Riza, Elena & Tsiamagka, Panagiota & Nassi, Margarita.In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Özuyar P., Wall T. (Eds) Reduced Inequalities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham, (2021). ISBN: 978-3-319-71060-0.DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71060-0_130-1.
  • Riza, E., Karakosta, A., Tsiampalis, T., Lazarou, D., Karachaliou, A., Ntelis, S., Karageorgiou, V., Psaltopoulou, T. Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions about cervical cancer risk, prevention and human papilloma virus (HPV) in vulnerable women in Greece (2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (18), art. no. 6892, pp. 1-20. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17186892
  • A Karakosta, E Riza. Increased vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV) in refugee women in humanitarian settings. Identifying the gaps. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience & Mental Health, 2020, Volume 3, Issue 2, p. 117-125 DOI:10.26386/obrela.v3i2.169
  • Bradby H, Lebano A, Hamed S, Gil-Salmerón A, Durá-Ferrandis E, Garcés-Ferrer J, Sherlaw W, Christova I, Karnaki P, Zota D and Riza E (2020) Policy Makers’, NGO, and Healthcare Workers’ Accounts of Migrants’ and Refugees’ Healthcare Access Across Europe—Human Rights and Citizenship Based Claims. Front. Sociol. 5:16. DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2020.00016
  • Riza E, Kalkman S, Coritsidis A, Koubardas S, Vassiliu S, Lazarou D, Karnaki P, Zota D, Kantzanou M, Psaltopoulou T, Linos A. Community-Based Healthcare for Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Literature Review of Best Practices. Healthcare (Basel). 2020 Apr 28;8(2):115. DOI: 10.3390/healthcare8020115.
  • Kakalou E, Riza E, Chalikias M, Voudouri N, Vetsika A, Tsiamis K, C Hoursoglou S, Terzidis A, Karamagioli E, Antypas T†, Pikoulis E “ Demographic and clinical characteristics of refugees seeking primary health care services in Greece in the period 2015-2016: A descriptive study”. Int Health 2018 Nov 1;10(6):421-429. DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihy042.
  • Karagiannis D, Deliveliotis C, Papadimitriou E, Riza E, Lykou A, Petralias A, Papatsoris A, Linos A Oral exposure to hexavalent chromium through drinking water and urologic morbidity in an industrial area of Greece. J Public Health 2015;23(5):249-55.

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