EDUCATION

1/03/2016-present:PhD candidate, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Thesis: “Prediction of future cardiovascular disease burden in Greece and evaluation of effectiveness of intervention strategies.”

09.2014-06.2017: MSc in Biostatistics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

09.2008-06.2013: BSc in Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

WORK EXPERIENCE

1/03/2016-present: Biostatistician , Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics. Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022: Conducting statistical analyses for multiple research projects and evaluating the appropriateness of statistical methods, making recommendations for alternative approaches as needed. Conducting data management and cleaning for large datasets Working collaboratively with research team members to prepare manuscripts for publication

Teaching Assistant

PUBLICATIONS

15. Kalpourtzi, N., Carpenter J., Touloumi G. (2023). Handling missing values in surveys with complex study design: a simulation study, Journal of Survey Statistics and methodology
14. Stergiou, G. S., Ntineri, A., Menti, A., Kalpourtzi, N., Vlachopoulos, C., Liberopoulos, E. N., … & Touloumi, G. (2022). Twenty-first Century Epidemiology of Dyslipidemia in Greece: EMENO National Epidemiological Study. Hellenic Journal of Cardiology.
13. Baralou, V., Kalpourtzi, N., & Touloumi, G. (2022). Individual risk prediction: Comparing random forests with Cox proportional‐hazards model by a simulation study. Biometrical Journal.
12. Stergiou, G. S., Menti, A., Kalpourtzi, N., Gavana, M., Vantarakis, A., Chlouverakis, G., … & Touloumi, G. (2022). SCREENING FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH ROUTINE AUTOMATED BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT IN THE ELDERLY: THE NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY EMENO IN GREECE. Journal of Hypertension, 40(1), e14-e15.
11. Menti, A., Kalpourtzi, N., Gavana, M., Vantarakis, A., Voulgari, P. V., Hadjichristodoulou, C., … & Stergiou, G. S. (2022). Opportunistic screening for hypertension: what does it say about the true epidemiology?. Journal of Human Hypertension, 36(4), 364-369.
10. Voulgari, P. V., Venetsanopoulou, A. I., Kalpourtzi, N., Gavana, M., Vantarakis, A., Hadjichristodoulou, C., … & EMENO study group. (2022). Thyroid dysfunction in Greece: Results from the national health examination survey EMENO. Plos one, 17(3), e0264388.
9. Kaskafetou, S., Karakosta, A., Sypsa, V., Kalpourtzi, N., Gavana, M., Vantarakis, A., … & Touloumi, G. (2022). Hepatitis B, C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Knowledge Among the General Greek Population: Results from the Hprolipsis Nationwide Survey.
8. Gangadi, M., Kalpourtzi, N., Gavana, M., Vantarakis, A., Chlouverakis, G., Hadjichristodoulou, C., … & Karakatsani, A. (2021). Prevalence of tobacco smoking and association with other unhealthy lifestyle risk factors in the general population of Greece: Results from the EMENO study. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 7.
7. Petraki, I., Kalpourtzi, N., Terzidis, A., Gavana, M., Vantarakis, A., Rachiotis, G., … & Hprolipsis Study Group. (2021). Living in Roma Settlements in Greece: Self-Perceived Health Status, Chronic Diseases and Associated Social Determinants of Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8403.
6. Zhou, B., Carrillo-Larco, R. M., Danaei, G., Riley, L. M., Paciorek, C. J., Stevens, G. A., … & Breckenkamp, J. (2021). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. The Lancet, 398(10304), 957-980.
5. Stergiou, G., Menti, A., Papadakis, I., Kalpourtzi, N., Doumas, M., Kalaitzidis, R., … & Zebekakis, P. (2021). OPPORTUNISTIC SCREENING FOR HYPERTENSION VERSUS NATIONAL MULTISTAGE STRATIFIED HEALTH SURVEY: 2019 ISH/MMM IN GREECE VERSUS NATIONAL SURVEY EMENO. Journal of Hypertension, 39, e233.
4. Makrilakis, K., Kalpourtzi, N., Ioannidis, I., Iraklianou, S., Raptis, A., Sotiropoulos, A., … & EMENO Study Group. (2021). Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Greece. Results of the First National Survey of Morbidity and Risk Factors (EMENO) study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 172, 108646.
3.Touloumi, G., Kalpourtzi, N., Papastamopoulos, V., Paparizos, V., Adamis, G., Antoniadou, A., … & AMACS and EMENO. (2020). Cardiovascular risk factors in HIV infected individuals: Comparison with general adult control population in Greece. Plos one, 15(3), e0230730.
2.Touloumi, G., Karakosta, A., Kalpourtzi, N., Gavana, M., Vantarakis, A., Kantzanou, M., … & Stergiou, G. (2020). High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in adults living in Greece: the EMENO National Health Examination Survey. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 1-10.
1.Stergiou, G. S., Menti, A., Kalpourtzi, N., Gavana, M., Vantarakis, A., Chlouverakis, G., … & Touloumi, G. (2020). Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Greece: EMENO national epidemiological study. Journal of Hypertension, 38, 000-000.

SCHOLARSHIPS

2014-2015: Awarded for the first year of the MSc based on academic achievement.

2019-2022: Funded for the Ph.D.^ηςby the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation

Στατιστικα πακετα / Γλωσσεσ προγραμματισμου

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ΓΛΩΣΣΕΣ

Αγγλικα – Επίπεδο C2, Examination of the proficiency in English (ECPE)
Γαλλικά – Επίπδεο B2, Diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF)
Ισπανικά – Επίπεδο Β2, Diploma de Español como lengua Extranjera (DELE)