Biostatistician PhD
Email address: kasdaglimar@med.uoa.gr
WORK EXPERIENCE
10/2018 - Present: Research Associate Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics. School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
05/2014 – 08/2014: Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics. School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, intern in the context of undergraduate studies at the Athens University of Economics and Business
Postgraduate courses 2018 - Present
Biostatistics IMSc in "Epidemiology-Research Methodology in Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Practice and Public Health", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Systematic Reviews and Meta-AnalysisMSc in "Epidemiology-Research Methodology in Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Practice and Public Health", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Meta-analysisMSc in “Biostatistics & Health Science Data ", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Biostatistics: survival curves, mathematical models: MSc in "Neoplastic Disease in Man:
Research and Clinicopathological Approach in the Context of Personalized Medicine (Diagnosis and Targeted Treatment)", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Medical StatisticsMSc in "Environmental, Occupational and Pharmaceutical Risk Assessment and Management", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Research Methodology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics: MSc in “Intensive Care Units”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2023: European Educational Program in Epidemiology (EEPE), Florence, Italy
06/2018 – 03/2022PhD (Excellent), Dep. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece PhD Title: Long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality in Greece.
10/2015 – 02/2018: MSc in Biostatistics (Very Good), Medical School and Department of Mathematics of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,. Athens, Greece MSc. Thesis Title: Air pollution and Parkinson's disease:a systematic review. and meta-analysis.
09/2009 – 03/2015BSc in Statistics (Good), Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece.
PUBLICATIONS
Yavropoulou, M.P., Kasdagli, M.I., Makras, P., Diomatari, K.M., Anastasilakis, A.D., Mitsikostas, D.D., Kassi, E., Sfikakis, P.P., Kravvariti, E., 2024. Nocebo-associated treatment discontinuation with subcutaneous anti-osteoporotic drugs. A systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-arm dropouts in randomized-controlled trials. Maturitas 179, 107874.
Apollonatou, V., Lykouras, D., Kargiotis, O., Kasdagli, M.I., Lagiou, O., Papathanasopoulos, P., Spiropoulos, K., Karkoulias, K., 2023. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in people with minimally impaired multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 79, 105016.
Kasdagli, M.I., Katsouyanni, K., de Hoogh, K., Zafeiratou, S., Dimakopoulou, K., Samoli, E., 2023. Associations between exposure to blue spaces and natural and cause-specific mortality in Greece: An ecological study. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 249, 114137.
Kravvariti, E., Kasdagli, M.I., Diomatari, K.M., Mouratidou, P., Daskalakis, K., Mitsikostas, D.D., Sfikakis, P.P., Yavropoulou, M.P., 2023. Meta-analysis of placebo-arm dropouts in osteoporosis randomized-controlled trials and implications for nocebo-associated discontinuation of anti-osteoporotic drugs in clinical practice. Osteoporos. Int. 34, 585-598.
Mendes, V., Niforou, A., Kasdagli, M.I., Ververis, E., Naska, A., 2023. Intake of legumes and cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis. Nutr. Metab. Cardiovasc. Dis. 33, 22-37.
Pinho, M.G.M., Flueckiger, B., Valentin, A., Kasdagli, M.I., Kyriakou, K., Lakerveld, J., Mackenbach, J.D., Beulens, J.W.J., de Hoogh, K., 2023. The quality of OpenStreetMap food-related point-of-interest data for use in epidemiological research. Health Place 83, 103075.
Vogli, S., Naska, A., Marinos, G., Kasdagli, M.I., Orfanos, P., 2023. The Effect of Vitamin E Supplementation on Serum Aminotransferases in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients 15.
Kasdagli, M.I., Katsouyanni, K., de Hoogh, K., Lagiou, P., Samoli, E., 2022. Investigating the association between long-term exposure to air pollution and greenness with mortality from neurological, cardio-metabolic and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in Greece. Environ. Pollut. 292, 118372.
Kosti, R.I., Kasdagli, M.I., Kyrozis, A., Orsini, N., Lagiou, P., Taiganidou, F., Naska, A., 2022. Fish intake, n-3 fatty acid body status, and risk of cognitive decline: a systematic review and a dose-response meta-analysis of observational and experimental studies. Nutr. Rev. 80, 1445-1458.
Ntavidi, S., Katsanou, P., Marakomichelakis, G., Kasdagli, M.I., Antiochou, E., Mpali, I., Kakou, A.M., Tsioufis, K., Dimitriadis, G., Lambadiari, V., 2022. Association of Non-Dipping Blood Pressure Patterns with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Cross-Sectional Study among a Population with Diabetes in Greece. Nutrients 15.
Kasdagli, M.I., Katsouyanni, K., de Hoogh, K., Lagiou, P., Samoli, E., 2021. Associations of air pollution and greenness with mortality in Greece: An ecological study. Environ. Res. 196, 110348.
Filippini, T., Naska, A., Kasdagli, M.I., Torres, D., Lopes, C., Carvalho, C., Moreira, P., Malavolti, M., Orsini, N., Whelton, P.K., Vinceti, M., 2020. Potassium Intake and Blood Pressure: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. J Am Heart Assoc 9, e015719.
Filippini, T., Torres, D., Lopes, C., Carvalho, C., Moreira, P., Naska, A., Kasdagli, M.I., Malavolti, M., Orsini, N., Vinceti, M., 2020. Cadmium exposure and risk of breast cancer: A dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies. Environ. Int. 142, 105879.
Kasdagli, M.-I., Katsouyanni, K., Dimakopoulou, K., Samoli, E., 2019. Air pollution and Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis up to 2018. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 222, 402-409.
Dimakopoulou, K., Koutentakis, K., Papageorgiou, I., Kasdagli, M.I., Haralabidis, A.S., Sourtzi, P., Samoli, E., Houthuijs, D., Swart, W., Hansell, A.L., Katsouyanni, K., 2017. Is aircraft noise exposure associated with cardiovascular disease and hypertension? Results from a cohort study in Athens, Greece. Occup. Environ. Med. 74, 830-837.
H FACTOR: 8 (Google Scholar) CITATIONS: 520 (Google Scholar)
PROJECTS
EXPANSE (EXposome Powered tools for healthy living in urbAN SEttings): EXTREMA (Emergency Notification System for Extrema Temperatures)
Dose-response relationships in health risk assessment to nutritional and toxicological factors in foods: development and application of novel biostatistical methods
RESPOZE (Respiratory Effects of Ozone Exposure in Children)
HYENA (Hypertension and Exposure to Noise near Airports)
THALES – National Survey of Morbidity and Risk Factors (EMENO)
OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
Walton H, Evangelopoulos D, Kasdagli M-I, Selley L, Dajnak D and Katsouyanni K,.2021. Investigating links between air pollution, COVID-19 and lower respiratory infectious diseases environmental Research Group, Imperial College London
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Number of presentations as invited speaker: 1
Number of presentations or posters at conferences: 16
DIGITAL SKILLS STATA / R / Revman / ArcGIS / QGIS / SPSS / SQL / REDcap
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Dissertation Award 2018 for the Quality of Air in Cities (ECOPOLIS) Thesis title: Air pollution and Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
