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Argiro Karakosta

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Assistant professor

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Email

akarakosta@uniwa.gr

Office Address

Campus 2 Ancient Olive Grove: Βuilding D΄

Academic area

Clinical Social Work

Teaching modules

  • Methods of Social Work with Individuals 
  • Social Work with the Elderly

 

Brief CV 

Argiro Karakosta has received here PhD from the Medical School of Athens (Heraclitus II scholarship). She holds a MSc degree in Occupational and Environmental Health (Medical School of Athens) and has graduated the Department of Social Work of TEI Athens. She has been trained in Existential Systemic Therapy.  

From 2010 she is a research associate at the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics of the Medical School of Athens and has participated in various European projects as project manager and member of the research team, targeting to health needs assessment, empowering actions for accessing health care, combating prejudice and reducing social inequalities in health, good practices in health for general and vulnerable populations. She is member of the Social Science Sub-Committee of CASCADE collaboration, coordinated by the University College London (UCL) and member of the NCD Risk Factors Collaboration (NCD – RisC) (Imperial College London). From 2003 to 2010 she worked as a social worker at the Greek Council for Refugees and the Municipality of Zografou. She has teaching experience in undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Greek Universities and published original papers in international scientific journal and books and in the proceedings of international and national conferences. She is a reviewer in scientific journals.

 

  • 2016: PhD in Social Psychiatry/ Epidemiology. Medical School of Athens. Thesis Title: “Acculturation and Symptoms of Depressing and Stress among Young Adult Immigrants in Athens Area”
  • 2011: Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program “Occupational and Environmental Health: Management and Financial Evaluation”. Collaboration of the Medical School NKUA, Department of Political Science and Public Administration NKUA and Department of Social Work TEI of Crete.
  • 2009: Training in Existential Systemic Psychotherapy
  • 2002: Degree in Social Work, TEI of Athens
  • Social psychiatry
  • Clinical social work
  • Intercultural social work with emphasis in refugees’ – migrants’ integration
  • Public health
  • Epidemiology
  • Supervision in the clinical practice of social work
  • Health prevention and promotion
  • Combating health inequalities

 

Scientific articles (last 5 years)

  • Gangadi M., Kalpourtzi N., Gavana M., Vantarakis A., Chlouverakis G., Hadjichristodoulou Ch., Trypsianis G., Voulgari P.V., Alamanos Y., Karakosta A., Touloumi G., Karakatsani A. “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. 2021;7(September):61. doi:10.18332/tpc/140242.
  • Petraki I., Kalpourtzi N., Terzidis A., Gavana M., Vantarakis A., Rachiotis G., Karakosta A., Sypsa V. Touloumi G., Hprolipsis Study Group. “Living in Roma Settlements in Greece: Self-Perceived Health Status, Chronic Diseases and Associated Social Determinants of Health. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(16):8403. doi: 103390/ijerph18168403. 
  • NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). “Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight”. eLife. 2021;10:e60060. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60060. 
  • Menti A., Kalpourtzi N., Gavana M., Vantarakis A., Voulgari V.P., Hadjichristodoulou Ch., Gkaliagkousi E., Doumas M., Kalaitzidis R.., Kallistratos M.S., Karakosta A., Katsi V., Krokidis X., Manios E., Marketou M., Ntineri A., Papadakis J.A., Papadopoulos D., Sarafidis P., Trypsianis G., Chatzopoulos M., Chlouverakis G., Alamanos Y., Zebekakis P., Touloumi G., Stergiou G. “Opportunistic screening for hypertension: what does it say about the true epidemiology?”. J Hum Hypertens. 2021 Apr 9. doi: 10.1038/s41371-021-00532-5.
  • Karakosta A., Riza E. “Increased vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV) in refugee women in humanitarian settings. Identifying the gaps.”. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience & Mental Health. 2020, vol.3(2), p.117-125. doi: 10.26386/obrela.v312.169. 
  • Touloumi G., Kalpourtzi N., Papastamopoulos V., Paparizos V., Adamis G., Antoniadou A., Chini M., Karakosta A., Makrilakis K., Gavana M., Vantarakis A., Psychogiou M., Metallidis S., Sipsas N.V., Sambatakou H., Hajichristodoulou C., Voulgari P.V., Chrysos G., Gogos C., Chlouverakis G., Tripsianis G., Alamanos Y., Stergiou G., AMACS and EMENO. “Cardiovascular risk factors in HIV infected individuals: Comparison with general adult control population in Greece”. PLoS One. 2020 Mar 30;15(3):e0230730. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230730.eCollection 2020. PMID: 32226048.
  • 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”. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 21;17(18):6892. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186892. PMID: 32967173.
  • Touloumi G., Karakosta A., Kalpourtzi N., Gavana M., Vantarakis A., Kantzanou M., Hajichristodoulou C., Chlouverakis G., Trypsianis G., Voulgari P.V., Alamanos Y., Makrilakis K., Liatis S., Chatzipanagiotou S., Stergiou G., EMENO study group. “High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in adults living in Greece: the EMENO National Health Examination Survey”. BMC Public Health. 2020 Nov 7;20(1):1665. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09757-4. PMID: 33160307.
  • Stergiou G.S., Menti A., Kalpourtzi N., Gavana M., Vantarakis A., Chlouverakis G., Hajichristodoulou C., Trypsianis G., Voulgari P.V., Alamanos Y., Karakosta A., Touloumi G. “Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Greece: EMENO national epidemiological study”. J Hypertens. 2020 Nov 24. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002714. PMID: 33239548.
  • Touloumi G., Karakosta A., Sypsa V., Petraki I., Anagnostou O., Terzidis A., Voudouri N.M., Doctors of the World Greek Delegation, Gavana M., Vantarakis A, Rachiotis G., Kantzanou M., Rosenbarg T, Papatheodoridis G., Hatzakis A., Hprolipsis Study Group. “Design and Development of Viral Hepatitis and HIV Infection Screening Program in the General, Greek Roma, and Migrant Populations (Hprolipsis): Protocol for Three Cross-Sectional Health Examination Surveys”. JMIR Research Protocols. 2020 Jan 31;9(1):e13578. doi: 10.2196/13578. PMID: 32004142.
  • Touloumi G., Karakatsani A., Karakosta A., Sofianopoulou E., Koustenis P., Gavana M., Alamanos Y., Kantzanou M., Konstantakopoulos G., Chryssochoou X., Benos A., Vantarakis A., Hajichristodoulou Ch., Chlouverakis G., Trypsianis G., Voulgari P.V., Makrilakis K., Liatis S., Stergiou G., EMENO Study Group. “National Survey of Morbidity and Risk Factors (EMENO): The protocol of a Health Examination Survey representative of the adult Greek population. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019;8(2):e10997. doi: 10.2196/10997. 
  • Touloumi G., Karakosta A., Kaskafetou S., Petraki I., Anagnostou A., Gavana M., Papatheodoridis G., Kalpourtzi A., Mimikou T., Antypas T., Kantzanou M., Rachiotis G., Vantarakis A., Chouverakis G., Voulgari P., Alamanos Y., Trypsianis G., Sypsa V., Hprolipsis study group. “Treatment cascade of hepatitis B and C in general, migrant and Roma population”. Journal of Hepatology. 2017 vol 66(s63-s94). Oral presentation in The International Liver CongressTM 2017, Amsterdam. 
  • Stergiou G.S., Margetaki A., Boubouchairopoulou N., Mastrokostas A., Vantarakis A., Chlouverakis G., Rachiotis G., Trypsianis G., Voulgari P., Alamanos I., Karakosta A., Touloumi G.. “Hypertension and cardiovascular disease in Greece: Interim analysis of the EMENO National Epidemiological Study”. European Society of Hypertension 26th Meeting (Abstract – OP.2A.08). J Hypertens. 2016;34 (e-Suppl. 2): PP.000., pp.e000. 
  • Stergiou G.S., Margetaki A., Boubouchairopoulou N., Haidich B., Papachatzi E., Chlouverakis G., Chatzichristodoulou C., Trypsianis G., Voulgari P.V., Alamanos I., Karakosta A., Touloumi G. “Awareness, treatment and control of hypertention in Greece: Interim analysis of EMENO National Epidemiological Study”. European Society of Hypertension 26th Meeting (Abstract – OP.7A.08). J Hypertens. 2016;34 (e-Suppl. 2): PP.000., pp.e000.

 

  • 2021 – Today: Member of the Social Science Sub-Committee of the CASCADE Collaboration (University College London) https://www.ctu.mrc.ac.uk/studies/all-studies/c/cascade/
  • 2020 – Today: Member of the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) (Imperial College London) https://ncdrisc.org/
  • 2019: Member of the working groups “Immigrants” and “Information, Awareness and Anti-Stigma Programs” of the National Strategic Action Plan for HIV / AIDS 2019 – 2025
  • 2017 – Today: Member of the Hellenic Society of Health and Environment
  • • 2013-2015: Cashier and Member of the Board of the Hellenic Refugee Council