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SHORT CV

Dr Vasiliki (Sila) Bountziouka joined the Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition of the University of the Aegean in May, 2022 as an Assistant Professor in Biostatistics.

Dr Bountziouka graduated from the Dept. of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Harokopio University in 2004, and she followed postgraduate studies in Biostatistics at the University of Athens (2008). She gained in-depth research experience in nutritional epidemiology and dietary assessment during her collaboration with various national (Harokopio University, Agricultural University of Athens, Hellenic Health Foundation, University of Athens) and international (WHO Collaborative centre of Nutrition, University of Athens) institutions. In 2012 she has been awarded her PhD from the Harokopio University and followed post-doctoral studies in applied biostatistics at the University College London and University of Leicester. There she expanded her research interests in health sciences focusing on the development of reference equations and centile curves, and the application of causal inference methods in lifecourse epidemiology and longitudinal and big data analysis.

Her research has had significant clinical impact through improving diagnostic tools for measuring lung function or identifying developmental delay in children to working towards developing public health practices for the early prevention of disease progress from birth to old age.

Should you wish to obtain a MRes or PhD under her supervision please contact Dr Bountziouka at vboun(at)aegean.gr.

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dept. of Dietetics-Nutrition, Harokopio University, Athens (2012)

• MSc in Biostatistics, Dept. of Mathematics and Medical School, University of Athens, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Ioannina (2008)

• BSc in Dietetics-Nutrition, Dept. of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens (2004)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Dietary assessment tools

• Diet and health inequalities

• Nutritional epidemiology

• Lifecourse epidemiology

• Reference equations

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Bountziouka V, Musicha C, Allara E, Kaptoge S, Wang Q, Di Angelantonio E, Butterworth AS, Thompson JR, Danesh JN, Wood AM, Nelson CP, Codd V, Samani NJ. Modifiable traits, healthy behaviours, and leucocyte telomere length: a population-based analysis in UK Biobank. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2022; 3 (5): e321-e331.

• Kite TA, Kurmani SA, Bountziouka V, Cooper NJ, Lock ST, Gale CP, Flather M, Curzen N, Banning AP, McCann GP, Ladwiniec A. Timing of Invasive Strategy in Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Eur Heart J. 2022. ehac213. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac213.

• Bountziouka V, Cumberland PM, Rahi JS. Impact of persisting amblyopia on socio–economic, health and well–being outcomes in adult life: findings from the UK Biobank study. Val Heal. 2021; 24(11): 1603-1611.

• Johnson S, Bountziouka V, Brocklehurst P, Linsell L, Marlow N, Wolke D, Manktelow B. Standardisation of the Parent Report of Children’s Abilities-Revised (PARCA-R): a norm-referenced assessment of cognitive and language development at 2 years of age. Lancet Child Adolesc. Health. 2019; 3(10): 705-12.

• Foscolou A, Magriplis E, Tyrovolas S, Soulis G, Bountziouka V, Mariolis A, Piscopo S, Valacchi G, Anastasiou F, Gotsis E, Metallinos G, Tyrovola D, Polystipioti A, Polychronopoulos E, Matalas AL, Lionis C, Zeimbekis A, Tur JA, Sidossis LS, Panagiotakos D; MEDIS Study Group. Lifestyle determinants of healthy ageing in a Mediterranean population: The multinational MEDIS study. Exp Gerontol. 2018; 110: 35-41.

• Bountziouka V, Cumberland PM, Rahi JS. Trends in Visual Health Inequalities in Childhood Through Associations of Visual Function With Sex and Social Position Across 3 UK Birth Cohorts. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2017; 135(9): 954-61.

• Lum S, Bountziouka V, Wade A, Hoo AF, Kirkby J, Moreno-Galdo A, de Mir I, Sardon-Prado O, Corcuera-Elosegui P, Mattes J. New reference ranges for interpreting forced expiratory manoeuvres in infants and implications for clinical interpretation: a multicentre collaboration. Thorax 2016; 71: 276-83.

• Bountziouka V, Bathrellou E, Zazpe I, Ezquer L, Martínez-González MA, Panagiotakos DB. Repeatability of Food Frequency Assessment Tools in relation to the number of items and response categories included. Food Nutr Bull. 2012; 33: 288-95.