COURSES

2500       HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY Ι

2600       HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY ΙΙ

2800       FOOD TOXICOLOGY

3550       PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

4350       NUTRITION AND DISEASE

5150       NUTRITION POLICIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH

SHORT BIO

Constantinos Giaginis has received a Chemistry degree from the Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, and a second Ph.D. degree from the Medical School, University of Athens. He is an Associate Professor in the field of Human Nutrition, Wellness and Health in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of the Aegean, Greece.

His research focuses on the fields of human nutrition, wellness and public health, nutritional pathophysiology, nutritional epidemiology, and food toxicology. His current research deals with the potential effects of nutritional habits in several pathophysiological disease states, such as obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. His research interest also includes the assessment of physicochemical properties, such as lipophilicity, solubility, and ionization of drugs, natural bioactive compounds and toxic compounds in relation with their biological activity or toxicity, as well as their Absorption/Distribution/Metabolism/Excretion (ADME) parameters and their pharmacokinetic and toxicokinetic profile. He has currently published ~165 peer reviewed journal and conference papers with h-index=40 and ~ 4822 citations according to Google Scholar, coordinating also ~200 peer reviewed oral or poster presentations in international and national congresses.

EDUCATION

• PhD, Medical School, University of Athens

• PhD, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens

• MSc, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens

• BSc, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Human nutrition, wellness, and public health

• Nutritional pathophysiology and epidemiology

• Mediterranean diet and human health

• Food and nutritional toxicology

• Biological activity and/or toxicity of drugs, xenobiotics, and bioactive food ingredients.

• Physicochemical properties, absorption and bioavailability profile of drugs, toxic compounds, and bioactive food ingredients.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Mantzorou M, Vadikolias K, Pavlidou E, Tryfonos C, Vasios G, Serdari A, Giaginis C. Mediterranean diet adherence is associated with better cognitive status and less depressive symptoms in a Greek elderly population. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2020 Jun 2. doi: 10.1007/s40520-020-01608-x.

• Mantzorou M, Vadikolias K, Pavlidou E, Serdari A, Vasios G, Tryfonos C, Giaginis C. Nutritional status is associated with the degree of cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms in a Greek elderly population. Nutr Neurosci. 2020 Mar;23(3):201-209. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2018.1486940.

• Mantzorou M, Tolia M, Poultsidi A, Pavlidou E, Papadopoulou SK, Papandreou D, Giaginis C. Can Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and BMI be a Prognostic Tool in Head and Neck Cancer Patients? A Review of the Evidence. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Feb 28;12(3):557. doi: 10.3390/cancers12030557.

• Antonopoulou M, Mantzorou M, Serdari A, Bonotis K, Vasios G, Pavlidou E, Trifonos C, Vadikolias K, Petridis D, Giaginis C. Evaluating Mediterranean diet adherence in university student populations: Does this dietary pattern affect students' academic performance and mental health? Int J Health Plann Manage. 2020 Jan;35(1):5-21. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2881.

• Pavlidou E, Petridis D, Tolia M, Tsoukalas N, Poultsidi A, Fasoulas A, Kyrgias G, Giaginis C. Estimating the agreement between the metabolic rate calculated from prediction equations and from a portable indirect calorimetry device: an effort to develop a new equation for predicting resting metabolic rate. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2018 Jun 15;15:41. doi: 10.1186/s12986-018-0278-7. eCollection 2018.

• Mantzorou M, Pavlidou E, Vasios G, Tsagalioti E, Giaginis C. Effects of curcumin consumption on human chronic diseases: A narrative review of the most recent clinical data. Phytother Res. 2018 Jun;32(6):957-975. doi: 10.1002/ptr.6037.

• Tsagalioti E, Trifonos C, Morari A, Vadikolias K, Giaginis C. Clinical value of nutritional status in neurodegenerative diseases: What is its impact and how it affects disease progression and management? Nutr Neurosci. 2018 Apr;21(3):162-175. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2016.1261529.

• Vasios G, Kosmidi A, Kalantzi OI, Tsantili-Kakoulidou A, Kavantzas N, Theocharis S, Giaginis C. Simple physicochemical properties related with lipophilicity, polarity, molecular size and ionization status exert significant impact on the transfer of drugs and chemicals into human breast milk. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2016 Nov;12(11):1273-1278. doi: 10.1080/17425255.2016.1230197.