Education / Qualifications

• 1975 - 1979: Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece: Degree in Biology.
• 1980 - 1984: Department of Histology-Embryology, Athens University Medical School: PhD
• 1987: Department of Neurology, Columbia University, N.Y., USA: Postdoctoral training
• 1998: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Training in molecular biology techniques
• 2008: Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Leiden University, The Netherlands: Training in molecular biology techniques

Academic and professional positions held

• 1980 - 1989: Scientific Collaborator, Department of Histology-Embryology, Athens University Medical School
• 1990 - 1993: Lecturer in Biology, Department of Histology-Embryology, Athens University Medical School
• 1993 -2002: Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Histology-Embryology, Athens University Medical School
• 2002 - 2007: Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Histology-Embryology, Athens University Medical School
• 2007 – 2014: Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Basic Sciences and Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Athens University, Greece
• 2014 – : Professor of Biology, Department of Basic Sciences and Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Athens University, Greece

Academic and professional responsibilities

• 2004 – 2014: Coordinator of Erasmus exchange programs in the School of Medicine & Dentistry, Athens University
• 2007 – 2018: Coordinator of ‘Oral Biology’ specialty, Postgraduate Program, School of Dentistry, Athens University
• 2007 – 2018: Member of the Internal Evaluation Committee and of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee School of Dentistry, Athens
• 2008 – 2011 and 2014- today: Director of the Laboratory of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry, Athens University
• 2011 – 2016: Member of the Research and Ethics Committee, School of Dentistry, Athens University
• 2017-today: Member of the Ethics Committee, School of Dentistry, Athens University
• 2015-2018: Executive board member of the Hellenic Paster Institute

Memberships

• Hellenic Society for Neuroscience (HSfN)
• International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
• Forum of European Neuroscience (FENS)
• European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS)

Selected publications in scientific journals

• Bornehag CG, Kitraki E, Panagiotidou E, Stamatakis A, et al. A novel approach to chemical mixture risk assessment - Linking data from population based epidemiology and experimental animal tests. Risk Analysis 2019 in press, DOI: 10.1111/risa.13323
• Repouskou A, Panagiotidou E, Panagopoulou L, Bisting PL, Tuck AR, Sjödin MOD, Lindberg J, Bozas E, Rüegg J, Gennings C, Bornehag CG, Damdimopoulou P, Stamatakis A, Kitraki E. Gestational exposure to an epidemiologically defined mixture of phthalates leads to gonadal dysfunction in mouse offspring of both sexes. Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 23;9(1):6424. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42377-6.
• Poimenova A, Kitraki E, Kakaboura A, Rahiotis C. Early responses of human pulp to direct capping with resin adhesive systems and calcium hydroxide. Dent Mater. 2018 Apr;34(4):e73-e82. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2018.01.018.
• E. Kitraki, I. Nalvarte, A. Alavian-Ghavanini & J. Rüegg. Endocrine Disruptors (2016) Effects of pre- and post-natal exposure to bisphenol A on the stress system, 4:1, e1184775, DOI: 10.1080/23273747.2016.1184775 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23273747.2016.1184775
• Kitraki E, Nalvarte I, Alavian-Ghavanini A, Rüegg J. Developmental exposure to bisphenol A alters expression and DNA methylation of Fkbp5, an important regulator of the stress response. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2015 Dec 5;417:191-9. 
• Petridis X, Diamanti E, Trigas GCh, Kalyvas D, Kitraki E. Bone regeneration in critical-size calvarial defects using human dental pulp cells in an extracellular matrix-based scaffold. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2015 May;43(4):483-90
• Yfanti K, Kitraki E, Emmanouil D, Pandis N, Papagiannoulis L. Psychometric and biohormonal indices of dental anxiety in children. A prospective cohort study. Stress. 2014 Jul;17(4):296-304
• E. Kitraki, S. Zakkas, E. Synolaki, E.Diamanti, D. G. Tiniakos, A.Stamatakis, Ch. Matsioula, F. Stylianopoulou,T. Papapolychroniou. Dental Pulp Cells Enhance Bone Healing in A Rat Osteotomy Model. Ann Orthop Rheumatol  2014, 2(1): 1009-1014.
• Panagiotidou E, Zerva S, Mitsiou DJ, Alexis MN, Kitraki E. Perinatal exposure to low-dose bisphenol A affects the neuroendocrine stress response in rats. J Endocrinol. 2014 Jan 27;220(3):207-18. 
• Koros C, Kitraki E. Effect of cytosine arabinoside on cerebellar neurofilaments during development: A sexual dimorphism. Toxicology Reports 2014, 1: 650–657.
• Dorotheou D, Gkantidis N, Karamolegkou M, Kalyvas D, Kiliaridis S, Kitraki E. Tooth eruption: altered gene expression in the dental follicle of patients with cleidocranial dysplasia. Orthod Craniofac Res. 2013 Feb;16(1):20-7 
• Diamanti E, Mathieu S, Jeanneau C, Kitraki E, Panopoulos P, Spyrou G, About I Endoplasmic reticulum stress and mineralization inhibition mechanism by the resinous monomer HEMA. Int Endod J. 2013 Feb;46(2):160-8
• Poimenova A, Markaki E, Rahiotis C, Kitraki E. Corticosterone-regulated actions in the rat brain are affected by perinatal exposure to low dose of bisphenol A. Neuroscience. 2010 May 19;167(3):741-9.

Areas of scientific interest

• Neuroendocrinology of stress
• Neuroendocrine interactions of stress and metabolism
• Neurotoxicity – Neuroprotection
• Biology of dental pulp cells

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