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, Dep. Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece
• 1990 - 1993: Lecturer in Biology, Dep. Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, NKUA
• 1993 -2002: Assistant Professor of Biology, Dep. Histology-Embryology, Medical School, NKUA
• 2002 - 2007: Associate Professor of Biology, Dep. Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, NKUA
• 2007 – 2014: Associate Professor of Biology, Dep. Basic Sciences and Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2014 – : Professor of Biology, Dep. Basic Sciences and Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, NKUA

Academic and professional responsibilities

• 2004 – 2014: Coordinator of Erasmus exchange programs in the School of Medicine & Faculty of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2007 – 2018: Coordinator of Specialty in ‘Oral Biology’, Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2007 – 2018: Member of the Internal Evaluation Committee and of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Faculty of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2008 – 2011 and 2014- today: Director of the Laboratory of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2011 – 2016: Member of the Research Committee, Faculty of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2011-today: Member of the Ethics Committee, Faculty of Dentistry, NKUA
• 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

• Di Criscio M, Lodahl JE, Stamatakis A, Kitraki E, Bakoyiannis I, Repouskou A, Bornehag CG, Gennings C, Lupu D, Rüegg J. A human-relevant mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals induces changes in hippocampal DNA methylation correlating with hyperactive behavior in male mice. Chemosphere. 2023 Feb;313:137633. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137633.
• Caporale N, Leemans M, Birgersson L, Germain PL, Cheroni C, Borbély G, Engdahl E, Lindh C, Bressan RB, Cavallo F, et al. From cohorts to molecules: Adverse impacts of endocrine disrupting mixtures. Science. 2022 Feb 18;375(6582):eabe8244. doi: 10.1126/science.abe8244.
• Repouskou A, Papadopoulou AK, Panagiotidou E, Trichas P, Lindh C, Bergman Å, Gennings C, Bornehag CG, Rüegg J, Kitraki E, Stamatakis A. Long term transcriptional and behavioral effects in mice developmentally exposed to a mixture of endocrine disruptors associated with delayed human neurodevelopment. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 9;10(1):9367. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66379-x.
• 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, 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.
• 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.
• 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. 

Areas of scientific interest

• Neuroendocrinology of stress
• Biology of dental pulp cells
• Neurotoxicity – Endocrine Disruptors

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