Education / Qualifications

• 2008 School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Bachelor Degree. Award for Academic Excellence
• 2012 Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, NKUA Master of Science in Oral Biology/ Clinical Specialty in Restorative Dentistry
• 2019 Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, NKUA & BRFAA, Greece PhD in Oral Biology

Academic and professional positions held

• 2019 - 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, NKUA & BRFAA, Greece
• 2022 - Assistant Professor Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, NKUA, Greece

Academic and professional responsibilities

• 2019 - 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, NKUA & BRFAA, Greece
• 2022 - Assistant Professor Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, NKUA, Greece
• 2015 - today Participation in the teaching of courses of undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, NKUA Topics: Dental Morphology and Introduction to Occlusion, Pathology of dental hard tissues, Dental Caries, Saliva

Awards and Honours

• 2019 - 2021 Postdoctoral Research Scholarship for the "Reinforcement of Postdoctoral Researchers - 2nd Cycle" program, State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), Greece
• 2019 Distinction for a scientific publication entitled "Saliva in the Omics Era: A promising tool in pediatrics" - Certificate of achievement for "Most read paper of the year in the journal 'Oral Diseases'"
• 2018 Press release in the journal Frontiers in Physiology, for the "Study of Outstanding Interest": "Saliva Proteomics Analysis Offers Insights on Type 1 Diabetes Pathology in a Pediatric Population"
• 2018 Annual Grant by Th. Koulouridis, Procter & Gamble Greece, for the research program "Proteomic analysis of saliva of children with molar-incisor hypomineralization"
• 2016 - 2017 Onassis Foundation Scholarship for the research program “Saliva alterations in children with type 1 diabetes”
• 2013 - 2016 State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) Excellence Scholarship for postgraduate studies in Greece- SIEMENS program
• 2010 Best paper award: “Caries treatment strategies in patients with head and neck cancer”. Hellenic Association of supportive care of the oral cavity in cancer, 2nd meeting, Athens, June 2010
• 2008 Colgate-Palmolive Award of Excellence during undergraduate studies
• 2008 Award of the State Scholarship Foundation for achieving “academic excellence”, the highest grade during undergraduate studies in School of Dentistry, NKUA, Greece
• 2002- 2007 Excellence Scholarships for academic performance during undergraduate studies, State Scholarship Foundation. Academic years: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007

Selected publications in scientific journals

• Pappa E, Vastardis H, Makridakis M, Zoidakis J, Vougas K, Stamatakis G, Samiotaki M, Rahiotis C. Analysis of Human and Microbial Salivary Proteomes in Children Offers Insights on the Molecular Pathogenesis of Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization. Biomedicines. 10(9):2061, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10092061
• Babic T, Lygirou V, Rosic J, Miladinov M, Rom AD, Baira E, Stroggilos R, Pappa E, Zoidakis J, Krivokapic Z, Nikolic A. Pilot proteomic study of locally advanced rectal cancer before and after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy indicates high metabolic activity in non-responders’ tumor tissue. Proteomics Clin Appl, Aug 23:e2100116. 2022. Doi: 10.1002/prca.202100116
• Pappa E, Masouras K, Margaritis V, Kakaboura A. Effect of decontamination procedures on marginal and internal adaptation in saliva-contaminated composite resin restorations. Gen Dent. May-Jun;70(3):22-26. 2022. PMID: 35467539
• Papagiannis A, Pappa E, Chryssafidis C, Bogosian E, Vastardis H. Technological Advances in The Dental Management of Patients with Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome: A Case Report. Acad J Ped Neonatol Mar;10(2):00105, 2021. Doi: 10.19080/AJPN.2021.10.555839
• Pappa E, Vougas K, Zoidakis J, Papaioannou W, Rahiotis C, Vastardis H. Downregulation of Salivary Proteins, Protective against Dental Caries, in Type 1 Diabetes. Proteomes. Jul 19;9(3):33. 2021. Doi: 10.3390/proteomes9030033.
• Pappa E, Vougas K, Zoidakis J, Vastardis H. Proteomic advances in salivary diagnostics. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. Nov;1868(11):140494. 2020. Doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2020.140494.
• Pappa E, Vastardis H, Rahiotis C. Chair-side saliva diagnostic tests: an evaluation tool for xerostomia and caries risk assessment in children with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Dentistry. Feb;93:103224. 2020. Doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2019.103224
• Pappa E, Kousvelari E, Vastardis H. Saliva in the “Omics” era: A promising tool in paediatrics. Oral Dis. Jan;25(1):16-25. 2019. Doi: 10.1111/odi.12886
• Pappa E, Vastardis H, Mermelekas G, Gerasimidi-Vazeou A, Zoidakis J, Vougas K. Saliva Proteomics Analysis Offers Insights on Type 1 Diabetes Pathology in a Pediatric Population. Front Physiol. Apr 26;9:444. 2018. Doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00444
• Petropoulou A, Pappa E, Pelekanos S. Esthetic considerations when replacing missing maxillary incisors with implants: A clinical report. The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 109(3), 140-44, 2013. Doi: 10.1016/S0022-3913(13)00056-5.

Areas of scientific interest

• Oral Biology
• Proteomic Applications in Dentistry
• Salivary Diagnostics
• Pathology of Dental Tissues

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