SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: Georgia Karadima
DATE OF BIRTH: 7- 4 - 1968
HOME ADDRESS: 8 Penelope’s St, Anoixi 145 28, Greece.
Home Tel: +30 210 8131939
CURRENT WORK ADDRESS: Neurogenetics Unit, 1st Department of Neurology,
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Eginition Hospital,
74 Vas. Sofias Av, 11528, Athens, Greece. Work Tel: +30-210-7289118;
Fax: +30-210-7289289;
e-mail: gkaradim@med.uoa.gr
CURRENT POSITION
Jan 2012- present: Lecturer in Biology and Neurogenetics, 1st Department of Neurology,
Medical School, University of Athens.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2001-Jan2012: Clinical Scientist, Neurogenetics Unit, 1st Department of Neurology,
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
Eginition Hospital
1995-2001:
Research Associate, Neurogenetics Unit, 1st Department of Neurology,
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
Eginition Hospital and Institute of Children’s Health
QUALIFICATIONS AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Undergraduate education
1988-1993: Diploma in Biology. Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, Greece
Postgraduate Education
1993-1994: M.Sc. in Medical Biotechnology, Medical School of the University of
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
1997-2000: Ph.D. in Psychiatric Genetics. Medical School of the National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens,Greece.
Title: “The study of mood disorders using molecular biology techniques”
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research interests are in the field of molecular biology and its application to human
genetics and are focused on:
1995-2001:
The molecular mechanisms that underlie genetic syndromes such as
Down, Angelman and trisomy 8.
1997-2002: Association studies in mood disorders, using DNA-markers from genes of
the dopaminergic, gabaergic and serotoninergic systems.
1995-present: Developing laboratory protocols for genetic diagnostic procedures for the
diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease,
Hereditary Neuropathies with liability to Pressure Palsies, Huntington's
Disease, Friedreich’s Ataxia, Kennedy’s Disease and Myotonic Dstrophy.
2001-present: Indentifying, novel mutations in genes causing hereditary neuropathy and
performing genotype-phenotype correlations.
2002-present: Genotype–phenotype correlations in Huntington's Disease (HD) and
Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
2002-present: Genetic epidemiology of neurogenetic disorders as Charcot-Marie-Tooth
disease (CMT), Huntington's Disease (HD) and Hereditary Ataxias in the
Greek population.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Postgraduate Teaching
Lectures in two different Master’s courses run by departments in the National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School and the Department of Biology.
1998-present: MSc in “Applications of Biology in Medicine”, organized by the
Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
2003 and 2004: MSc in “Molecular Medicine”, organized by the Department of Biology
and the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of
Athens.
Dissertations and Thesis
2001-2009:
Contributor to the supervision of 2 PhD thesis projects.
2001- present: Contributor to the supervision of 5 Master’s dissertations (3 completed, 2
ongoing)
Laboratory training
1996- present: Training of scientists and clinicians in molecular biology methods.
Invited lecturer
Invited lecturer in four different training seminars organized by the Greek Neurological
Society, the Greek Hematological Society and the Departments of Neurology and
Radiology of Athens Medical School respectively.
ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
1995-present: One of the main contributors in the establishment and operation of the
Neurogenetics Unit, 1st Department of Neurology, National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital.
The Unit has clinical and scientific expertise in inherited neurological
disorders and has systematically provided clinical assessment, genetic
counseling and molecular diagnostic services at a national level since
1995. It is the only unit of its kind in Greece and has been a reference
center for several neurogenetic disorders, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth
disease, Huntington’s disease, Friedreich’s ataxia, Kennedy’s disease and
myotonic dystrophy. It has the largest clinically characterized cohorts of
patients with neurogenetic diseases at a national level.
2001-present: Supervision of the routine molecular diagnostics for Charcot-Marie-Tooth
disease, Huntington’s disease, Friedreich’s ataxia, Kennedy’s disease and
myotonic dystrophy
2002-present: Member of committees for evaluating tenders for the procurement of
laboratory equipment and consumables, for the laboratories in the
Eginition Hospital.
Co-organiser of meetings
Spring of 1999: Seminar on "Genetics and Neurological Diseases." (16th Spring
Meeting of the Greek Neurological Society. Lemnos)
RESEARCH GRANTS
Participation in international grants as collaborating investigator: 4
Participation in national grants as collaborating investigator: 3
SOCIETIES
Member of the Greek Bioscientists Society
Member of the Hellenic Association of Medical Genetics
PUBLICATION RECORD
Number of scientific articles (scopus): 41
Mean journal impact factor: 3.7
Total citations: > 550
Abstracts from international scientific meetings: 35
Publications in greek scientific journals: 3
Abstracts from national scientific meetings: 25
Participation in the writing of scientific books: 1