17th Satellite Event·Thursday, 4 June 2026·17:00Virtual

34th HIAAD Seminar Series “Bridges”·Organised by HIAAD

Impact of Long-Term Systolic Blood Pressure on Cognitive Disorder Risk: across different age groups and antihypertensive medication timing

Presenter: Dr Konstantina Skolariki, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Chairs:
Panos Alexopoulos, MD, Professor of Psychiatry-Psychogeriatrics and Brain Health, Medical School, University of Patras
Ioannis Sotiropoulos, Researcher C - Group leader, Institute of Biosciences & Applications, NCSR “Demokritos”

16th Satellite Event·Thursday, 7 May 2026·17:00Virtual

33rd HIAAD Seminar Series “Bridges”·Organised by HIAAD

Association of blood metabolic and inflammatory pathways with dementia and brain imaging phenotypes

Presenter: Dr Petra Proitsi, Reader in Genetic Epidemiology, Centre for Preventive Neurology, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London

Chairs:
Panos Alexopoulos, MD, Professor of Psychiatry-Psychogeriatrics and Brain Health, Medical School, University of Patras
Ioannis Sotiropoulos, Researcher C - Group leader, Institute of Biosciences & Applications, NCSR “Demokritos”

15th Satellite Event·Thursday, 5 March 2026·17:00Virtual

32nd HIAAD Seminar Series “Bridges”·Organised by HIAAD

Genetic synucleinopathies: from the bedside to the bench and back

Presenter: Leonidas Stefanis, Professor of Neurology, First Dept of Neurology, NKUA Medical School and Affiliated Investigator, BRFAA

Chair:
Panos Alexopoulos, MD, Professor of Psychiatry-Psychogeriatrics and Brain Health, Medical School, University of Patras

14th Satellite Event·Thursday, 7 March 2024·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

Dementia and cognitive disorders in remote areas of Greece; the potential of telemedicine evaluations.

Thaleia Angelopoulou, Aiginition Hospital, Athens
Dionysia Kontaxopoulou, Aiginition Hospital, Athens
Faidra Kalligerou, Alzheimer Athens
Angeliki Tsapanou, Alzheimer Athens
Nikos Scarmeas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aiginitio Hospital, 1st dept of Neurology

13th Satellite Event·Thursday, 1 February 2024·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

Long sleep vs short sleep: what is good for our memory?

Alexandros Vgontzas, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Crete, PennState College of Medicine PA, USA, Scientific Director of Mobile Mental Health Unit of Heraklion, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
&
Maria Basta, Associate Prof Psychiatry, University of Crete, Director of Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Depts, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece

12th Satellite Event·Thursday, 11 January 2024·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

Dementia: What comes after diagnosis? Assessing the needs of people with dementia and their carers.

Maria Koula, Psychologist, Scientific Manager of the Dementia Day Center in Ioannina

11th Satellite Event·Thursday, 2 November 2023·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

Is Alzheimer’s disease different for women and men?

Prof. Christina Dalla, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
&
Prof. Ioannis Zaganas, Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece

10th Satellite Event·Thursday, 5 October 2023·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

The accessibility of patients with dementia to healthcare services and the value of telemedicine: results from the ADRION-SI4CARE European Project.

Dionysia Kontaxopoulou, Clinical Neuropsychologist, MSc, PhD, Research Associate, 1st Department of Neurology, Eginition University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Stella Fragkiadaki, Clinical Neuropsychologist, MSc, PhD, Research Associate, 1st Department of Neurology, Eginition University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Efthalia Angelopoulou: Neurologist, MSc, PhDc, Research Associate, 1st Department of Neurology, Eginition University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Athanasios Kontaris: General Practitioner, Regional Medical Center of Serifos, Greece

Mari Bardopoulou, MSc, PhDc, Research Associate, Exercise Physiology, Laboratory of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Dimosthenis Pavlou, MSc, PhD, Civil-Transportation Engineer, Research Associate, Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Engineering, Department of Surveying and Geo-Informative Systems, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

9th Satellite Event·Thursday, 7 September 2023·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

Application of AI techniques in HELIAD data: Preliminary results.

Eva Ntanasi, Researcher, 1st Dept. of Neurology, Aiginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

George Dimakopoulos, Researcher, Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology Laboratory, Dept of Informatics, Ionian University

Aris Vrahatis, Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology Laboratory, Dept of Informatics, Ionian University

Themis Exarchos, Associate Professor, Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology Laboratory, Dept of Informatics, Ionian University

8th Satellite Event·Thursday, 6 July 2023·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

Novel genetic insights in dementia: Polygenic Risk Scores (PRS).

Dimitris Avramopoulos MD, PhD, Professor of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins, USA
&
Alexandros Hatzimanolis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

7th Satellite Event·Thursday, 1 June 2023·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

Blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease: Scientific basis, Clinical needs & applications.

Professor Paul Rosenberg, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA & Associate Director of the Memory and Alzheimer’s Treatment Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, USA
&
Assoc. Professor Efthimios Dardiotis, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece & Director of the Neurological Clinic, University Hospital Larissa, Greece

6th Satellite Event·Monday, 22 May 2023·19:00 – 20:00Virtual

AI, Social Media, and Disinformation Operations.

Michail Bletsas

Research scientist and the Director of Computing at the MIT Media Lab.

5th Satellite Event·Thursday, 4 May 2023·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

Mitochondria, mitophagy, and neuroprotection: applications in treating Alzheimer’s disease and beyond.

Konstantinos Palikaras, Assist. Professor, Department of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
&
Evandro Fei Fang, Assoc. Professor, Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital, 1478, Lørenskog, Norway

4th Satellite Event·Thursday, 6 April 2023·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

Chronic stress, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease: the triangle of oblivion.

Panos Alexopoulos, Ass. Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Patras, Greece and Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Munich, Germany; Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
&
Ioannis Sotiropoulos, Researcher C – Group leader, Institute of Biosciences & Applications, NCSR “Demokritos”; Affiliated Researcher, ICVS Institute, Medical School, University of Minho, Portugal

3rd Satellite Event·Thursday, 2 February 2023·17:00 – 18:00Virtual

Alzheimer’s disease prevention: Clear your mind using your blood vessels.

Prof Savvas Christoforidis, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Biomedical Research Institute, and Department of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece

Ass. Prof Eleni Aretouli, Department of Psychology, University of Ioannina, Greece.