DespinaGContopoulos-IoannidisMD

Summary

• Pediatric Infectious Diseases specialist with expertise in the diagnosis, management and prevention of infectious diseases both in the immunocompetent and the immunocompromised host. Senior Clinical Research with ~100 peer-reviewed publications and more than 9000 citations in Google Scholar) and expertise in clinical research, evidence-based medicine (systematic reviews, meta-analysis, meta-research), evidence appraisal, evidence synthesis, guideline development, outcomes research, clinical epidemiology and clinical validation of novel diagnostics for infectious diseases. I have strong quantitative/and statistical analytical skills, and expertise in methodological study design, and use of Big Data. I have expertise in supervising and guiding medical students, young physicians, other health-care providers in clinical activities and clinical research scholarship projects. I have leadership role as principal investigator in several clinical research projects and leadership experience in guideline development and evidence dissemination. I have taught graduate courses at Stanford University on Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and Infectious Diseases (ID) related topics; and clinical fellows, residents and medical students. I have been the leading consultant for the development of national guidelines on infectious diseases related topics. I am the leading author on several infectious diseases chapters for major Pediatric and Infectious Diseases textbooks and journal editor for peer reviewed journals. I am passionate about decreasing healthcare system inequalities through clinical practice, research and education.