R & D

The laboratory’s research activity concerns quality of life monitoring and epidemiological studies on quality of life issues and risk assessment for public health. More specifically, the following research projects take place in the laboratory:

  • Archimedes III, Wastesafe: Waste Reuse – Development of a Public Health Risk Assessment Model
  • Assessment of the ecological status of the Gulf of Igoumenitsa using a combination of classical and modern methods, of the Operational Programme “Thessaly-Central Greece-Epiros 2007-2013”
  • Alternative food disinfection techniques and public health risk assessment
  • Design and Development of New Functional Complexes of ConstitutiveArchitecture – Self-Organization Capabilities and Controlled Binding/Release of Substances with Biostatic Action, Thales Research Project
  • Fate and transport of biocolloids and nanoparticles in the aquifer and the impact of contaminated water on public health, Action “ARISTEA” Acronym: BIONFATE
  • Action of wireless electrostimulation on bacteria frequently found in hospitals
  • Integrated Monitoring and Control of Foodborne Viruses in European Food Supply Chains” VITAL, (FP7-Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology)
  • Epidemiological and molecular investigation of avian influenza virus
  • Study on the association of morbidity in the first 6 years of life with socioeconomic factors and peripheral problems in neonatal intensive care unit graduates
  • Impact of climate change on the transport, fate, and risk management of viral pathogens in water, Viroclime
  • Design and Development of a Programme for the Control of Viral Hepatitis B, C and HIV Infection in the General Population and in Mobile Populations
  • National Morbidity and Risk Factors Study (NMD)
  • Cryptosporidium, Adenovirus and Bacteriophage testing in drinking water
  • Detection of viruses and parasites in the drinking water network of Thessaloniki and the Aliakmonas river
  • Water quality of the swimming pool of the PEAK