Name of organisation
1) Department/Research groupDepartment of Medicine/Laboratory of Hygiene and Environmental Protection
2) Organisation/affiliationDemocritus University of Thrace, Greece
Short Name in the inventoryLaboratory of Hygiene and Environmental Protection
Administrative Contact
Title Dr
Last name Christos
First name Kontogiorgis
Address line 1Laboratory of Hygiene and Environmental Protection
Address line 2Department of Medicine
Address line 3Democritus University of Thrace
CityAlexandroupolis
Postcode68100
CountryGreece
Phone number (incl. country code)+302551030601
Alternative phone number+306974659919
Fax number (incl. country code)+302551030546
Scientific Contact
Title Dr
Last name Christos
First name Kontogiorgis
Address line 1Laboratory of Hygiene and Environmental Protection
Address line 2Department of Medicine
Address line 3Democritus University of Thrace
CityAlexandroupolis
Postcode68100
CountryGreece
Phone number (incl. country code)+302551030601
Alternative phone number+306974659919
Fax number (incl. country code)+302551030546
2. Description
The laboratory of Hygiene and Environmental Protection in Medical School, University of Thrace presents a long history of epidemiological studies which started working on Pharmacoepidemiology recently. Pharmacoepidemiology has been added as a subject both in graduate and Post-graduate courses. Different research groups in the laboratory work on pharmacoepidemiological studies on generic medicines, anti-inflammatory medicines and medicines used for cardiovascular diseases.
3. Category
University based
4. Available resources
In houseVia Contacts/Network
5. Therapeutic/disease areas of research in drug safety/risk-benefit performed in the past 5 years
Cardiovascular diseases
Nutrition and blood
Respiratory diseases
Pain
Inflammation
Food Supplements and Vitamines
6. Design of drug safety/risk-benefit studies published in the past 5 years
Case Control Study
Drug Utilisation
7. Experience in collecting data directly from individual patients/respondents
Number of Studies
Greater than 5
Number of patients/respondents involved in the study(ies)
Between 1500 and 14999
8. Access to data collection resources
Capacity to conduct face-to-face interviews
Yes
In a clinic
Yes
In the community
Yes
Electronic data capture systems
No
Interactive voice response systems
Yes
Call centre
No