Antonia Trichopoulou MD, PhD Member of the Academy of Athens, Head of the Academy of Athens Centre for Public Health Research and Education, Professor Adjunct at Yale University, Professor Emeritus of the University of Athens School of Medicine. She was Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre of Nutrition for over twenty years at the University of Athens Medical School and the Athens School of Public Health, Greece. Her scientific work focuses on public health and nutritional epidemiology, emphasizing the health effects of the Mediterranean diet and traditional foods. She developed health databases and biological samples for ≥ 32,000 people. These databases provide the potential for pioneering epidemiological research. At an academic level, she has mentored dozens of doctors and health workers, many of whom excel today in Greece and abroad, directly supervising 27 doctoral dissertations.
In 2011, she received the Federation of European Nutrition Societies(FENS) Award for her "outstanding nutritionist career". Named in Thomson Reuters 2014 "World's Most Influential Scientific Minds". List and awarded as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in 2018 and 2021, culminating in being decorated with the Golden Cross of Honour for work in preventative medicine and nutrition by the President of the Greek Republic.
