Project Network

Research Team
Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine University of Crete, Greece (project coordinator)
  • Prof. Christos Lionis, MD, PhD Principal Investigator
  • Dr. Sophia Papadakis, PhD, MHA Senior Researcher
  • Mrs. Marilena Anastasaki, MSc, PhD(candidate) Public Health and Epidemiology Researcher
  • Dr. Foteini Anastasiou, MD, PhD Clinical Researcher
  • Dr Irini Gergianaki MD, MPH, PhD Project Coordinator
  • Mr. Myron Galenianos, BSc (Hons), MSc Financial Management
Department of Family Medicine and Department of Gastroenterology, Maastricht University and Maastricht University Medical Centre, the Netherlands
  • Prof. Jean Muris, MD, PhD Country Lead
  • Dr. Ger Koek, MD, PhD Clinical Researcher
  • Mrs. Leen Heyens, PhD (candidate) Researcher
La Mina Primary Health Care Centre – IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain
  • Prof. Juan Mendive, MD, PhD Country Lead
European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology
  • Prof. Juan Mendive, MD, PhD Chair
Expert Panel Membership
  • Fotini Anastasiou, MD, PhD General Practitioner, 4th Local Primary Health Unit, Heraklion
    Coordinator of the 4th Local Health Team – Municipality Practice and Academic Unit of Heraklion, Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, University of Crete (UoC)

  • Lorenç Caballeria, MD, PhD General Practitioner,
    Coordinator Research Group for Hepatic Disorders in Primary Care (GRemHap) – Research Institute for Primary Care – IDIAP Jordi Gol. Barcelona

  • Montserrat Garcia Retortillo, MD, PhD
    Gastroenterologist Specialist, Head of the Hepatology Unit. Hospital del Mar. Barcelona

  • Ger Koek, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Maastricht University Medical Center

  • Christos Lionis, MD, PhD, FRCGP, FESC
    Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Head of the Clinic of Social and Family Medicine (CSFM), School of Medicine, University of Crete (UoC)

  • Spilios Manolakopoulos, MD, PhD
    President, Hellenic Association for Liver Professor, Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens General Hospital (‘Hippocratis’)

  • Juan Mendive, MD, PhD
    General Practitioner,
    La Mina Primary Health Care Centre – Research Institute for Primary Care – IDIAP Jordi Gol. Barcelona
    President European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology (ESPCG)

  • Jean Muris, MD, PhD
    Professor of General Practice
    Head of Department, Department of Family Medicine CAPHRI Research Institute, Maastricht University

  • Phil Newsome, PhD, FRCPE
    Secretary General, European Association for the Study of Liver
    Professor of Experimental Hepatology and Honorary Consultant Hepatologist, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy
    Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer for the College of Medical & Dental Sciences
    Director of the Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research

  • George Papatheodoridis, MD, PhD
    Professor in Medicine & Gastroenterology, Medical School of National & Kapodistrian University of Athens,
    Director of Academic Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation Unit, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, Greece

  • Rachel Pryke, MBBS, MRCGP, FRCP
    GP and Clinical Advisor for Obesity and Nutrition at RCGP Worcester, United Kingdom

  • Montserrat Garcia Retortillo, MD, PhD
    Gastroenterologist Specialist, Head of the Hepatology Unit. Hospital del Mar. Barcelona

  • Michael Roden, MD
    Chair and Full Professor of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Heinrich-Heine University,
    Director, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology at University Clinics Düsseldorf