Dr. Kalliopi Megari is an experienced neuropsychologist working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Clinical Neuropsychology, Clinical Research and Learning Disabilities. Graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and attended further education from University of Macedonia, in people with special needs and disabilities. She holds undergraduate degrees in Nursing and Psychology, as well as a Masters and a PhD in Neuropsychology from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has many years of experience working with cancer and cardiac surgery patients as well with people with disabilities. She is postdoctoral researcher she has many research articles and participated in many international conferences. Her work has earned her many prestigious international awards. She has given lectures at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and University of Warsaw. She is the Global Engagement Representative of International Neuropsychological Society and General Secretary and member of the Ethics Committee of Hellenic Neuropsychological Society.

Research Interest: Clinical Neuropsychology topics, especially of cancer and cardiac surgery patients

Grants: I. Heart & Mind 2010, Psychogenic cardiovascular disease conference. 1-4 September 2010, Prato, Italy, Impact of two different extracorporeal circulation systems on post-operative cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery, Megari, K, Kosmidis M, Aretouli E, Thomaidou E, Argiriadou H,  Papakonstantinou C, Anastasiadis K

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URL: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kalliopi_Megari?ev=hdr_xprf

Number of publications: 12

Research Interest: Affective Disorders, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Cardiometabolic Disorders, Psychotherapy Research.

Research Interest: Perinatality, babies, parenthood, development of the child, medical assisted procreation, egg donation, child psychiatry.

Research Interest: Menopause, climacteric, Sleep, menopausal depression, pregnancy, hormone replacement therapy.

Research Interest: Mental Health Services.

Research Interest: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Depression; Anxiety; Panic; Peritraumatic reaction; Heart rate variability; autonomic nervous system; HPA-axis; neuropsychoendocrinology; neuroimmunology; neurophysiology; Stress; Trauma; neuropsychopharmacology; SSRI; psychopathology.

Research Interest: Depressions as treatable mood disorders.

Research Interest: Stress, exercise, locus coeruleus, galanin, plasticity.

Research Interest: Health Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology.

Research Interest: Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreatic Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery.

Research Interest: Eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating, transcultural psychiatry, acculturation, maternity blues, postpartum depression. 

Research Interest: The major objective of my research is to elucidate the molecular and cellular mechanisms associated with mood disorders, stress-related pathology, and suicidal behavior by integrating basic and clinical neuroscience to comprehensively examine the roles of neurotransmitter receptors, cytokines, neurotrophins, cellular signaling, and neural plasticity utilizing gene expression, RNA sequencing, microRNAs, and epigenetic approaches. The model systems that I have been using include human postmortem brain, peripheral blood cells, and animal models of behavioral depression and PTSD, and gene knockout mice.

Research Interest: Alcohol Use Disorder, Affective Disorders in Gastrointestinal Diseases.