Head of Microbiology Department
AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece., Greece
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Name: Lemonia
Surname: Skoura
Born: January 2, 1969
Affiliation and official address: Department of Microbiology, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA, St. Kyriakidis 1, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel: +302310999108
E-mail: lemskour@auth.gr, mollyskoura@gmail.com
Education/Career/Employment
1993: Graduate, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh)
1993-1994: Rural medical service (Heraclea Health Center, Greece)
1994-1999: Resident in Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA
1999: Specialty in Medical Biopathology
2000: Consultant at Histocompatibility-Immunology laboratory, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
2003: PhD, Medical School, AUTh
2006: Lecturer of Microbiology, AUTh
2009: Assistant Professor of Medical Biopathology-Microbiology, AUTh
2013: Director, Department of Microbiology, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA
2016: Associate Professor of Medical Biopathology-Microbiology, AUTh
2022: Professor of Medical Biopathology-Microbiology, AUTh
2023: Substitute member on the National Public Health Organization Board of directors
Research activities
-Primary Investigator in Global Action in Healthcare Network-Antimicrobial Resistance Module (GAIHN-AR) in Greece
-Principal investigator in 13 research grants (Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, GLAXOSMITHKLINE, Gilead Science Hellas) dealing with HIV diagnosis, follow up and research
-Participation in 3 research grants; International: 1, Greek National: 2
Organizing/ administrative activities
Scientific societies and committees
Hellenic Society for Microbiology, Hellenic Society for Immunology, Hellenic AIDS Society, Hellenic Society of Biopathology of Northern Greece (member of the committee 2007-2019, president 2019-2023), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, European Society for Translational Antiviral Research
Participation in scientific meetings
-Participation in the organization of 17 seminars, 13 congresses and 6 workshops.
-Invited talks and presentations in scientific meetings: Invited speaker: 65; Oral and poster presentations: 235 (131 in international meetings and 104 in Greek medical meetings)
-Chair at national scientific meetings: 28
Publications in Journals SCI/PubMed: 119 [Citations: 1030, h-index: 18 (Scopus)]