Kopsidas Giannis

Giannis Kopsidas is a Pediatrician trained in infectious diseases in Greece, Europe, and the USA, with an extensive background in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS).

He currently works on the GRIPP program, the "Panhellenic program for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance," which is funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and is a consortium of the Ministry of Health, the Agency for Quality Assurance in Health S.A. (AQAH), the National Public Health Organization (EODY), the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), and the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO).

Through his work at CLEO, Giannis Kopsidas created RANIN-KIDS, a multinational scientific consortium dedicated to designing and implementing a unified European surveillance mechanism for pediatric healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic use. The goal of RANIN-KIDS is to achieve optimal clinical outcomes for pediatric patients in Europe by combating HAIs and reducing injudicious antibiotic use. Furthermore, he oversees the VACCELERATE program in Greece, an EU Horizon 2020-funded network aimed at coordinating and conducting COVID-19 vaccine trials.

He has been recognized by the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) with the Distinguished Communication Award 2021, was selected as an International Ambassador by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), and has received various other awards over the years. His work on increasing seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in a children's hospital was shortlisted for the European Commission Health Award in 2017.

He has over 25 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals, numerous presentations at international conferences, and has delivered invited lectures on topics related to infection prevention, pediatric infectious diseases, and antimicrobial stewardship.