I am the Chief Executive Officer of the Hellenic Centre of Mental Hygiene and Research funded by the Greek government. It was established in 1956 and and it was the first organized initiative of the Greek psychiatric reform which provides outpatient services for children and adults with mental health services throughout Greece. I am the Director of Medical Services of the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, Head of the 4th Psychiatric Department and the founder and Head of the Cognitive Rehabilitation Unit. I studied medicine at the University of Athens Medical School (1990-1996). During 1998-2003 I was trained in adult psychiatry at the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica. I received my PhD degree (animal models) in 2005 (Department of Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School). I had been a visiting research fellow at the Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London (2011-2014). During 2006-2007 and 2010-2011, I completed two research fellowships at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, (Professors Robin Murray &Til Wykes) on Neuroimaging in Psychiatry and Cognitive Remediation of Schizophrenia. I am co-author of 25 papers in international peer-reviewed medical journals, which have already received more than 1000 citations and 15 papers in Greek journals. I have also contributed in more than 100 papers which have been published in international and Greek conferences. I have written one chapter in an international book (Springer) and one Chapter in a Greek book entitled "Psychology for the Physician". The John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation and the Bodossakis Foundation have supported my work on cognition in schizophrenia. I have received one poster award from the International society of Neurobiology and Clinical Psychopharmacology (2009) and two research awards from the Hellenic Psychiatric Association (2002, 2004). My research interests are cognition, psychogeriatrics, mood, anxiety disorders and public health.