September 3, 2015

NAME AND POSITION: KATERINA LYKERIDOU,

PROFESSOR OF MIDWIFERY, VICE RECTOR OF TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ATHENS

GRADUATE AND/OR MIDWIFERY EDUCATION

BSc Midwifery: 1979, School of Midwives KATEE Athens

BSc Nursing: 1991, Faculty of Nursing of the Kapodistrian University of Athens

Msc: 1994, one year “Research Methodology’’, Faculty of Nursing, Kapodistrian University of Athens.

PhD: 1999, Faculty of Nursing, Kapodistrian University of Athens.

1999 , Training in teaching   at the School of Pedagogical and Teaching Training, Athens, Greece

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

major academic appointments:

1983-1994: temporary full-time Lecturer in Department of Midwifery, TEI of Athens.

1994-2001: Lecturer (permanent)

2001-2005: Assistant Professor

2005-2009: Associate Professor

2009-today:Professor

major hospital appointments:

1980 -1982: Full-time appointment, responsible midwife in ”Zanio” Hospital, Piraeus

1982-1983:  Full-time appointment, responsible midwife in “Metaxa”  Hospital, Piraeus

1990-1994:  Full-time appointment, midwife in “Alexandra”  Hospital,

other major professional positions and visiting appointments:

2013: Board of Administration of TEI of Athens

2013: Vice President of TEI of Athens (by October and for 4 years) &

            President of Quality Assurance Unit

GRADUATE TEACHNING EXPERIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Professor in MSc ‘Research in Female Reproduction’, and responsible person for the Midwifery Department of T.E.I which is in partnership with the Medical School, University of Athens since 2007.

RESEARCH FUNDING DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS

2005-2006: Funding by EPEAEK Research Programme “Archimedes II”. “Study of attitudes of infertile couples that participate in an IVF Programme”, Technological Educational Institution of Athens as a lead researcher.

LIST OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS

1.    Likeridou K, Hyrkas K, Paunonen M, Lehti K (2001) «Family dynamics of childbearing families in Athens, Greece: A pilot study », International Journal of Nursing Practice, 7 (2):30-37. (IF 0,881)

2.    Daskalakis G, Pilalis Ath, Lykeridou K and Antsaklis Ar (2002) «Rupture of Noncommunicating Rudimentary Uterine Horn Pregnancy», Obstet. & Gynecol. V 100, 5: 1108-1110. (IF 4,798)

3.    Lykeridou K, Daskalakis G, Papadatou D, Vaslamatzis G, Dafni Ou, Antsaklis Ar (2004) «Dysthimic Reactions of Women Undergoing Chorionic Villus Sampling for Prenatal Diagnosis of Hemoglobinopathies or Karyotyping», Fetal  Diagnosis and Therapy 19: 149 154. (IF 0,911)

4.    Gourounti K., Lykeridou K., Daskalakis G., Glentis S., Sandall J., Antsaklis A. (2008) «Women's perception of information and experiences of nuchal translucency screening in Greece», Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 24 (2): 86-91 (IF 0,911)

5.    Lykeridou K., Gourounti K., Deltsidou A., Loutradis D., Vaslamatzis G. (2009) «The impact of infertility diagnosis on psychological status of women undergoing fertility treatment», Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 27(3):223-237 (0,848)

6.    Patelarou E., Giourgouli G., Lykeridou A., Vrioni E., Fotos N., Siamaga E., Vivilaki V.,Brokalaki H. (2011) “Association between biomarker-quantified antioxidant status during    pregnancy and infancy and allergic disease during early childhood: A systematic review”. Nutrition Reviews. 69(11):627-641. (IF4,597; H index:74 ; SJR:0,364)

7.    Gourounti K., Anagnostopoulos F., Potamianos G., Lykeridou K., Schmidt L., Vaslamatzis G. (2012) Perception of control, coping and psychological stress of infertile women undergoing IVF. Reproductive BioMedicine Online  24: 670-679 (ΙF 2.285).

8.    Eleftheriadou, M., Michala, L., Stefanidis, K., Iliadis, I., Lykeridou, A., Antsaklis, A. (2012) “Exercise and Sedentary Habits Among Adolescents with PCOS Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology; 25 (3) : 172- 174  (IF 1,63)

9.    Gourounti K., Lykeridou K., Taskou C., Kafetsios K., Sandall J. (2012)   “Α survey of worries of  pregnant women: Reliability and validity of the Greek  version of the Cambridge Worry Scale”. Midwifery 28: 385-390 (IF 1.77).

10. Gourounti K., Anagnostopoulos F., Lykeridou K. (2013) Coping strategies as psychological risk factor for anxiety, worries and depression among Greek pregnant women. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 16(5): 353-361 (ΙF 2.057).

11. Kyrkou G., Trakakis E., Chrelias Ch., Alexiou E., Lykeridou K., Mastorakos G. (2013) The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Greek women with polycystic ovary syndrome Hum. Reprod. ;86 (1Supp) :329 http://humrep.oxford journals.org /content /28/suppl_1/i311 .abstract? sid= 85d442c1-708e-4bbf-a732-c9ad552a3b4f

12. Tsinisizeli, N., Sotiroudis, G., Xenakis, A., Lykeridou, K.E. (2015) Determination of nicotine and cotinine in meconium from Greek neonates and correlation with birth weight and gestational age at birth. Chemosphere, 119 (1): 1200-1207

13. Gourounti K. Kouklaki E., Lykeridou K. (2015) Childbirth efficacy: validating the Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory in a Greek sample of pregnant women. Midwifery, doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.03.013.

14. Gourounti K, Kouklaki E, Lykeridou K. Validationof the childbirth attitudes questionnaire in Greek and psychosocial characteristics of pregnant women with fear of childbirth. Women Birth. (2015) Mar 3. pii: S1871-5192(15)00031-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.02.004. [Epub ahead of print] PMID 2574773 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

AVERAGE IMPACT FACTOR OF ALL PUBLICATIONS : 1,6

 H FACTOR: 7