Original research papers in the fields of medicine, biomedical sciences or related areas are invited.Four candidates will be shortlisted and participate in the competition. Shortlisted candidates will deliver a 10-minute presentation, followed by a 2-minute discussion.
Candidates must be 38 years or younger and below Consultant or Senior Scientist status. They should be members or eligible for membership of the Hellenic Medical Society UK.
The deadline for submission is midnight of the 8th of November 2019
Abstracts of 300 words will be accepted.
Candidates must be 38 years or younger and below Consultant or Senior Scientist status. They should be members or eligible for membership of the Hellenic Medical Society UK.
The deadline for submission is midnight of the 8th of November 2019
Abstracts of 300 words will be accepted.
Update:
The winner of the 2019 Papanikolaou Prize is Dimitrios Karponis, who is a final year medical student at the Imperial College London.
The title of his paper was : “The Effect of Cigarette Smoke on Growth, Proliferation and Secretion of Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) by Human Dermal Fibroblasts”
The other three contestants were:
Dr Anastasia Dimakopoulou with the paper: “ Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is the loss of three or more consecutive pregnancies prior to 24 weeks of gestation”,
Dr Rania Kaltsoyianni, with the paper “Timeline of respiratory function changes following administration of systemic postnatal corticosteroids in extremely preterm infants”
and Mr George Sotiropoulos with the paper: “Circulating plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) activity: a biomarker for resectable non-small cell lung cancer?”
ΚΕ.Σ.Υ. plans to develop a database consisting of the contact information of Greek expatriate scientists, which will be available on it’s website. In this way, a channel of communication will be established to enable scientists in Greece to explore opportunities abroad as well as expatriate scientists to further support the scientific community in Greece. They invite all the expatriate medical workforce to declare their availability and willingness to be contacted by and collaborate with individuals as well as scientific organisations in Greece
Using a realistic but imaginative approach, the objective of the initiative is to bring high quality human capital of the country together and to create collaboration links between them. This networking of Greeks can strengthen the growth prospects of the country and ensure that participating Greeks become part of a joint endeavour. 
