Charilaos Chourpiliadis

I am a medical doctor with training in epidemiology and am currently working as a PhD student at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, KI. My primary research interest lies in exploring the interaction between environmental and genetic risk factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

Professional License
License to practice Medicine, Socialstyrelsen 2023

Education
Master of Medical Sciences (MMSc), Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. (2020-2022).
Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Patras, Greece. (2011-2017)

Awards
Best Poster Award- Commendation for Clinical Research at the International ALS/MND conference, Motor Neuron Disease (MND) Association

Travel Grants for research visits – Karolinska Institutet (2023)

Travel Grant – Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF) (2023)

”D Koutras” Award, for the work with title “Large, slowly growing, benign thyroid nodules frequently coexist with synchronous thyroid cancer”,
Hellenic Endocrine Society (2023)

ENDO Early Career Award, Endocrine Society (2018)

The overarching aim of my doctoral project is to identify environmental risk factors for ALS and evaluate their interaction with genetic risk factors in
the development and prognosis of the disease. To achieve this goal, we are utilizing various data sources, including registers, surveys, and biological
material such as hair strands. We are also collaborating closely with the ALS Clinical Research Group at Karolinska Hospital and the team led by Professor Arora at the Department of Environmental Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. My supervisors for these projects are Professor Fang Fang, Dr. Caroline Ingre, Dr. Christina Seitz, and Dr. Anikó Lovik.

"Biostatistics 1" (4FH083) and "Biostatistics 2" (4FH087), Master's Program in Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet
"The interplay between Neuro-infections and Neurodegenerative diseases" as part of the Doctoral Program in Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet