Ioannis Zerdes

Ioannis Zerdes

Postdoctoral Researcher
Visiting address: Visionsgatan 4, 17164 SOLNA
Postal address: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Forskning Foukakis, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • I am a Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology at Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Karolinska University Hospital and a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet (Assoc. Prof. Theodoros Foukakis research group), supported by a combined appointment (clinical postdoctoral fellowship) from Stockholm Region.
    I graduated from Medical School, University of Ioannina in Greece (MD, 2015) and defended my PhD thesis in breast cancer at the Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet (2020).
    I am serving as Chair of the Young Investigators Steering Committee in the European European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Breast Cancer Group and I am also junior member of ESMO, ASCO and AACR.

Research

  • Translational cancer research, immuno-oncology, biomarker development with focus on tumor-immune microenvironment in breast cancer using a variety of multi-omics methods in the context of both clinical trials and retrospective cohorts.

Teaching

  • Principal supervisor for 2 master degree/undergraduate students and co-supervisor of 4 PhD students
    Invited lecturer in the following courses at KI:
    A. PhD courses
    - National research school in clinical and translational cancer research (NatiOn)
    - Introduction in Oncology and Tumor Biology
    - Clinical Oncology for the preclinical cancer researcher
    - Tumor Microenvironment
    B. Undergraduate courses (oncology-related courses for medical students)

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Employments

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-2026

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2020
  • MD (Medical Degree), Medical School, University of Ioannina, 2015

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