Department
Allergy and clinical Immunology
About
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) is a research University that builds on foundations which were laid over 183 years ago. The NKUA has attained recognition as an Institution of educational and scientific excellence and as a source of intellectual wealth for our country. According to the Top Universities by Top Google Scholar Citations rankings by Webometrics, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is ranked 41st in the world, 10th in Europe and 1st not only among Greek Universities but also among Universities of the Balkan and Mediterranean areas.
Role in the project
In SynAir-G, NKUA is responsible for the clinical cohort of WP2 “Real-life multipollutant scenario: children at school and beyond”, and will establish a relevant multipollutant real-life setting. School children will be monitored for two years and health outcomes will follow. NKUA is also responsible for WP8 “Project management & Networking”. Among others this includes the supervision and control of scientific progress and networking design and implementation.
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos | Professor, Head, Allergy Department
I have the luck and challenge to coordinate SynAir-G. Putting together such a multidisciplinary group and activities is demanding, but also necessary to mitigate the complex effects of inddor air pollution on health