Rania Pinaka

General Practitioner/Coordinator in a Local Primary Healthcare Unit (TOMY) of Ampelokipi Larissa, 5th Regional Health Authority.

Ourania (Rania) Pinaka is a Medical Doctor - General Practitioner. She graduated from Medical School, University of Thessaly, Greece in 2005 and received her Ph.D. Degree from the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Thessaly on thesis titled “Estimation of the incidence of infections by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 in the human population of central Greece: correlation of the frequency and the prevalence of the pathogen in the animal population, as well as animal and plant products”. She works as Medical Doctor at the Greek National Health System since 2006. Recent years, participates as a collaborating Physician in the project "REACH: Roma women’s Empowerment and fighting discrimination in Access to Health ", which aims at combating discrimination against Roma, through the development of a inclusive environment in Primary Health Care (PHC), as well as support for Roma equal access to health services. Also, participates as a Physician Coordinator in the SHAPES Project Team for European e-Health Research Project «SHAPES: Smart and Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems». The purpose of the program is "Understanding the Elderly: Living, Communities and Environment ", focuses on the lives of the elderly, as part of the development of a technology and a data platform that will support sound and independent living of the elderly. Focuses on the daily life of the elderly people across Europe, in their interactions with family, neighbors, friends and social institutions, as well as their access to institutions care providers and health care providers. (https://shapes2020.eu/). She has also worked as a Physician Associate in the framework of the research program of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens entitled "Design and Development of a Virologic Hepatitis B Control Program , C and HIV Infections in the General Population and Migrating Populations " (2014 – 2015), Coordinator Doctor in the Research Program entitled" THALIS - National Study of Morbidity and Risk Factors (E.ME.NO) " (2014) of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Researcher work at 'Archimedes II - Reinforcing research groups TEI "and the sub-project" Investigation of antibiotics sensitivity in indicator bacteria and pathogenic bacteria common in farm animals and man "(2006 – 2007) - Technological Institution of Larissa. She is a lecturer “Healthy Ageing “ and “ Non - Communicable Diseases” in the Department of Public and One Health of the University of Thessaly.