Noted epidemiologist Trichopoulos passes
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
Demetris Trichopoulos, Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health and Member of the Supreme Academy of Arts and Sciences in Athens Greece passed away this morning around 2 am at the age of 76 from a heart attack.
Trichopoulos was born in Athens. He studied Medicine at the Athens Medical School. He further studied Pathology, Microbiology, Public Health and Epidemiology at universities of Athens, London, Oxford and Harvard.
Dr. Trichopoulos had also studied the multi-factorial etiology of hepatocellular cancer, with emphasis on the interactive effects of hepatitis B and C viruses, tobacco smoking and ethanol intake.
He was chief professor of Epidemiology at Harvard University from 1989-1996, professor of the prevention of cancer and Head of the Center of Cancer Prevention at Harvard University from 1993 to1997, professor and Head department at the Department of Hygeine and Epidemiology of the Athens Medical School since 1972, professor of Medical Epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm from 1998 and member of the Athens Academy since 1997.
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