Dr. Kalliopi Kotsa is a Professor of Endocrinology and Diabetology in the Department of Medicine at the School of Health Sciences of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and head of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism–Diabetes Center at the First Department of Internal Medicine of AHEPA University Hospital.
Ms. Kotsa graduated from the Department of Medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1991 with a degree summa cum laude. She continued her studies as a Bodossaki Foundation scholar at the University of Sheffield’s Department of Clinical Biochemistry, where she completed (with distinction) her master’s degree in Endocrinology, focusing on the genetics of autoimmune thyroid diseases. She completed her doctoral dissertation in the Department of Endocrinology at the First Internal Medicine Clinic at AHEPA University Hospital, focusing on the role of vitamin D in glucose metabolism.
Her main research interests include
- The role of genetics in the pathogenesis of multifactorial diseases. He participated in a research project titled “Genetic Architecture of Type 2 Diabetes and Its Complications,” funded by the “THALIS” program, which was conducted in collaboration with the Department of Molecular Biology at the Democritus University of Thrace. On the same topic, he collaborates with the Department of Biology at the University of Patras on studies regarding the role of genetics in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and obesity.
- The Role of Vitamin D in the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, and Other Metabolic Diseases.
- The role of diet and exercise in managing multifactorial diseases, particularly type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis.
