Dr. Maria Giavropoulou is a graduate of the School of Medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). She completed her residency in Endocrinology at the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the First Department of Internal Medicine at the AHEPA University General Hospital of Thessaloniki. After completing her residency, she received further training at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands and at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) in the United States (UAMS), in the treatment of rare and complex bone metabolism disorders and in molecular in vivo and in vitro techniques, with a specialization in the management of transgenic laboratory animals.

Dr. Giavropoulou holds a Ph.D. from the School of Medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), which she earned with the highest honors.

He also holds a Master’s degree in “Translational Research in Molecular Biology and Genetics” from the Department of Biology and Genetics at Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), and since October 2020, she has been a graduate student in the Master’s Program at the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) titled “Epidemiology – Research Methodology in Biomedical Sciences in Clinical Practice and Public Health.”

Since October 2019, she has served as deputy director of the Center of Expertise for Rare Disorders of Calcium and Phosphorus Metabolism at the First Department of Clinical Pathologyat the General Hospital of Athens “Laiko,” and has served as the quality coordinator for the Center of Expertise for Adult Histiocytosis at the General Air Force Hospital. Her clinical work involves the management of all endocrine disorders, with an emphasis on rare endocrine diseases of calcium and phosphorus metabolism, while her researchfocuses on bone metabolism, diabetes, and neuroendocrinology.

She has numerous publications in clinical and basic research in prestigious international scientific journals and has been honored for her research work both at the national (G. Tolis Basic Research Award) and at the European level (Jens Sandahl Christiansen Award for Basic Research).