The Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology
- is established at the University of Thessaly, Faculty of Medicine
- is affiliated with the University General Hospital of Larissa as a cross-departmental unit,
- functions as a Peripheral Public Health Laboratory under the National Public Health Organization of Greece (NPHO).
- is designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for the International Health Regulations: points of entry (WHO Reference: GRE-27)
- established and operates the Public health observatory in means of transport and points of entry, whose scope addresses teaching and research needs in the subjects of public health in means of transport and points of entry.
- is responsible for teaching four courses of the medical studies programme since 2007
- operates a post-graduate master’s course entitled “MSc in Applied Public Health and Environmental Hygiene” with a focus on food and water safety.
- operates a second post-graduate master’s course established in 2022 entitled “MSc in Public Health and Maritime Transport” to be offered in English language.
- has a long history of coordinating and participating at European and national research and innovation projects and joint actions
In addition, the “European Scientific Association for Health and Hygiene in Maritime Transport” with acronym EU SHIPSAN ASSOCIATION was founded by members of the Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology. Currently, over 40 persons are employed, including 4 faculty members, university researchers, PhD students, post-doc researchers, scientists, staff of the University General Hospital of Larissa and the National Public Health Organization of Greece. As public health is an interdisciplinary field, epidemiologists, physicians, biopathologists, microbiologists, chemists, biochemists, statisticians, public health officers, environmental engineers and administrative staff work in the Laboratory.
