Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
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Giorgos K Sakkas

Biography

Dr. Giorgos K. Sakkas begun at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens where I was awarded a BSc in the field of exercise sciences. Earning a meritorious Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation award for 4yr allowed me to move to Manchester Metropolitan University, to study for a PhD in clinical exercise physiology with A.J. Sargeant. I trained in muscle physiology / molecular biology and in the organisation and implementation of exercise for health interventions. I capitalised on my PhD training by moving to the University of California San Francisco as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Medicine – Division of Endocrinology under the mentorship of M. Schambelan. At UCSF I run two NIH funded exercise studies: one in HIV infected individuals and the second in end stage renal failure patients. During my postdoctoral training I was trained in MRI and MRS techniques. I also succeeded in my first NIH grant as a PI (mentorship award) and had the opportunity to teach in the human physiology course at the UC Berkeley-Extension. I returned to Europe with an independent competitive EU named grant to study sleep disorders in End Stage Renal Disease patients while I was later employed in my current post leading the Clinical Studies Laboratory, CERETETH. As evidenced in my CV and my track record, I have progressed smoothly from student (GR) to trainee (UK) to team member (USA) and then to independent researcher (USA-GR) and now to team leader (GR).

Research Interest

Dr. Giorgos K. Sakkas begun at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens where I was awarded a BSc in the field of exercise sciences. Earning a meritorious Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation award for 4yr allowed me to move to Manchester Metropolitan University, to study for a PhD in clinical exercise physiology with A.J. Sargeant. I trained in muscle physiology / molecular biology and in the organisation and implementation of exercise for health interventions. I capitalised on my PhD training by moving to the University of California San Francisco as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Medicine – Division of Endocrinology under the mentorship of M. Schambelan. At UCSF I run two NIH funded exercise studies: one in HIV infected individuals and the second in end stage renal failure patients. During my postdoctoral training I was trained in MRI and MRS techniques. I also succeeded in my first NIH grant as a PI (mentorship award) and had the opportunity to teach in the human physiology course at the UC Berkeley-Extension. I returned to Europe with an independent competitive EU named grant to study sleep disorders in End Stage Renal Disease patients while I was later employed in my current post leading the Clinical Studies Laboratory, CERETETH. As evidenced in my CV and my track record, I have progressed smoothly from student (GR) to trainee (UK) to team member (USA) and then to independent researcher (USA-GR) and now to team leader (GR).