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 research intrests are centered in Non pharmacological interventions for improving sleep quality, exercise training and sleep, sleep in sports, sleep disorders in End Stage Renal Diseases, restless Legs Syndrome and associated movement disorders, muscle metabolism and sleep quality, fatigue and Sleep, sleep and Obesity.