Georgia Kourlaba | Public Health Analytics | Research Excellence Award

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Georgia Kourlaba | Public Health Analytics | Research Excellence Award

 National & Kapodistrian University of Athens | Greece

Assist. Prof. Dr. Georgia Kourlaba is an accomplished public health nursing scholar, currently serving as Assistant Professor of Public Health Nursing – Prevention at the Department of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). From 2022 to 2025, she was Assistant Professor of Research Methodology and Evidence-Based Nursing at the University of Peloponnese. She has also been an Academic Fellow at the 1st Intensive Care Unit of the Faculty of Medicine, NKUA, focusing on nosocomial infections and epidemiology, and is a founding member of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), where she served as Administrative Director and Deputy Scientific Director. Dr. Kourlaba is a member of the Public Health Experts Committee of the Ministry of Health, has held leadership roles at the National Public Health Organization (EODY), and served as an alternate member of the Management Board of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). She teaches epidemiology, research methodology, biostatistics, health technology assessment, and disease prevention at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research focuses on nosocomial infections, antimicrobial resistance, vaccination coverage, chronic disease epidemiology, childhood obesity, and socioeconomic burden of disease. She has participated in numerous funded projects and published 166 documents cited 3,485 times, with an h-index of 33. Dr. Kourlaba holds an MSc in Biostatistics (NKUA) and a Ph.D. in Nutritional Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Harokopio University).

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Featured Publications

(2026). HPV vaccination coverage among children and adolescents in Greece using national prescription data. Vaccine.

(2025). Real-world switching patterns and associated characteristics in patients with psoriasis treated with biologics. Archives of Dermatological Research.

(2025). QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 assay for the evaluation of cellular immunity after immunization with mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Immunologic Research.

(2025). Early discontinuation of empiric antibiotic therapy in children treated for cancer who develop febrile neutropenia: A prospective cohort study. EJC Paediatric Oncology.

(2025). Attitudes, behaviors, opinions, and suggestions of blood donors toward blood donation in Crete, Greece. Archives of Hellenic Medicine.

Bhavna Chopra |  Big Data Analytics | Global Data Innovation Recognition Award

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Dr. Bhavna Chopra |  Big Data Analytics | Global Data Innovation Recognition Award

 BIDMC, Boston | United States

Dr. Bhavna Chopra is an accomplished transplant nephrologist and clinician-scientist whose academic and professional journey bridges India and the United States. She earned her MBBS from B.J. Medical College, Pune, India, followed by residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She then completed fellowships in Nephrology at the University of Pennsylvania and Transplant Nephrology at the Mayo Clinic. Currently, she serves as Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Medical Director of the Living Donor Transplant Program and Solid Organ Transplant Inpatient Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. Her research focuses on kidney transplantation outcomes, donor-recipient risk factors, donor-derived biomarkers such as cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA), and immunosuppression optimization strategies. She has authored over 52 publications with 400+ citations, including impactful studies on recipient obesity and kidney transplant survival. Dr. Chopra’s contributions have been recognized through honors such as Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN), Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (FAST), and the AJKD Editor’s Choice Award. She also contributes nationally through the ABIM Nephrology Board Question-Writing Task Force. Her clinical and academic work continues to shape advancements in transplant medicine, improving outcomes for kidney transplant recipients worldwide.

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Featured Publications

Cojuc-Konigsberg, G., Cañizares, S., Rivera, B., Sureshkumar, K. K., Eckhoff, D., Pavlakis, M., & Chopra, B. (2025). Outcomes of the kidney after liver transplantation by induction type, inter-transplant interval, and immunologic risk: A UNOS analysis. Liver Transplantation.

Cañizares, S., Trindade, B., Cojuc-Konigsberg, G., Chumdermpadetsuk, R., Rivera, B., Cerqueira, T. L., Eckhoff, D., & Chopra, B. (2025). Geospatial insights into access to kidney transplantation in underserved Hispanic communities. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

Cojuc-Konigsberg, G., & Chopra, B. (2025). Kidney machine perfusion is associated with improved long-term graft survival mediated by reduced delayed graft function: A mate-kidney analysis. Artificial Organs.

Cañizares, S., Montalvan, A., Eckhoff, D., Sureshkumar, K. K., & Chopra, B. (2025). Long-term outcomes of transplant recipients comparing Belatacept vs. Tacrolimus: A UNOS database analysis. Clinical Transplantation.

Chumdermpadetsuk, R. R., Montalvan, A., Cañizares, S., Chopra, B., Pavlakis, M., Lee, D. D., & Eckhoff, D. E. (2024). A single-center retrospective study to identify causes of sex differences in the living kidney donor evaluation process. Kidney360.