Pagona Lagiou

Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens Medical School, Greece

Education and Training : Doctor of Medicine, University of Athens Medical School (summa cum laude) (1991); MS in Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health (1997); PhD in Epidemiology, University of Athens Medical School (summa cum laude) (1997); Hellenic State Boards of Internal Medicine (1998).

Professional Activities: Research fellow, Department of Nutrition, Hellenic National School of Public Health, and Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens Medical School (1992 - 1999); Internal Medicine resident and fellow, 3rd Clinic of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School (1993 – 1998); Assistant Professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens Medical School (1999 - 2004); Visiting Scientist, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health (1999 - 2005); Associate Professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens Medical School (2004 – today); Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health (2005 – today); Member of the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (2003-today); Member of the Board of Scientific and Policy Advisors, American Council on Science and Health (2003-today); Council Member, European Association for Cancer Research (2004-today); Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (2006-today).

Research Interests: Nutritional and endocrine aetiology and epidemiology of cancer and other chronic diseases. Early life origins of breast cancer and cancer in general. Role of antioxidants in chronic diseases.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Public Health & Epidemiology > Preventive Medicine (since 15 November 2005)

All recent recommendations

• 6.0
  Vitamins E and C in the prevention of cardiovascular disease in men: the Physicians' Health Study II randomized controlled trial.
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou
  
• 6.6
  Weight loss with a low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or low-fat diet.
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou, Rhian Touyz, Seth Field
  
• 3.0
  Adherence to Mediterranean diet and risk of developing diabetes: prospective cohort study.
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou
  
• 4.8
  Increased risk of recurrence after hormone replacement therapy in breast cancer survivors.
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou, Generosa Grana
  
• 6.0
  Mediterranean dietary pattern and prediction of all-cause mortality in a US population: results from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou
  
• 6.5
  Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcification.
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou, Kristina Orth-Gomer, Mark Brincat with Dr Jean Calleja-Agius
  
• 6.0
  Dietary fat and postmenopausal invasive breast cancer in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study cohort.
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou
  
• 6.5
  Prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure and risk of breast cancer.
  Recommended by Ruth Keri, Pagona Lagiou, Allen Wilcox
  
• 6.0
  Adult weight change and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou
  
• 3.0
  IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and breast cancer risk in women: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou
  
• 6.0
  Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of invasive breast cancer: the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial.
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou
  
• 6.0
  Dietary fiber intake and risk of colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies.
  Recommended by Pagona Lagiou