Dr. Vasiliki E. Kalodimou is the Director at the Flow Cytometry-Research and Regenerative Medicine Department of IASO Maternity-Pediatric and Research Hospital in Athens, Greece, as well as the Assistant Professor and the acting Chair, at the European University-Cyprus Ltd. Frankfurt Branch as well as the acting chair, collaborative Partner for the Greek Research Infrastructure for the visualization and monitoring of fundamental Processes in Biology and Medicine (BIOIMAGING-GR) at NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”, Athens-Greece, the collaborative partner for training and research for Regenerative Medicine Program at the Institute of Personalized Molecular Medicine at the Medical City Hospital, Philippines, the Board/Committee on Research Ethics at the National Hellenic Research Foundation (Ε.Ι.Ε), she elected to serve as the Vice-Chair of the UEL Alumni Advisory Board, previously was the CBB Director & Processing Facility Director at MedStem-Cryobanks of IASO.
Kalodimou received her bachelor’s degree in Human Physiology and her master’s degree in Human Molecular Genetics from the Imperial College University of Medicine in London, UK. She completed her PhD at the University of Medicine in Athens, Greece, with an emphasis on stem cells and factors affecting their viability and absolute numbers and her specialty in genetics and cancer at Harvard University USA. Since 2006, Dr. Kalodimou has studied and working with stem cells from placenta, umbilical cord and adipose tissue, in every day practice and their applications in regenerative medicine, clinical trials, medical tourism and Flow Cytometry. Also is working in the area of human genetics & population genetics as well as cellular standards. In addition to collaboration with state universities and pharmaceutical companies on research projects (21), Kalodimou frequently publishes (51 & 12 books) her findings.
She has 2 patents. She received the experienced “Shining Star” award, AABB PEP Program, 2017, the AABB PEP Volunteer of the Year Award for 2018, she is the AABB PEP International Ambassador, a TEDx Speaker & a Skill Mentor at EUvsVirus for 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic & in October 2020 she received the AABB President’s Award for her work in cellular therapy and as a mentor, (1st award that was given to a non-American recipient) and she received the Clinical Reviewer of the Year 2021 by Select Science: Scientists’ Choice Awards 2021 and voted to receive the UEL Alumni Advisory Board Change Maker Award 2021. She is in the editorial board and a reviewer in several scientific international journals as well as board member in scientific organizing committee’s for medical conferences worldwide.
