Hellenic Bioscientific Association in the USA

04/19/2025

The Hellenic Bioscientific Association of USA wishes you Happy Easter!

04/07/2025

Just announced by The Circle of Hellenic Academics in Boston:
🚨 Call for Applications 🚨
Students of Greek descent at U.S. and Canadian universities are invited to apply for the following prestigious awards. The deadline for submission is May 31, 2025:
Miretta Flytzani-Stephanopoulos Doctoral Thesis Achievement Award
Learn more and apply: (https://lnkd.in/dFqiGrZ6)
Philip Serafim Undergraduate and Master’s Thesis Achievement Award
Learn more and apply: (https://lnkd.in/duiHZT68)
Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your academic achievements!

03/11/2025

Open Tenure track Assistant Professor position in “Medical Physiology” in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly! Applications close on the 24th March 2025! More information in https://apella.minedu.gov.gr/node/3875

Προκήρυξη μίας (1) κενής οργανικής θέσης καθηγητή στη βαθμίδα του Επίκουρου Καθηγητή με θητεία, στο Τμήμα Ιατρικής του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας με γνωστικό αντικείμενο «Ιατρική Φυσιολογία». Λήξη προκήρυξης: 24/03/2025. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες στο: https://apella.minedu.gov.gr/node/3875

Μια (1) κενή οργανική θέση καθηγητή στη βαθμίδα του Επίκουρου Καθηγητή με θητεία, με γνωστικό αντικείμενο «Ιατρική Φυσιολογία»|ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ ΘΕΣΗΣ:Η Ιατρική Φυσιολογία...

04/22/2022

Happy Easter from HBA-USA! Καλό Πάσχα!

04/17/2022

Join us on Thursday April 21st at 6pm for a EURAXESS North America - HBA-USA - STARS Joint Network Event on US Visa. This event aims at informing European Scientific Diaspora researchers on their visa options to continue their research in the USA. An overview of the visa options will be given by Brendan Delaney of the Frank & Delaney Immigration Law and Q&A will follow. Your registration information is going to be shared for information purposes with the organizers of this event.

Free registration:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/euraxess-north-america-hba-usa-stars-network-event-on-us-visa-tickets-303106187767

Support for members of the European Scientific Diasporas in the US to continue their research in the US.

04/15/2022

We are excited to announce our new academic initiative co-organized by HBA-USA and The Circle of Hellenic Academics in Boston. Our “Job Talk Mentoring Workshop” aims to provide a platform for career development to our members.

During our inaugural session we welcomed esteemed academics Gerasimos Makrigiorgos and Ioannis Zervantonakis, who provided feedback on a job talk by Georgios Polychronidis! Thank you all for making it such a successful event.

If you are interested to practice your job talk and receive feedback by our faculty members please contact the director of our mentoring program, Harilaos Filippakis.

04/06/2022

We are pleased to announce the Grand Round in Medicine, on Thursday April 14, 15:00 – 16:00 Athens time, organized by the Medical School of the University of Crete and the Hellenic Bioscientific Association of the USA. The goal of the initiative is to bring cutting edge knowledge in daily medical practice and connect the Medical School with distinguished Greek physicians/ scientists working in the USA. Attendees could be consultants, residents, medical students in their clerkship and biomedical scientists.

Speaker: Gregory J. Tsongalis PhD, HCLD, CC, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Director, Clinical Genomics and Advanced Technology (CGAT)

Topic: Molecular Pathology: When the Right Base Is Not in the Right Place at the Right Time.
Date: April 14, 2022 (15.00 – 16:00 p.m. Athens time)
Location: Online, free via Zoom ( Register at https://www.admin.uoc.gr/GRANDROUNDS/index.php/grf, to get the link via email )

https://www.admin.uoc.gr/GRANDROUNDS/

Medical Grand Rounds UoC

03/10/2022

We are pleased to announce the Grand Round in Medicine, on Thursday March 17, 15:00 – 16:00 Athens time, organized by the Medical School of the University of Crete and the Hellenic Bioscientific Association of the USA. The goal of the initiative is to bring cutting edge knowledge in daily medical practice and connect the Medical School with distinguished Greek physicians/ scientists working in the USA. Attendees could be consultants, residents, medical students in their clerkship and biomedical scientists.

Speaker: Dimitrios Farmakiotis MD, FACP, FIDSA
Associate Professor of Medicine. Infectious disease specialist (Transplant and Oncology), Brown University

Topic: An overview of Transplant and Oncology Infectious Diseases
Date: March 17, 2022 (15.00 – 16:00 p.m. Athens time)
Location: Online, free via Zoom (Register at https://www.admin.uoc.gr/GRANDROUNDS/index.php/grf, to get the link via email)

https://www.admin.uoc.gr/GRANDROUNDS/

02/13/2022

Grand Rounds are an essential element of medical education in North America going back decades. The Hellenic Bioscientific Association in the USA (HBA-USA) and the University of Crete are thrilled to announce a series of virtual lectures with distinguished speakers from the USA open to all colleagues in Greece and beyond. Medical students, trainees, specialists and faculty will be able to attend lectures of the highest quality in which their colleagues in North America participate as part of their intense training. We will continue to build bridges between the USA and Greece, to advance education and ultimately patient care.

The series of Grand Rounds in Medicine, a collaboration of the University of Crete, Medical School with the Hellenic Bioscientific Association in the USA, start on Thursday February 17, 15:00-16:00, Athens time.
The lectures are open via zoom.

Our first speaker: Efstathia Andrikopoulou MD, MBA, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, & Radiology, Un. of Alabama
Topic: Artificial Intelligence in Delivery of Cardiovascular Care
https://www.admin.uoc.gr/GRANDROUNDS/

The registration link https://www.admin.uoc.gr/GRANDROUNDS/index.php/grf

Medical Grand Rounds UoC

01/25/2022

An insightful interview featuring our President Dr. Alexandra Touroutoglou is out at Harvard Gazette!
Congratulations Dr. Touroutoglou!!

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/01/exploring-why-some-remain-sharp-even-as-decades-roll-by/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily+Gazette+20211024+%281%29&fbclid=IwAR0hcJietDQlk_QRo9vxhk14PohBOd0e6FyMQM_3RPbxrmCQJAm7Y3rib6g

Harvard researchers study "super-aging" minds for clues to possible interventions for the rest of us.

01/18/2022

Applications are open for WHBA’s Summer School 2022! Make sure you apply to attend this excellent scientific and mentoring program!

More details:
http://www.whba1990.org/summer-school-2022.html

12/22/2021

Happy Holidays from HBA-USA!