Funded Research Projects

1. Title: «Psychological Distress and Personality Traits in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis»

Principal Investigator: Prof. Alexandros A. Drosos
Role in the research team: Experienced Researcher
Budget of the grant: 4,000.00 Euros
Source of funding: Hellenic Society of Rheumatology
Starting/ending dates: 1-1-2004/31-12-2004

2. Title: «Psychosocial and Biological Risk Factors for Postnatal Depression in Greece»

Principal Investigator: Prof. Thomas Hyphantis
Budget of the grant: 60,000.00 Euros
Source of funding: Greek Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs – General Secretariat for Research and Technology; 3rd EU Cofinanced Development Programms 2000-2006, Action 8.3.1 – Primary Research Domain: HEALTH; PENED 2003 (03ΕΔ728)
Starting/ending dates: 1-1-2006/31-12-2008

3. Title: «Applying effective and beneficial strategies to reduce unscheduled and urgent visits of patients with chronic physical illnesses to Accident and Emergency Departments» (ARISTEIA – EXCELLENCE)

Principal Investigator: Prof. Thomas Hyphantis
Collaborating Investigators: Prof. A.A. Drosos & Prof. S. Konstantopoulos (University of Ioannina, Greece), Prof. F. Creed & Prof. E. Guthrie (University of Manchester, UK)
Budget of the grant: 220,000.00 Euros
Source of funding: NSRF (European Union) and the Greek Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs – General Secretariat for Research and Technology — Primary Research Domain: Medical Sciences, Primary Research Area: Psychiatry
Project acronym: ARISTEIA-ABREVIATE, Project ID: 1259.
Starting/ending dates: 26-9-2012/31-08-2015

4. Title: “Assessing and enhancing resilience to depression in people with long term medical conditions in the era of the current Greek social and financial crisis” (ASSERT-DEP)

Principal Investigator: Prof. Thomas Hyphantis
Collaborating Investigators: Prof. A.A. Drosos & Prof. S. Konstantopoulos (University of Ioannina, Greece), Prof. E. Guthrie (University of Leeds, UK), Ass. Prof. A.F. Carcalho, University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil
Budget of the grant: 200,000.00 Euros
Source of funding: European Economic Area Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 (EEA GR07/3767) and National funds as part of the program “Dissimilarity, Inequality and Social Integration”
Project acronym: ASSERT-DEP, Project ID: 3767.
Starting/ending dates: 26-8-2015/30-04-2017