Prof. Dr. Paraskevi Katsaounou is an Assistant
Professor of Pulmonary Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of
Athens School of Medicine. She has her Ph.D. on oxidative stress effects on the
Human respiratory System and a post-Doc at NHLI at the Imperial College of
London. She has worked in various capacities as Chair of Smoking Cessation and
Public Health of the Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS) for six years, Chair of
Smoking Cessation and Health Education of the European Respiratory Society for
three years (ERS), Member of the Tobacco Control Committee of ERS, consultant
experts to the Greek MoH on Tobacco control issues—driving policy standards on
tobacco control- and currently Chair of Respiratory Infections of HTS. As a
seasoned smoking Cessation trainer for HTS, ERS, and WHO with a Mayo Clinic
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification, she is the coordinator of the Train
The Trainer (TTT) Project of WHO-ERS.
