Irene Tzovara

Experience

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  Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

  Field Researcher - Medical Doctor

  Doctor of the national research "National morbidity and risk factor study" in charge of visiting the volunteers, obtaining their medical history and measuring their blood pressure, conducting spirometry and blood sampling.

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  Administration of Secondary Education

  Feb 2016 - Mar 2016

  Doctor

  Doctor of the Nationwide School Football Championship for the 5th Department of Athens (Administration of Secondary Education), managing any injuries that occurred during the games.

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  Clinic Kanakidis

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2017

  On-call Doctor

  In charge of the whole clinic (83 patients) for 24 hour. Administering any changes in the patient's condition or acute incidents and defining the optimal treatment and management for them.

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  Immunobiology and Vaccinology Research Laboratory

  Nov 2016 - now

  Medical Researcher

  Currently enrolled as a researcher and PhD student in the Immunobiology and Vaccinology Research Laboratoryof the 1st Pediatric Clinic of "Agia Sofia" Children's Hospital, National Kapodistrian University Of Athens. Specifically the subject of me doctoral is: "Study of the establishment mechanism of antigen-specific memory B cells after immunization with 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in healthy infants 6-15 months old:comparing 3 immunization schedules". Apart from my docotral research I am avtively involved in other projects of the Laboratory regarding vaccine failure studies, immunological memory follow-up studies, and novel epitope-based pneumococcal vaccine research. Show less

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  Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital

  Jun 2020 - now

  Pediatric Resident

  Special-interest rotations during residency• Infectious Diseases - COVID-19 unit: 9 months (September 2021-May 2022), Infectious Diseases Unit, First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital• Hematology and Oncology: 5 months (June-October 2022), Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital• Infectious Diseases in Immunocompromised Hosts: 4 months (January-April 2024), Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Show less