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Gkikas Magiorkinis (1978) is a Greek medical doctor specialized in Clinical Pathology[1] and assistant professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology at the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Athens, Greece.[2]

Early years

Gkikas Magiorkinis was born and raised in Piraeus and was an honors student at school. He was accepted at the Medical School of Athens University in 1997, having scored the highest marks in all of Greece in the Greek University Admission Exams.[3][4]

Education

Magiorkinis graduated from Medical School in 2004 and then earned a Master of Science degree in Biostatistics. He carried out his PhD at the School of Medicine of Athens University and his thesis was titled “Molecular evolution of Human Viruses – applications on molecular epidemiology". His medical training was completed with residencies in biopathology at three Athens hospitals, namely "Andreas Syngros", "Laiko" and "401 Army General Hospital".[5]

Career

From 2010 to 2017 he was a postdoctoral researcher at Oxford University, while from 2013 to 2017 he served as an Honorary Consultant in Medical Virology at the Virus Reference Department of Public Health England in Colindale, London.[6] He then became a lecturer[7] and subsequently assistant professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.[8] Since 2020 he has served on the Ministry of Health's Committee of Experts on Public Health and he substitutes for professor Sotirios Tsiodras in the public briefings on the Covid-19 pandemic

when Dr. Tsiodras is absent.[5]

Distinctions

Awards

  • 2012: "Marie Curie" Award in the category "Promising Research Talent"[9]
  • 2011: "Ioannis Vlysidis" award, Athens Academy[10]

Fellowships

Dr. Magiorkinis has been awarded several fellowships, the most important of which are:[11]

  • Clinician Scientist Fellowship, Medical Research Council, United Kingdom
  • Junior Research Fellow, St. Cross College, University of Oxford
  • Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, European Commission

He is a member of the UK General Medical Council, the Medical Association of Athens, the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal Society of Medicine.[12] Dr. Magiorkinis has over 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals, indicatively The New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet Infectious Diseases.[13] International media have often featured Dr. Magiorkinis, indicatively The Washington Post,[14] The Guardian,[15] Euronews and others.

Criticism

In a post on his Facebook page on Saturday 29 August 2020, Dr. Magiorkinis used a diagram to show that a school classroom of 25 pupils is only 4% more of a hazard for the dispersion of SARS-CoV-2 than a classroom of 15 pupils. Moreover, he asserted that a solution involving smaller classes would pose a greater risk for educators, as it would mean nearly double exposure to possible infected cases.[16][17] His opinion was widely questioned by educators, while at the same time contrasting opinions were being expressed by medical experts such as Professor of Epidemiology at Athens University Dr. Athena Linou and Professor of Genetics at Geneva University Dr. Manolis Dermitzakis.[18] Dr. Dermitzakis explained his disagreement by replying to Dr. Magiorkinis that the model he used was wrong, as in a class of 25 pupils there is a higher probability of a child being SARS-CoV-2-positive, and additionally the child will potentially spread the virus to more individuals than in a 15-pupil class.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών, Βιοστατιστική, ΕΚΠΑ". 1 Ιουνίου 2016. Retrieved 31 Αυγούστου 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Γκίκας Μαγιορκίνης: Ποιος είναι ο καθηγητής που θα αντικαθιστά τον Σωτήρη Τσιόδρα". Έθνος (in Greek). 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  3. ^ "Ανάρτηση από το παρελθόν: Ο Μαγιορκίνης με κοτσίδα στην τηλεόραση πριν 23 χρόνια". ΣΚΑΪ (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  4. ^ www.newsit.gr https://www.newsit.gr/ellada/gkikas-magiorkinis-apo-ton-peiraia-stin-oksfordi-o-nearos-epistimonas-pou-tha-antikathista-ton-sotiri-tsiodra/3090357/. Retrieved 2020-08-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ a b "Γκίκας Μαγιορκίνης: Ποιος είναι ο αντικαταστάτης του Σ. Τσιόδρα". Athens Voice (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  6. ^ Team, ΤοΒΗΜΑ (2020-08-24). "Γκίκας Μαγιορκίνης: Ποιος είναι ο αντικαταστάτης του Σωτήρη Τσιόδρα". Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  7. ^ "Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών "Βιοστατιστική, Διδάσκοντες, ΕΚΠΑ". 1 Ιουνίου 2016. Retrieved 31 Αυγούστου 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Γκίκας Μαγιορκίνης, ο καθηγητής που χτύπησε τον κορονοϊό στη ρίζα του". Oneman.gr (in Greek). 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  9. ^ "Press corner". European Commission - European Commission. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  10. ^ IEFIMERIDA.GR, NEWSROOM (2011-12-29). "Απονεμήθηκαν τα βραβεία της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών για το 2011 | ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΣ". iefimerida.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  11. ^ 3dd (2020-08-29). "Γκίκας Μαγιορκίνης: Ποιος είναι ο αντικαταστάτης του Σ. Τσιόδρα * Vivamus". Vivamus (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Γκίκας Μαγιορκίνης: Ποιος είναι ο καθηγητής που δουλεύει με τον Σωτήρη Τσιόδρα για τον κορονοϊό". sputniknews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  13. ^ Team, ΤοΒΗΜΑ (2020-08-24). "Γκίκας Μαγιορκίνης: Ποιος είναι ο αντικαταστάτης του Σωτήρη Τσιόδρα". Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  14. ^ Harlan, Chico. "Coronavirus infections are rising in Europe and vacationers may be partly to blame". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  15. ^ Otte (now), Jedidajah; Busby, Mattha; Davidson (earlier), Helen; Kassam, Ashifa; Smith, Helena; Tondo, Lorenzo; Burke, Jason; Kassam, Ashifa; Henley, Jon (2020-08-16). "Amazon investigated in Germany over lockdown price controls – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  16. ^ "Γκίκας Μαγιορκίνης: «Δεν έχω πειστεί ότι έχει σημασία το μέγεθος των τάξεων» | LiberalGr". www.liberal.gr. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  17. ^ Newsroom (2020-08-29). "Μαγιορκίνης: Γιατί δεν έχει μεγάλη σημασία το μέγεθος των τάξεων". CNN.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-08-31. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  18. ^ "Αμφιλεγόμενο διάγραμμα Μαγιορκίνη για τον αριθμό των παιδιών στις τάξεις". The Press Project - Ειδήσεις, Αναλύσεις, Ραδιόφωνο, Τηλεόραση (in Greek). 2020-08-29. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  19. ^ Newsroom. "Δερμιτζάκης κατά Μαγιορκίνη για το «μοντέλο» που δικαιολογεί τους 25 μαθητές ανά τμήμα". Documento (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-08-31. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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