CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
Dr. Antonia Matalas
CONTACT:
Harokopio University, E. Venizelou 70, 17671 Athens, Greece
Tel.: +30 2109549152 & +30 2109549166
Fax.: +30 2109549141
e-mail: [email protected]
DATE OF BIRTH:
20.12.1962
CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor of Nutritional Anthropology
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
ACADEMIC TITLES
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis,
USA 1993. Thesis: Historical and Geographical Continuity in Mediterranean Diet. A Nutritional
Investigation Among Chian-Greeks. Thesis Supervisor: Dr. L.E. Grivetti
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Chemistry, Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki, Greece 1985
PAST POSITIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
ƒ Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis (UCD) in collaboration
with the Western Regional Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, San Francisco. California (1989
-1992).
ƒ Teaching Assistant, Department of Nutrition, UCD. Organised and taught practical sessions in
Nutrition courses. (1987 - 1992).
ƒ Associate In the Department of Nutrition, UCD. Instructor of the course Food and Culture (1991).
ƒ Teaching Associate in Applied Nutrition, Technological Education Institution (TEI) of Athens
(1995).
ƒ External partner of the Pedagogical Institute of Greece for several assignments in relation to the
High School Education (textbook preparation, study curricula development) (1998 - 2001).
ƒ Associate In the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Nutrition, University of California,
Davis ‘without salary’ (2005 - 2006).
ƒ Assistant Professor of Nutritional Anthropology, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio
University, Athens, Greece (1998-2007). Courses: Principles of Nutrition, Nutritional Assessment,
Nutritional Anthropology, International Nutrition (graduate).
ƒ Associate Professor of Nutritional Anthropology, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio
University, Athens, Greece (2007-2013). Courses: Principles of Nutrition, Nutritional
Anthropology, World Nutrition, Special Topics in Nutrition (graduate), Nutrition Policies
(graduate).
Supervisor in 9 PhD theses (7 completed); Consultant in 6 PhD theses (4 completed); Supervisor in
13 MSc theses (11 completed).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ecology and nutrition. Food and culture. Traditional Foods. Food habits and nutritional assessment in
adolescence, pregnancy, lactation and third age.Nutrition education.
PARTICIPATION IN ACADEMIC EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES
ƒ Socrates Institutional Coordinator for the Harokopio University (1996- 2000)
ƒ Socrates-Erasmus Departmental Coordinator for the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at
Harokopio University (1996-9 & 2000-2).
ƒ Coordination of the Ten Days of Taste, an educational initiative co-organised by the French Embassy
in Greece and the Institut Francais in Athens, with the collaboration of Harokopio University. Pilot
implementation in Greece of the program ‘Laboratories of Taste’ (Scientific coordinator: H. Tis), 1221 Νovember 2003.
ƒ Scientific visit under the Cross-Cultural Program for Higher Education between Greece and Ireland
at the Department of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin, Dublin.Participation in; Ireland.
November 2006.
PARTICIPATION IN RECENT FUNDED EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES
ƒ Participation in the European Food Safety Agency project Update of the EFSA Comprehensive Food
Consumption Database (2013-2014). Specific contribution: “Food habits and intake throughout
exclusive breastfeeding (2005-2007)”.
ƒ European Commission, Life Long Learning Program Training teachers in developing consumer
awareness among children – TRACON (2011-2013). Antonia Matalas: Project Coordinator
(www.tracon-project.eu)
ƒ Research Promotion Foundation. ΤΠΕ/ΟΡΙΖΟ/0308(ΒΙΕ), Republic of Cyprus: Cyprus Virtual
Museum of Food and Nutrition (2009-2011) Antonia Matalas: Scientific Coordinator; Yiorgos
Chrysanthou: Project Coordinator ((http://foodmuseum.cs.ucy.ac.cy/web/guest/home).
ƒ Research Promotion Foundation, Republic of Cyprus and EU (AKGEN/0506/05): Nutritional Indexes
for Evaluation of Nutrition Quality and of the Risk of in Children (2006 -2008). Demosthenes
Panagiotakos: Scientific Coordinator; George Stylianou: Project Coordinator; Chrystalleni Lazarou:
Primary Investigators.
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS
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International Commission of the Anthropology of Food (ICAF)
International Commission for Ethnological Food Research
Hellenic Ethnological Society
American Institute of Nutrition (ΑΙΝ)
Member, International Union of Nutrition Sciences (IUNS)
Curriculum Vitae of Antonia Matalas
PUBLICATIONS (h index = 17)
A. In collective volumes
1.
Matalas AL, Lazarou C, Chrysanthou Y. The Cyprus Food and Nutrition Virtual Museum. An
Attempt to Preserve and Disseminate Knowledge about Past Foodways and Controversial Issues
Regarding the Revival of Traditional Food. In Lysaght P. (ed) The Return to Traditional Food Lund
University, Lund, Sweden 2013, pp.146-151.
2.
Antonakou A, Chiou A and Matalas AL Breast milk tocopherol content and correlations with
maternal diet. In Preedy V. (ed.) Handbook of Dietary and Nutritional Aspects of Human Breast
Milk, Wageningen Academic Publishers, The Netherlands 2013.
3.
Matalas AL, Lazarou C, Panagiotakos DB Meal Habits of Cypriot Schoolchildren: Associations
with Socio-Economic Factors. In Lysaght P. (ed) Time for Food, Abo Academi University Press,
Abo/Turku, Finland 2012, pp. 237-246.
4.
Matalas AL, Tourlouki E and Lazarou C. Fasting in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In Eden T. and
Albala K. (eds). Food and Faith in Christian Culture, Columbia University Press, New York 2011.
5.
Matalas AL. and Pechlivani F. Infant feeding and professional advice in early 20th c. Greece. In
Lysaght P. (ed.) Food and Meals in Cultural Crossroads, Novus Press, Oslo 2010.
6.
Yangou V, Demetriou D, Lazarou C, Matalas A-L. Ελαιώδη δια άρτυμα. Λιπαρές ύλες στη
διατροφή και γαστρονομία των Κυπρίων [Culinary fats in Cypriot gastronomy] In Αρχαιολογία και
Τέχνες (Archaeology and Art, volume on Taste) 2010 116:29-37
7.
Matalas AL. and Matalas E. Traditional Christmas Foods of Greece In McBeth H. (ed) Traditional
Christmas Foods across Europe. Book available on the internet site of the International Commission
on Food Anthropology (www.icafood.eu), 2009.
8.
Matalas A-L. From a neuraceutical to a harmful food. A cultural history of chocolate in Greece. In
Lysaght P. (ed.) Sanitas per Aquas, Spas, Lifestyles and Foodways, StudienVerlag, Insbruck 2008,
pp. 291-306.
9.
Matalas A-L, Pallidou A. Dairy products and their dietary role, an analysis of Greek recipes. In
History of Milk and its Products in Greece, Piraeus Bank Cultural Foundation, Athens 2008. [In
Greek]
10.
Matalas AL. Use of non-foods in the Greek famine: the Athens famine survivor project. In:
MacBeth H. (ed.) Consuming the Inedible: Neglected Dimensions of Food Choice, Τhe
Anthropology of Food and Nutrition series, U.S. Berghahn Books, Oxford and Provence 2008.
11.
Matalas A-L. Historical background of the Mediterranean diet. In Lysaght P. (ed.) Mediterranean
Food. Concepts and Trends. Biblioteka Ethnografija, Zagreb 2006, pp. 89-102.
12.
Yannakoulia M, Matalas A-L, Grivetti LE. From Frugality to Disordered Eating Behavior. The Case
of Greece. Στο: Ruggiero GM (ed) Eating Disorders in the Mediterranean World: Cognitive and
Sociocultural Correlates, NOVA Publisher, New York 2003, pp. 245-257.
13.
Matalas AL. The Mediterranean Diet: Historical Background and Dietary Patterns in Pre-World
War II Greece. Στο: Matalas A-L., Zampelas A., Starinos V. and Wolinsky I. (eds) The
Mediterranean Diet. Constituents and Health Promotion, CRC Press, Boca Raton FL 2001.
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B. In peer-reviewed journals (indexed in ISI)
1.
Antonakou A, Skenderi KP, Chiou A, Anastasiou CA, Bakoula C, Matalas AL. Breast milk fat
concentration and fatty acid pattern during the first six months in exclusively breastfeeding Greek
women. European Journal of Nutrition, 2012 52(3):963-973.
2.
Tourlouki E, Matalas A-L, Bountziouka V, Tyrovolas S, Zeimbekis A, Efthimios Gotsis, Tsiligianni
I, Protopapa I, Protopapas K, Metallinos G, Lionis C, Suzanne Piscopo, Polychronopoulos E,
Panagiotakos D. Are current dietary habits in Mediterranean islands a reflection of the past? Results
from the MEDIS Study. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 2012.
3.
Lazarou C, Panagiotakos DB, Karolis M, Matalas A-L. Dietary patterns analysis using data mining
method. An application to data from the CYKIDS study. Computer Methods and Programs in
Biomedicine, 2012 108(2):706-714.
4.
Yannakoulia M, Brussee SE, Drichoutis AC, Kalea A.Z, Matalas AL, and Klimis-Zacas, D. (2011).
Food consumption patterns in Mediterranean adolescents: are there differences between overweight
and normal weight adolescents? Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2012 44(3):233-239.
5.
Lazarou C, Matalas A-L. A critical review of current evidence, perspectives and research
implications of diet-related traditions of the Eastern Christian Orthodox Church on dietary intakes
and health consequences. International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition, 2012 61(7):739-758.
6.
Lazarou C, Panagiotakos DB, Matalas A-L. The role of diet in prevention and management of
diabetes type 2 - Implications for public health. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition,
2012 52(5):382-9.
7.
Tourlouki E, Matalas A-L, Panagiotakos DB. Surviving Dietary Patterns of the Past: a case study
from the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea. Nature and Culture, 2011 6 (3): 244-262.
8.
Yangou V, Demetriou D, Matalas A-L. A King with rugs. Cypriot meal patterns of the past and
traditional food products. Hellenic Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2011 2(2):87-95.
9.
Lazarou C, Panagiotakos DB, Spanoudes G, Matalas A-L. EKINDEX: a dietary screening tool to
assess obesogenic dietary habits. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2011 30(2):100-112.
10.
Antonakou A, Chiou A, Andrikopoulos NK, Bakoula C, Matalas A-L. Breast milk tocopherol
content during the first six months in exclusively breastfeeding Greek women. European Journal of
Clinical Nutrition, 2010 50(3):195-202.
11.
Antonakou A, Panou I, Bacoula C, Matalas A-L. Greek women’s diet during pregnancy: preliminary
results of a research study. Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmakocinetics International
Edition, 2010 24:229-233. [In Greek]
12.
Tourlouki E, Polychronopoulos E, Zeimbekis A, Tsakountakis N, Bountziouka V, Eirini Lioliou;
Eftichia Papavenetiou; Anna Polystipioti; George Metallinos; Stefanos Tyrovolas; Efthimios Gotsis
E, Matalas AL, Christos Lionis; Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos The 'secrets' of the long livers in
Mediterranean islands: the MEDIS study. The European Journal of Public Health Advances, 2010
20(6):659-64.
13.
Papoutsakis C, Manios Y, Magkos F, Papakonstantinou E, Schulpis KH, Zampelas A., and Matalas
A-L, Yiannakouris N. The effect of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR 677C>T)
polymorphism on plasma homocysteine concentrations in healthy children is influenced by
consumption of folate-fortified foods. Nutrition, 2010 26:969-974.
14.
Lazarou C, Panagiotakos DB, Matalas A-L. C-reactive protein levels are associated with adiposity
and a high inflammatory foods index in mountainous Cypriot children. Clinical Nutrition, 2010
May 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20554094
Curriculum Vitae of Antonia Matalas
15.
Tympa-Psirropoulou E, Vagenad C, Psirropoulos D, Dafni O, Matala A, Skopouli F. Nutritional and
environmental factors for iron-deficiency anemia in children 12-24 months old in the area of
Thessalia in Greece. Hippocratia 2009 12(4):240-250.
16.
Kerschan-Schindl K, Thalmann M, Sodeck GH, Skenderi K, Matalas AL, Grampp S, Ebner C,
Pietschmann P. A 246-km continuous running race causes significant changes in bone
metabolism. Bone, 2009 45:1079-1083.
17.
Tourlouki E., Panagiotakos DB, Matalas A-L. Dietary habits and cardiovascular disease risk in
middle-aged and elderly populations: a review of evidence. Clinical Investigation in Aging, 2009
4:319-30.
18.
Panagiotakos DB, Matalas A-L. Back to the ancient diet: a matter of urgency for Southern
Mediterranean countries. Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, 2009 19:153-158.
19.
Lazarou C, Panagiotakos DB, Matalas A-L. Physical activity mediates the protective effect of the
Mediterranean diet on children's obesity status: The CYKIDS study. Nutrition, 2009.
20.
Lazarou C., Panagiotakos DB, Matalas A-L. Foods E-KINDEX: a dietary index, which is associated
with reduced blood pressure levels, among young children: The CYKIDS study. Journal of the
American Dietetic Association, 2009 109(6):1070-1075.
21.
Lazarou C, Panagiotakos DB, Matalas A-L. Dietary and other lifestyle characteristics of Cypriot
children: Results from the nationwide CYKIDS study. BMC Public Health, 2009 9:147-155.
22. Lazarou C, Panagiotakos D.B., Matalas A-L. Level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet among
children from Cyprus: The CYKIDS study. Public Health Nutrition, 2009 12(7):991-1000.
23.
Lazarou C., Panagiotakos DB, Matalas A-L.Lifestyle factors are determinants of children's blood
pressure levels: The CYKIDS study. Journal of Human Hypertension, 2009 23(7):456-463.
24. Lazarou C, Panagiotakos DB, Matalas A-L. E-KINDEX, a novel dietary index that is associated with
obesity status in children. International Journal of Obesity, 2008 32(S1):216.
25.
Lazarou C, Kalavana Τ, Matalas A-L. The influence of parents' dietary beliefs and behaviours on
children's dietary beliefs and behaviours: The CYKIDS study. Appetite, 2008 51(3):690-696.
26. Pechlivani F, Matalas A-L, and Bakoula C. Infant feeding and professional advice in the first half of
the 20th century in Greece. Breastfeeding Review, 2008 16(3):23-28.
27.
Risvas G, Panagiotakos DB, Chrysanthopoulou C, Karasouli M, Matalas A-L, Zampelas A. Factors
affecting food choice in Greek primary school students: ELPYDES study. Journal of Public Health,
2008 30(3):266-273.
28.
Pechlivani F, Matalas AL, Κaramanes Ε. Five crucial decades in infant nutrition, 1900-1950.
Archives History Medicine, 2008 25:1-9 [In Greek].
29.
Skenderi KP, Tsironi M., Lazaropoulos, Anastasiou CA, Matalas AL, Kanavaki X, Chroussos GP.
Changes in free radical generation and antioxidant capacity during ultramarathon foot race. European
Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2008 38(3):159-65.
30.
Lazarou C, Panagiotakos DB, Panayiotou G, Matalas A-L. Overweight and obesity in preadolescent
children and their parents in Cyprus: prevalence and associated socio-demographic factors - the
CYKIDS study. Obesity Reviews, 2008 May 9(3):185-93.
31.
Klimis-Zacas DJ, Kalea AZ, Yannakoulia M, Matalas A-L, Vassilakou T, Papoutsakis-Tsarouhas C,
Yiannakouris N, Polychronopoulos E, Passos M. Dietary intakes of Greek urban adolescents do not
meet the recommendations. Nutrution Research, 2007 27: 18-26.
32.
Matalas AL. Dietary patterns in pre-World War II Greece. Disparities within peasant and urban
foodways. Food and History, 2006 4:237-253.
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33.
Matalas AL. Disparities within traditional Mediterranean food patterns: an historical approach of the
Greek diet. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2006, 57:529-536.
34.
Skenderi KP, Kavouras S.A, Yannakouris N, Matalas AL. Exertional rhabdomyolysis during a 246
km continuous running race. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2006 38:1054-1057.
35.
Bathrellou E, Yannakoulia M, Voutzourakis N, Matala A-L , Sidossis LS. Food advertisements for
children and their nutritional characteristics Paediatriki, 2006; 69:164-170. [in Greek]
36.
Thalmann M, Sodeck G.H., Kavouras SA, Matalas AL, Skenderi KP, Yannakouris N, Domanovitz
H. Proton-pump inhibitorprevents gastrointestinal bleeding in ultramarathon runners. British Journal
of Sports Medicine, 2006 40:359-362.
37.
Papoutsakis C, Yiannakouris N, Manios Y, Papakonstantinou E, Magkos F, Schulpis K, Zampelas A.
and Matalas A-L. The effect of MTHFR(C677T) genotype on plasma homocysteine concentrations
in healthy children is influenced by gender. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006 60(2):15562.
38.
Tympa-Psirropoulou E, Vagenad C, Psirropoulos D, Dafni O, Matala A, Skopouli F. Nutritional risk
factors for iron-deficiency anaemia in children 12-24 months old in the area of Thessalia in Greece.
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2005 56(1):1-12.
39.
Margeli A, Skenderi KP, Tsironi M, Hantzi E, Matalas A-L, Vrettou C, Kanavakis E, Chrousos G,
Papassotiriou I. Dramatic elevations of Interleukin-6 and acute phase reactants in athletes
participating in the ultradistance footrace “Spartathlon”: severe systemic inflammation and
lipoprotein changes in protracted exercise. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,
2005 90:3914-3918.
40.
Panagiotakos DB, Pitsavos C, Matalas A-L, Chrysohoou C, and Stefanadis C. Geographical
influences on the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the prevalence of
acute coronary syndromes, in Greece: The CARDIO2000 study. International Journal of Cardiology,
2005 100:135-142.
41.
Papoutsakis C, Yiannakouris N, Manios Y, Papakonstantinou E, Magkos F, Schulpis K, Zampelas A,
and Matalas A-L. Plasma homocysteine concentrations in Greek children are influenced by an
interaction between the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T genotype, and folate status. The
Journal of Nutrition, 2005 135:383-388.
42.
Yannakoulia M, Keramopoulos A, Matalas A-L. Bone Mineral Density in Young Active Females:
The Case of Dancers. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 2004
14:279-291.
43.
Yannakoulia M, Matalas A-L, Yiannakouris N, Papoutsakis C, Passos M, Klimis-Zacas D.
Disordered eating attitudes: an emerging health problem among Mediterranean adolescents. Eating
and Weight Disorders, 2004 9:126-133.
44.
Koutsari C, Zagana A, Tzoras I, Sidossis LS and. Matalas A-L. Gender influence on plasma
triacylglycerol response to meals with different monounsaturated and saturated fatty acids ratio.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2004 58:495-502.
45.
Yannakoulia M, Yiannakouris N, Blüher S, Matalas A-L, Klimis-Zacas D, Mantzoros CS. Body fat
mass and macronutrient intake in relation to circulating soluble leptin receptor (sOB-R), free leptin
index, adiponectin and resistin concentrations in healthy humans. The Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism 2003 88: 1730-1736.
46.
Yannakoulia M, Sitara M, Matalas A-L. Reported eating behavior improvement after a nutrition
intervention program in a group of young female dancers. International Journal of Sport Nutrition
and Exercise Metabolism 2002 12:24-32.
47.
Papoutsakis C, Matalas A-L, Yannakoulia M, Yiannakouris N, Klimis-Zacas D. Assssement of
Nutrient Adequacy Among a Population of Mediterranean Adolescents. Annals of Nutrition and
Metabolism 2001 45:491
Curriculum Vitae of Antonia Matalas
48.
Yannakoulia M, Matalas A-L. Nutrition intervention in dancers. Journal of Dance Medicine and
Science 2000 4(30):103-108.
49.
Yannakoulia M, Keramopoulos A, Tsakalakos N, Matalas A-L. Body composition in dancers: the
bioelectrical impedance method. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2000 32:228-234.
50.
Yiannakouris N, Matalas A-L, Yannakoulia M, Melistas L, Klimis-Zacas D. Association of
Apolipoprotein E Genotype With Plasma Lipoproteins In Greek High-School Students.
Atherosclerosis 2000 150:S10-S11.
51.
Yannakoulia M, Matalas A-L. Eating behaviour and nutritional concerns among female dance and
non-dance students. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2000 59:104.
52.
Klimis-Zacas D, Matalas A-L, Papoutsakis-Tsarouhas C, Passos M, Polychronopoulos E,
Yannakoulia M, Yiannakouris N. Blood Lipid Profiles and Body Composition in Greek High-School
Students. Atherosclerosis 1999 144(S1):76
53.
Matalas A-L, Yannakoulia M. Greek street food vending: an old habit turned new. World Review of
Nutrition and Dietetics 1999 86:1-24.
54.
Matalas A-L, Franti CE, Grivetti LE. Comparative study of diets and disease prevalence in ChianGreeks. Part II. Chian immigrants residing in Athens and the United States. Ecology of Food and
Nutrition 1999 38:381-414.
55.
Matalas A-L, Franti CE, Grivetti LE. Comparative study of diets and disease prevalence in ChianGreeks. Part I. Rural and urban residents of Chios. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 1999 38:351-380.
56.
Matalas A-L. National policies promoting better nutrition, physical activity, and sports for all in
Greece. World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics 1997 81:129-135.
57.
Matalas A-L, Grivetti LE. Dietary assessment of 19th century Greek sailors. Analysis of the log of
the Konstantinos. Food and Foodways 1994 5(4):353-389.
58.
Matalas A-L, Grivetti LE. Mediterranean diet in the 19th and 20th century. The case of two ship
crews and their provisions. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 1993 44:261-279.
C. As author or editor
1.
Matalas A and Xirotiris N. (eds) Fish and Seafood. Nutritional and Anthropological Perspectives,
Proceedings of the 26th Conference of the International Commission on the Anthropology of Food
and Nutrition, Mystis editions, Heraklion, Crete 2013.
2.
Matalas ΑL. Nutrition Anthropology, Papazisis, Athens 2008. [In Greek]
3.
Matalas ΑL and Houliaras A (eds). Nutrition in the 21st century. Geographies of Affluence and
Shortage, Papazisis, Athens 2005. [In Greek]
4.
Matalas AL, Zampelas A., Starinos V. and Wolinsky I. (eds) The Mediterranean Diet. Constituents
and Health Promotion, CRC Press, Boca Raton 2001.
REFEREE
For 8 International Journals and the Welcome Trust Foundation, UK (History of Medicine)
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