Dr. Ioannidou studies the association between chronic periodontitis and chronic kidney disease. Her multidisciplinary research approach, which involves periodontology, nephrology, microbiology, epidemiology, nutrition and behavioral sciences investigates the interactions between the two diseases. Her current funded research project explores the contribution of kidney disease to the oral environment as well as potential modification in etiopathology of periodontitis. Furthermore, she investigates periodontal treatment response in individuals in different stages of chronic kidney (CKD) disease and/or end stage kidney disease (ESRD).
In parallel, Dr. Ioannidou studies gender issues in academe as they relate to pay gap, leadership opportunities, scholarly activities, retention and recruitment. Dr. Ioannidou mentors the Women in Dentistry student interest group with lectures and regular monthly meetings.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
DDS	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Dentistry

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Residency	University of Connecticut Health Center	Periodontology
Postdoctoral	University of Connecticut	Masters of Dental Science
Postdoctoral	University of Washington	Certificate in Clinical Research
ADEA Leadership Fellowship		Academy of Academic Leadership

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
ADEA Leadership Institute Fellow
ADEAGies/AADr Fellowship (Mentor)
Peter Robinson Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty
AADR Neal Chilton Award
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
UCONN Faculty Development Award

Surgical Periodontal Therapy, Dental Implants, Hard and Soft Tissue Grafting

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
AADR Board of Directors	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member-at-Large	External	National	2017	2020
American Association for Dental Research- Annual Meeting Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization			National
AAP Foundation Tarrson Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization			National
International Association for Dental Research-Fellowship Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization		External	International
American Association for Dental Research-Nominations Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization		External	National
American Association for Dental Research-Hatton Awards Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization		External	National
American Association for Dental Research Task Force on Clinical Research	Research Committee		External	National
American Academy of Periodontology-Research Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization		External	National
Internation Association for Dental Research-Women in Science Network	Professional/Scientific Organization	Founder/Vice-President	External	International
JDR Clinical and Translational Research-	Professional/Scientific Journal	Scientific Advisory Committee		International

Clinical Research Interests:
Her research work enters a novel multidisciplinary research field with the main objective being to explore the relationship between chronic periodontal infection, systemic inflammatory markers and cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease population. This project explores the link between periodontal inflammation, systemic inflammation, and cardiovascular events in the chronic kidney disease population. Since several non-traditional risk factors may modify the inflammatory status of these patients, possibly affecting the cardiovascular mortality rates, we hypothesized that periodontitis could be one of these non-traditional risk factors. As a result, her research team is assessing prevalence data of periodontal infection in this hemodialysis and pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease population and related mechanisms of increased systemic inflammation levels. Moreover, they investigate the effect of depressive symptoms on their periodontal and systemic inflammatory status.

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