Current Vascular Pharmacology

Dr. Liakoppolus was born in Athens, Greece in 1968. He received his MD degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and PhD degree from the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. He is currently an Associate Professor of Nephrology at the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, 1 st Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Currently, he serves as a member (representing ISN) of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee. Additionally, he is actively involved in many Committees of the Medical School of our University (PhD Committee, MSc Committee, Bioethics Committee, Educational Committee etc) and in the Administration Committee (RESTART) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and is also the Vice-Chairman of the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Peloponnese, Greece.

Valérie Metzinger-Le Meuth obtained her PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Rennes 1, France and was a postdoctoral fellow from the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) in the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine of Oxford (UK). She is an Associate Professor in University Sorbonne Paris Nord (USPN), teaching in BSc and in Master degree with a focus on Therapy and Cardiology. She is working in UMRS INSERM 1148 LVTS in collaboration with HEMATIM Laboratory (Amiens) on non-coding RNAs implicated in the physiopathology of chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disorders-associated including vascular/valvular calcification and anemia.