Christos Lionis is a medical doctor and Professor with a strong interest in primary care
and public health education, practice, and research. Christos has served the Clinic of
Social and Family Medicine (CSFM) at the School of Medicine, University of Crete
(http://www.fammed.uoc.gr/Joomla/) since 1995 (March) as a Professor of General
Practice and Primary Health Care and CFSM Director until August 2022. In January
2023, Christos has appointed as Professor Emeritus of the University of Crete. He is also
appointed as Guest Professor of General Practice in the Institute of Health and Medicine
at the University of Linkoping, Sweden (2018), a position that he continues to hold
today. As part of his work with the CFSM, Christos has been involved both as PI and
collaborator in multiple large European and international research collaboratives and
research proposals funded by the EU and international agencies. His work has focused
on capacity building of primary health care and public health in Greece and
internationally. Christos has a passion for education and has a played a key role in the
development medical training, continuing medical education, and quality standards in
primary care and public health nationally. He has developed a strong collaboration with
WHO especially during the past two years. Christos is also involved in an editorial and
advisory capacity with a number of international journals. He also is a member of the
Executive Board of various professional organisations including that of WONCA
Working Party on Mental Health where he is currently elected as Chair. He has been
awarded as Honorary Fellow for the Royal College of General Practitioners (2009), the
World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of
General Practitioners/Family Physicians (WONCA) (2016) and the European Society of
Cardiology (2017). Christos has published 439 papers in international journals that they
cited in PubMed. Between 2019 and 2022, Christos has served a member the European
Commission Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health, while he serves the
Specific Advisory Group of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) until today. He is
also a member of National Committee for Mental Health Reform and that of Bioethics
and Biotechnology since 2022.