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Under the Patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou

Delphi Economic Forum IX

April 10-13, 2024

Antonia Trichopoulou

Head Centre for Public Health Research and Education of the Academy of Athens

Academy of Athens, Greece

Antonia Trichopoulou MD, PhD Member of the Academy of Athens, Head of the Academy of Athens Centre for Public Health Research and Education, Professor Adjunct at Yale University, Professor Emeritus of the University of Athens School of Medicine. She was Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre of Nutrition for over twenty years at the University of Athens Medical School and the Athens School of Public Health, Greece. Her scientific work focuses on public health and nutritional epidemiology, emphasizing the health effects of the Mediterranean diet and traditional foods. She developed health databases and biological samples for ≥ 32,000 people. These databases provide the potential for pioneering epidemiological research. At an academic level, she has mentored dozens of doctors and health workers, many of whom excel today in Greece and abroad, directly supervising 27 doctoral dissertations.

In 2011, she received the Federation of European Nutrition Societies(FENS) Award for her "outstanding nutritionist career". Named in Thomson Reuters 2014 "World's Most Influential Scientific Minds". List and awarded as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in 2018 and 2021, culminating in being decorated with the Golden Cross of Honour for work in preventative medicine and nutrition by the President of the Greek Republic.

Wednesday 10

14.30 - 15.45
Sustainable Food Systems and Climate Change
location_onAmphictyon Hall | Anemolia Hotel, Arachova
Programming Partner: Academy of Athens, Research Center for Public Health Research & Education and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health

United Nations COP28 UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action, December 2023, signed by 134 countries: “WE, HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT...We affirm that agriculture and food systems must urgently adapt and transform in order to respond to the imperatives of climate change.” This session will address the key elements of a planetary health perspective for food system transformation and introduce plans to create a platform for science-policy exchange, sharing of best practices, and solutions-oriented discussions aimed at supporting governments at the national level for progressive action-based policy on nutrition, foods, climate change, and health.