Cohort 
2016

Stelios Zygouris, PhD

Neuropsychologist

New technologies can promote health equity and universal access to brain health if used effectively.

Current Work

Stelios is a neuropsychologist specializing in the use of new technologies in dementia. He is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas/ Information Technologies Institute (CERTH/ ITI).

Personal Hero

The working class

Words of Strength

Working across disciplines

Vision

To reduce the scale and impact of dementia, we can leverage new technologies to promote health equity and universal access to brain health.

Strategy

Stelios is a research psychologist working on creating more accurate, engaging and easy-to-use tests to detect early cognitive decline. He is using new technologies to gamify these tests thus making them more appealing to older adults.

Impact

Stelios is collaborating with GBHI to translate and adapt cognitive assessment tests for use in his region. He has received funding from GBHI and Alzheimer’s Association pilot project grants to test a new technology-based cognitive screening model.

Motivation

Dementia services are available in major cities; however, older adults in rural areas have limited access to specialized services and no access to tools they can use on their own to improve their brain health and detect cognitive disorders.

Education & Experience

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Neurology Department of the School of Medicine
PhD
Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI)
2016
Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health
University College London
Theoretical Psychoanalytic Studies
2009
MS
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Psychology
2008
BA

Awards & Honors

Atlantic Institute
East Mediterranean Brain Health Initiative
2019
Atlantic Senior Fellows Award (inaugural)

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