Thessaloniki: 8 awards to women for their research

Of Lemonia Vasvanis

Women who innovate with their research. They propose new methods, new ways of dealing with problems in medicine, economy, agriculture, technology, etc.. And for their proposals, they were awarded in the 2nd cycle Her_Research of the Association of Business Women of Greece – S.E.G.E. on Thursday afternoon, with the hands-on support of the Betsson Foundation, at Stand 13 – Stage 2 as part of the BEYOND innovation, entrepreneurship and technology exhibition.

Sta steps taken to support female entrepreneurship and researchmentioned the research secretary of the Ministry of Development, Mr. Athanasios Kyriazis at the awarding of the first prize. In fact, she spoke about the research programs that support female researchers such as HorizonEurope with 95.5 billion euros, but also the “Research Innovate» which will give financial support of 300 million euros to Universities, institutions and research centers. As he explained to the latter, as soon as it is approved, there is expected to be a large participation, as the previous time it was held, 5500 applications were submitted and 1155 were approved.

At the same time, he emphasized that hundreds of start ups have been financed in Elevate Greece in two and a half years. “We continue in this direction,” he emphasized.

Regarding the prizes:

-3 teams will receive free support with writing research proposals for HorizonEurope or the corresponding research program, from a specialized Team of Technical Advisors

-5 teams will receive a complete training and consulting package of 5 hours free of charge from a specialized Team of Technical Consultants.

Her first time conquered the Archontia Mahairidou for her research at Komotini General Hospital entitled “Prevention of deterioration of the respiratory function of intubated patients of the Intensive Care Unit and of intubated patients intraoperatively, through the use of a real-time measuring machine of the pH of the exhaled air of these patients”. Herself receiving the award he urged everyone to ask the right questions to get on the right path.

In second place among the leader innovators was Efrosony Salata and Fotini Maragou for their research in the company Idna Genamics entitled “Creation of a genetic test as a tool to prevent cardiovascular diseases, the IDNA Cardio Health kit”. Accepting the award they said that “it is important to shine the spotlight on women“, while o co of Betsson Hub in Thessaloniki, Mr. Thanos Marinos, who made the award, praised the work of SEGE.

The third award of leaders innovators was taken by Sumela Savvidou for her research on “The Thracian sheep” for the Institute of Animal Production and ELGO DIMITRAS.

To the innovators Maria Protopapa was distinguished for the Hellenic Center for Marine Research for research into the creation of a preventive device that will detect biofouling on surfaces submerged in seawater before it becomes visible to the naked eye and will therefore contribute to its early treatment. At the awarding of Deputy Governor of the Regional Community of Thessaloniki Mrs. Voula Patoulidou he said how those who have a vision go forward and that “the award brings us closer to our dreams”.

Ekaterini Demka from AUTH won an award for investigating the applications of nanotechnology in Aries sperm processing. The mayor of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Zervas, while awarding the award, wished “there will be no obstacles and there will be success in women’s competitions” and added that “it is an important award to an institution that has made successful steps”.

“This the award gives us courage to continue our research and struggle», areported by Anastasia Heliotis from the nursing department of the University of Patras which was distinguished for the research to create an online platform “umbrella of services” for diagnosing the needs of elderly people and their education through serious game, with the Regional Councilor of PKM Mr. Tzola to emphasize that “we must strengthen the role of women in society”.

Anastasia Litina from the University of Macedonia who won an award for group funding research into the impact of the socio-political and economic crises eroding European identity stated that “innovation doesn’t come if we’re one-sided,” while the Spyros Arsenis who awarded her noted that “The bet for Greece is research, a large part of which is done by women.”

SEGE was thanked for its support Anna Toumbalidou from the Democritus University of Thrace distinguished for her research on benefit policy and the Deputy Mayor of Tourism and Culture of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Mrs. Maria Karagianni recommended that women researchers take advantage of financial tools that can help them.

The president of SEGE, Mrs. Lina Tsaltabassi, spoke about the procedural part of the awards.

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