Sophocles had written that there are “many wonders”, “and none more wonderful than man”. Today, one could say that it is “many complexities and nothing more complex than man”. Indeed, man is a terribly complex being, and human society, human civilization, has made him even more complex.

In his fascinating speech titled “Stress, the Human Brain, and Disease”, professor George P. Chrousos will talk about the center of human complexity, the brain. By analyzing the alert element of our species, the professor of Pediatrics and Endocrinology Emeritus at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, will help us better understand the function of the human organ that became the source of many good and many bad during our species’ history.

George P. Chrousos is professor of Pediatrics and Endocrinology Emeritus, Holder, UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care, Director of the University Research Institute on Maternal and Child Health and Precision Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Head of the Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens.  His work has been cited over 170,000 times (H-index 199) (Google Scholar Aug 2021) and has been a highly cited physician-scientist (ISI) in both Clinical Medicine and Biology and Biochemistry. 

Speech title: Stress, the Human Brain, and DiseaseStress, the Human Brain, and Disease || Date & time: Saturday 25, September, 20.00-20.30