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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Greece Leader Award
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  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

George P. Chrousos is affiliated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on molecular biology, clinical psychology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, public health, environmental and occupational health, and physiology.

Their research work covers a range of topics with notable publication counts, including:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • MicroRNA in Disease Regulation
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "The neuroendocrinology of stress: the stress-related continuum of chronic disease development," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Self-reported changes in anxiety, depression and suicidality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Greece," 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Pharmacological principles guiding prolonged glucocorticoid treatment in ARDS," 2020, Intensive Care Medicine
  • "Exploring the Effects of Problematic Internet Use on Adolescent Sleep: A Systematic Review," 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Data Sharing Under the General Data Protection Regulation," 2021, Hypertension

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George P. Chrousos include:

  • Flora Bacopoulou
  • Dimitriοs Vlachakis
  • Christina Darviri
  • Eleni Papakonstantinou
  • Elias Eliopoulos

The scientist's work is published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
  • EMBnet Journal
  • Children
  • International Journal of Epigenetics
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

George P. Chrousos has been recognized with several memberships in prominent scholarly bodies, including:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2010)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2010)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • The Concepts of Stress and Stress System Disorders: Overview of Physical and Behavioral Homeostasis

    George P. Chrousos;Philip W. Gold

  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, neuroendocrine factors and stress.

    Constantine Tsigos;George P Chrousos;George P Chrousos

  • Stress and disorders of the stress system

    George P. Chrousos

  • The Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis and Immune-Mediated Inflammation

    George P. Chrousos

  • The Sympathetic Nerve—An Integrative Interface between Two Supersystems: The Brain and the Immune System

    Elenkov Ij;Wilder Rl;Chrousos Gp;Vizi Es

  • Endocrinology of the stress response.

    Evangelia Charmandari;Constantine Tsigos;George Chrousos

  • Metabolic syndrome: definitions and controversies

    Eva Kassi;Panagiota Pervanidou;Gregory Kaltsas;George Chrousos

  • Diagnosis and Complications of Cushing’s Syndrome: A Consensus Statement

    G. Arnaldi;A. Angeli;A. B. Atkinson;X. Bertagna

  • Organization of the stress system and its dysregulation in melancholic and atypical depression: high vs low CRH/NE states

    P W Gold;G P Chrousos

  • Sleep Apnea and Daytime Sleepiness and Fatigue: Relation to Visceral Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Hypercytokinemia

    Alexandros N. Vgontzas;Dimitris A. Papanicolaou;Edward O. Bixler;Kenneth Hopper

  • The Pathophysiologic Roles of Interleukin-6 in Human Disease

    Dimitris A. Papanicolaou;Ronald L. Wilder;Stavros C. Manolagas;George P. Chrousos

  • Clinical and biochemical manifestations of depression. Relation to the neurobiology of stress (2)

    Philip W. Gold;Frederick K. Goodwin;George P. Chrousos

  • Noncoding RNA Gas5 Is a Growth Arrest– and Starvation-Associated Repressor of the Glucocorticoid Receptor

    Tomoshige Kino;Darrell E. Hurt;Takamasa Ichijo;Nancy Nader

  • Stress Hormones, Proinflammatory and Antiinflammatory Cytokines, and Autoimmunity

    Ilia J. Elenkov;Ilia J. Elenkov;George P. Chrousos

  • Elevation of Plasma Cytokines in Disorders of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness: Role of Sleep Disturbance and Obesity

    Alexandros N. Vgontzas;Dimitris A. Papanicolaou;Edward O. Bixler;Anthony Kales

  • Mechanisms of stress: a dynamic overview of hormonal and behavioral homeostasis.

    Elizabeth O. Johnson;Themis C. Kamilaris;George Panagiotis Chrousos;Philip W.P. Gold

  • Adverse Effects of Modest Sleep Restriction on Sleepiness, Performance, and Inflammatory Cytokines

    Alexandros N. Vgontzas;E. Zoumakis;E. O. Bixler;H. M. Lin

  • Molecular Determinants of Glucocorticoid Receptor Function and Tissue Sensitivity to Glucocorticoids

    Christoph M. Bamberger;Heinrich M. Schulte;George P. Chrousos

  • Stressors, Stress, and Neuroendocrine Integration of the Adaptive Response: The 1997 Hans Selye Memorial Lecture

    George P. Chrousos

  • Stress Hormones, Th1/Th2 patterns, Pro/Anti-inflammatory Cytokines and Susceptibility to Disease

    Ilia J Elenkov;George P Chrousos

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip W. Gold
Philip W. Gold National Institutes of Health
Tomoshige Kino
Tomoshige Kino Sidra Medicine
Gordon B. Cutler
Gordon B. Cutler National Institutes of Health
Ashley B. Grossman
Ashley B. Grossman University of Oxford
Maria I. New
Maria I. New Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Aaron I. Vinik
Aaron I. Vinik Eastern Virginia Medical School
Márta Korbonits
Márta Korbonits Queen Mary University of London
Robert I McLachlan
Robert I McLachlan Monash University
Kenneth R. Feingold
Kenneth R. Feingold University of California, San Francisco
Jerome M. Hershman
Jerome M. Hershman University of California, Los Angeles

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