Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou (; born 1938) is a nutrition epidemiologist, specialising in the study of the health effects of the Mediterranean diet. She has been called the "mother of the Mediterranean Diet". Trichopoulou is a Professor Emeritus of the School of Medicine of the University of Athens and the President of the Hellenic Health Foundation. She has published more than 900 scientific papers and was president of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS). For her contributions, she was elected in December 2021 a full member of the Academy of Athens in the Chair of "Medical Sciences: Epidemiology and Public Health". In 2003 she was awarded the Golden Cross of Honor by the President of the Greek Republic. Her late husband was Dimitrios Trichopoulos, a cancer epidemiologist. Early life and education
Trichopoulou was born in Athens, Greece. In 1961, she graduated as a medical doctor from the Medical School of the University of Athens. In 1963, she received her degree from the Athens School of Health and in 1965 she completed the specialty of biopathology (microbiology). She was awarded her doctorate in medicine from the University of Athens. Career
In 1976 Trichopoulou became a professor of medicine at the University of Athens, in the field of biological chemistry. She was appointed professor of nutrition and biochemistry at the Athens School of Public Health in 1977 and served as Dean of the School from 1985 to 1987. In 1994 she was awarded the title of adjunct professor of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA. During her career at the Athens School of Public Health (1990–1999) and then at the Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the University of Athens (2000–2019), she headed the World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre for Nutrition. In 2006, she co-founded the non-profit Hellenic Health Foundation, where she has been President since 2014. For her contributions, she was elected in December 2021 a full member of the Academy of Athens in the Chair of "Medical Sciences: Epidemiology and Public Health". Trichopoulou's research mainly focuses on nutrition and particularly, the Mediterranean diet. She developed the first standardized score for adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet, the Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS). The MDS, or its variations, has been used in hundreds of studies evaluating the health effects of adherence to the Mediterranean diet all over the world. Awards and honors 
Trichopoulou has received numerous awards and honors, including:
 Golden Cross of Honor, President of the Greek Republic, 2003
 Award for her outstanding nutritionist career, Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS), 2011
 Full member, Chair of Medical Sciences: Epidemiology and Public Health, Academy of Athens, 2021

Further engagements 
Apart from her published manuscripts and her engagements in various scientific bodies, she has also discussed her work in interviews and podcasts. References 

Greek public health doctors
Greek biochemists
Nutritionists
Members of the Academy of Athens (modern)
Mediterranean diet advocates
World Health Organization officials
Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty
Academic staff of the University of West Attica
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
University of West Attica alumni
1938 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Greek women physicians
Women nutritionists
Women biochemists
Women epidemiologists
People from Athens
Women public health doctors