Ioanna Markaki

Ioanna Markaki

Affiliated to Research | Docent
Visiting address: Akademiskt Specialistcenter, Solnavägen 1E, 11365 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Neuro Svenningsson Markaki, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • I am a neurologist with a special interest in Movement Disorders,
    particularly Parkinson's disease, and in clinical research. I am proud to be
    a member of the Parkinson-group at the Center of Neurology, Academic
    Specialist Center at Torsplan, where we provide team-based patient care.
    Several clinical studies are ongoing in our clinic, and patients have the
    possibility to participate in research projects.



    Short CV
    2021- : Member of the Scientific Evaluation Committee in the Clinical
    Outcome Assessment Program of Movement Disorders Society


    2018-2021: Representative of Center for Neurology in the KI-Stockholm County
    Council collaboration for education and training (Utbildningsråd)
  • Director
    of medical students in ASC.



    2001-2007: Medical school, University of Crete
    2013: Ph.D., Karolinska Institutet, thesis title: Molecular and clinical
    markers in ischaemic cerebrovascular disease, main supervisor: Christina
    Sjöstrand
    2014: Board-certified Specialist in Neurology

    2023: Associate Professor in Neurology


    Pedagogy education
    * Introductory Doctoral Supervision course (1.5 hp), KI, 2018.
    * Pedagogy for doctoral supervisors (3 hp), KI, 2018.
    * Teaching and learning in higher education (7.5 hp), KI, 2019
    * Summative Assessment (3 hp), KI, 2021

Research

  • In my research, I study the link between glucose control, diabetes, and
    Parkinson's disease (PD). My studies aim to investigate the effect of
    dysregulated glucose control on the progression of motor and non-motor
    symptoms in PD, to identify markers of glucometabolic derangement that may
    define subgroups of patients with targetable disease mechanisms, and to test
    the hypothesis that agents that improve insulin sensitivity may modify the
    disease course in PD.

Teaching

  • I co-supervise several doctoral students, and one post-doctoral fellow, and
    have supervised several Erasmus students and undergraduate students in their
    research projects (examensarbete).

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Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2024

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2023
  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2013

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