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Dr. Demetrios Nicholas Kyriacou

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Emergency Medicine and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

About

Areas of Focus

  • Emergency medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Global health
  • Infectious diseases

Work/Research

  • Clinical infectious diseases 
  • Injury prevention 
  • Oncologic emergencies 
  • Has extensive international global health and tropical medicine experience having worked in Ghana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Kenya 
  • Has been the first author of several original research publications in high impact journals (e.g., New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Pediatrics, and Biosecurity and Bioterrorism) 

Career

Kyriacou has been a faculty member of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine for more than 20 years. His medical degree is from the University of Michigan Medical School, and his specialty training was in emergency medicine at the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center.  He also has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in epidemiology from the UCLA School of Public Health. In addition, Kyriacou has a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is a member of the Northwestern University Institute for Global Health and has extensive international experience, having worked in Ghana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Kenya. Additionally, Kyriacou has served as senior editor and associate editor for the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) since 2016.