UOI
The University of Ioannina (www.uoi.gr/en) was founded in 1964 in Ioannina, Epirus, in the North-western part of Greece. Today the University has 17 departments with over 500 faculty members, 13,500 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 graduate students (MSc and PhD). The University of Ioannina has established a quality management system that is in conformance with the International Management System Standard ISO 9001:2000, as well as the Greek Management Efficiency Standard, with a scope of “Project Management of Research and Development of Technological and Other Related Programs and Activities”. The clinical work will be undertaken by the Department of Neurology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University. The Neurology clinic is a 26-bed inpatient facility, which is served by the presence of 8 specialized neurologists. The clinic operates a neurophysiology unit that includes a laboratory of electroencephalography, electromyography and evoked dynamics. The outpatient department runs several outpatient clinics, including neurodegenerative diseases, diseases associated with polyneuropathy-myopathies, chronic pain and Parkinson’s. The clinic has extensive experience from conducting several clinical trials funded by public and private organizations. The technical work in the PD_Pal project will be undertaken by the Unit of Medical Technology & Intelligent Information Systems (MedLab). MedLab is a highly innovative and self-contained research unit strongly activated in the fields of Biomedical Engineering and development of Intelligent Information systems. It has an internationally acknowledged excellence in conducting high quality scientific research and developing innovative Information Technology (IT) applications, products and services.