Giorgos K. Sakkas, PhD

Dr Sakkas is an Associate Professor in Clinical Exercise Physiology at the Dept of PE and Sport Science at the University of Thessaly and Director of the “Exercise is Medicine Laboratory”. He also holds a Professor of Lifestyle Medicine chair at the Cardiff Metropolitan University in Wales, United Kingdom. His research focuses on the effect of therapeutic exercise on patients with chronic kidney diseases, especially in those with sleep disorders such as Restless Legs Syndrome. He uses a multidisciplinary approach to tackle his research questions including both physiological and psychological approach. Since 2020, he is the General Secretariat for the “Exercise is Medicine-Greece” association for promoting the benefits of exercise in various clinical populations.