Magda Tsolaki was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and studied Medicine and Theology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). Afterwards, she initiated her collaboration with AUTh in 1982 as scientific collaborator and a year later received her specialty as a Neuropsychiatrist and her PhD. She has been a Professor of Neurology since 2010, and currently she was the Head of the 1st University Department of Neurology (2017-2020) and now emeritus professor. She has founded the Greek Alzheimer Association in 1995 and the Greek Federation of Alzheimer’s Disease in 2007, in which she is up to today the Chair, while also being the scientific director of three Public Dementia Units (founded by her in 2007, 2009 and 2022) for patients with neurodegenerative diseases and their caregivers. She has given more than 656 lectures throughout Greece. She has participated in more than 77 funded research programs and 31 funded clinical trials. In total, she has received 73 awards. Dr. Magda Tsolaki has been the main author of many Books (60), many abstracts in Greek (531) and International (489) Conferences, she is the first author or co-author
in many Papers in Greek (285) and International Journals (655 – 546 in PubMed), (h- index: 109, IF=31019,884 and more than 56217 Citations in Google Scholar-12.10.2024). The last seven years she was invited to join as a member the Greek National Observatory for Dementia. She has participated as invited speaker in more than 142 meetings-conferences in English and 344 in Greek Language. Furthermore, she has been a reviewer for Conferences and Journals (430) and has organised 27 national and 5 international conferences on AD. Finally, she was one of the three or seven advisory members for 36 doctoral theses-completed and 40 postgraduate theses. The Good Clinical Practice Certificate was completed in November 2024.