Vicky Kalogeropoulou

APHA's emergency team are always alert to high risk animal disease

Vicky Kalogeropoulou, 13 May 2022 - Diagnostics & testing, Viral diseases

Upon confirmation of the presence of avian influenza in the UK, APHA immediately mobilised the National Emergency Epidemiology Group (NEEG). But what is the role of this group and why is it so important? In this blog, we hear from Dr Vicky Kalogeropoulou, Senior Scientific Project Manager and member of the NEEG as she explains more.

A new approach to COVID-19 testing

Vicky Kalogeropoulou, 1 October 2020 - COVID-19

APHA, in collaboration with the University of Southampton, have been developing and trialling an alternative testing approach to detect COVID-19 infections in people, using saliva rather than swabs. Learn about the process and benefits to using this approach for testing in this interesting five minute read.

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