Konstantina Karatrantou
Exercise for Health & Occupational WellnessKonstantina Karatrantou is an Assistant Professor in “Exercise for Health & Occupational Wellness” in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science of the University of Thessaly. She received her BSc in Sports Science (2008), her MSc (2010) and her PhD (2014) in “Exercise and Health” by the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science of the University of Thessaly. She has worked (2010-2020) as a part time lecturer in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science of the University of Thessaly teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to physical conditioning, exercise testing and prescription for promotion of health and occupational wellness. She has published 7 books-book chapters and more than 36 peer reviewed papers in International and Greek journals and has presented more than 60 papers in international conferences in the areas of physical conditioning, exercise testing and prescription for promotion of health, workplace wellness programs. Her work has been internationally recognized and has been cited by more than 400 other authors (h-index: 10). She serves as a reviewer for several International and Greek journals in the sports science field. She has completed as a principal investigator a research project entitled “Health-promoting effects of a multicomponent workplace wellness program in sedentary workers” funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation with total budget 180.000€. Furthermore, she has participated in more than 12 research projects as research partner. Her research interests include the development, implementation and evaluation of exercise programs for promotion of health in different target groups such as children, adults and elderly individuals as well as the development and implementation of occupational wellness programs. She is also an experienced coach of physical conditioning, and she has participated in the design and implementation of different exercise programs for promotion of health in young, adult and elderly individuals.