Prof Dimitriou is currently a Professor in Paediatrics and Neonatology (since 2011) and Chairman of the Department of Paediatrics, NICU, PICU (since 2013) at the University of Patras Medical School, Greece. His main research interests are lung function and respiratory muscle function, optimization of mechanical ventilation, neonatal infections, late preterm infants, IUGR infants, genetic risk factors predisposing to RDS, perinatal factors predisposing to allergic diseases in childhood, cystic fibrosis, RSV infections, morbidity of newborns of obese mothers and public health.  He has been an invited speaker at workshops and conferences throughout Europe, acts as a referee and is member of the Editorial Board for several prestigious paediatric and neonatal journals, as well as to a number of national and European paediatric and research societies. He has published over 210 peer reviewed articles, widely cited by other authors.