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##Interview with <NAME>, D.V.M., Ph.D.##   
**Date:** 15.01.2016   

**Location:** Thessaloniki, Greece   


##Short Bio##
<NAME> graduated as a veterinary physician from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Division of Comparative Medicine at MIT. Since 2002 he is a faculty leader in the Laboratory of Pathology at AUTh and an Associate Professor in veterinary pathology.  His work focuses on several factors of the tumor microenvironment, including the immune system. One important aspect of his research is, how certain gastrointestinal bacteria affect carcinogenesis.

**YAAC:** Dr. Poutahidis thank you very much for making time for this Interview. Some cancer researchers might work with animal models. From a veterinarian’s perspective: how important is the cooperation of doctors and vets in this field? 

**Dr. Poutahidis:** You're raising a very important issue here. Cancer research demands the collaboration of scientists from many different fields. Learning how to perform a diagnostic method or a laboratory technique doesn't make you an expert, and good science is based on experts. In my opinion, when the research involves animals, veterinarians should always be involved. And I am not only talking about their regulatory role. I am talking about collaboration at the purely scientific level of animal model selection, animal handling and treatment, analysis and interpretation of results etc. If we have meaningful animal research we could also reach an acceptable level of translatability in human medicine practice. The bedside of our fellow human beings is the ultimate goal of biomedical research. Let’s never forget that. The benefit of human patients will then translate back to animal patients and benefit them as well.  
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title:  "<NAME>, D.V.M., Ph.D."
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Interview with <NAME>, D.V.M., Ph.D.##   
**Date:** 15.01.2016   

**Location:** Thessaloniki, Greece   


Short Bio
<NAME> graduated as a veterinary physician from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Division of Comparative Medicine at MIT. Since 2002 he is a faculty leader in the Laboratory of Pathology at AUTh and an Associate Professor in veterinary pathology.  His work focuses on several factors of the tumor microenvironment, including the immune system. One important aspect of his research is, how certain gastrointestinal bacteria affect carcinogenesis.

**YAAC:** Dr. Poutahidis thank you very much for making time for this Interview. Some cancer researchers might work with animal models. From a veterinarian’s perspective: how important is the cooperation of doctors and vets in this field? 

**Dr. Poutahidis:** You're raising a very important issue here. Cancer research demands the collaboration of scientists from many different fields. Learning how to perform a diagnostic method or a laboratory technique doesn't make you an expert, and good science is based on experts. In my opinion, when the research involves animals, veterinarians should always be involved. And I am not only talking about their regulatory role. I am talking about collaboration at the purely scientific level of animal model selection, animal handling and treatment, analysis and interpretation of results etc. If we have meaningful animal research we could also reach an acceptable level of translatability in human medicine practice. The bedside of our fellow human beings is the ultimate goal of biomedical research. Let’s never forget that. The benefit of human patients will then translate back to animal patients and benefit them as well.  

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