The University of Georgia

Elene Janberidze
Assistant Professor
Doctor
Department of Medicine
School of Health Sciences

Education

Professional Development Council of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia - - Master - -

M. Komakhidze Medical College "Mkurnali" - Medical Treatment - Bachelor - 1998-01-09 - 2001-08-06

Medical Institute "Clinicus" Attached to the Institute of Experimental Morphology - Medical Faculty - Master - 2000-01-02 - 2006-02-06

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Faculty of Medicine - Doctor - 2011-01-05 - 2015-08-25

Tbilisi State Medical University - Medical - Master - 2016-05-09 - 2018-05-12

Publications

Palliative Care in Children – Pain and Symptom Management. Manual for undergraduate medical students - 2007

Depression and use of antidepressants in patients with advanced cancer. Results from an international multi-center study - 2013

How is depression classified, assessed, and reported in clinical studies of palliative care cancer patients? A systematic literature review - 2013

Depressive Symptoms in Cancer Patients’ Last Days of Life: A Nation-wide Retrospective Mortality Study - 2014

The use of antidepressants in patients with advanced cancer – results from an international multicenter study - 2014

How are the patient populations characterized in studies investigating depression in advanced cancer? Results from a systematic literature review - 2014

Depressive symptoms in the last days of life of patients with cancer: a nationwide retrospective mortality study - 2015

Depression and depressive symptoms in patients with advanced cancer – assessment, classification and treatment - 2015

The need of education of PC and communication skills in critical and intensive care settings in Georgia - 2016

Characteristics of the microcirculation in the colon and pancreatic adenoma (severe dysplasia) - 2016

Pancreas islet endothelial cells during Alloxan diabetes and after the action of Plaferon LB - 2016

The influence of Plaferon LB on regenerative processes in the pancreas in an Alloxan-induced diabetes rat model. - 2016

Future Vision – Palliative care for older people in Georgia - 2016

Mismatch between physicians and family members views on communications about patients with chronic incurable diseases receiving care in critical and intensive care settings in Georgia: a quantitative observational survey - 2016

Attitude of family members of elderly patients with progressive incurable chronic disease to communication with doctors during treatment of these patients in critical and intensive care units. European Journal of Palliative Care - 2017

Morphological Characteristics of Angiogenesis in Adenocarcinoma of Colon - 2018

Perception of oral problems in patients with advanced cancer - 2019

Impact of palliative care consult service in inpatient hospital setting: a systematic literature review - 2020

A pilot testing of the national multicentre cross-sectional study to identify medical, social and ethical problems of the elderly population in Georgia - 2020

Systematic literature review on impact of palliative care consult teams in inpatient hospital setting - 2020

National Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study to Identify Medical, Social and Ethical Problems of the Elderly Population in Georgia - 2022

Dependence in Activities of Daily Living in the National Multicentre Cross-sectional Study of the Elderly Population in Georgia - 2023

Conferences

13th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care - 30-05-2013

8th World Research Congress of the EAPC - 05-06-2014

Palliative Care 2020 - Towards integration of palliative care in an age-friendly EU - 10-10-2014

Scientific Projects

Support to Establish the Adequate Model of Pain Control in Patients with Advanced Cancer - 2009

European Intersectorial and Multi-disciplinary Palliative Care Research Training (EURO IMPACT) - 2011-2014

Socio-economic problems of demographic aging in Georgia and investigation its' solutions - 2014-2017

For Integration of Healthcare and University Components of Palliative Care – Medical Services, Education and Research - 2015

“Descent life till the end” - For the identification of social, medical, ethical problems and elaboration of recommendations for national program on geriatric palliative care - 2018-2022

The 2nd International Symposium: “For the implementation of international standards of palliative care (legislative, educational, research and healthcare challenges)” - 2019

Advanced cancer patient symptom assessment in Georgia - 2022-2027

Courses

Palliative care-MD236170E ( 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )

Palliative care-MD6170E ( 2021/2022; 2022/2023; )

Schedule

Palliative care-MD236170E

Elene Janberidze is an assistant professor at the School of Health Sciences of University of Georgia. She also works as a Chief Researcher at the Department of Gerontology and Palliative Medicine of Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University/Institute of Morphology. Her medical background is a Medical Oncologist and Palliative Care specialist. In 2011-2015 Dr. Janberidze was awarded Marie Curie Research Training Fellowship in the 7th Framework Programme (European Intersectorial and Multi-disciplinary Palliative Care Research Training). During this project she worked for four years at the Faculty of Medicine of Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). In 2015 she defended her Ph.D. in palliative care at NTNU of European Palliative Care Research Centre (Norway). The title of her thesis was Depression and Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Advanced Cancer. In 2013 she worked as invited researcher at VU Medical Centre in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and in 2018-2019 as a postdoctoral research fellow at Third Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology of Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic). She has published interesting articles on palliative care in peer-reviewed journals. In 2019 she received the funding from Shota Rustaveli National Scientific Foundation, as the project coordinator, with the title “For the Implementation of International Standards of Palliative Care (Legislative, Educational, Research and Healthcare Challenges)”. She participated in many research and clinically oriented trainings, as well as successful projects nationally and internationally.