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Medical Writer & Market Research Consultant | Delivering Clear, Concise, Actionable Insights in Pharma & Biotech

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Business & Legal Writing, Creative Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing
Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection
Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting
Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Image Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights
Product Development Concept Development
Work Experience

Founder and Principal Consultant

Dekaokto Solutions

September 2022 - Present

Proposal Writer

Inspiralia

January 2024 - May 2024

Staff Editor

HealthManagement.org

September 2021 - May 2022

Project Architect

PreScouter Inc

May 2020 - July 2021

Research Health Scientist

US Department of Veterans Affairs

April 2019 - March 2021

Research Assistant Professor

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

December 2016 - March 2019

Education

Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Studies - Neurobiology )

University of Iowa

- December 2010

B.S. (Biology & Psychology)

Loyola University Chicago

- May 1997

Certifications
  • Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lefteris Teperikidis, Georgios Zormpas, Paschalis Karakasis, Dimitrios Patoulias, Aristi Boulmpou, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Bernardo Cortese, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Christodoulos Papadopoulos (2025). Efficacy of drug-coated balloons versus drug-eluting stents in bifurcated lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis . Hellenic Journal of Cardiology.
Dimitrios Kouzoukas, Lefteris Teperikidis, Paschalis Karakasis, Dimitrios Patoulias, Aristi Boulmpou (2025). Validating ChatGPT's role in systematic reviews and meta-analyses: A case study on GLP-1 receptor agonists and all-cause mortality . European Journal of Internal Medicine.
Jennifer A. Schreiber, Nuzhath F. Tajuddin, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Karl Kevala, Hee‐Yong Kim, Michael A. Collins(2021). Moderate blood alcohol and brain neurovulnerability: Selective depletion of calcium‐independent phospholipase A2, omega‐3 docosahexaenoic acid, and its synaptamide derivative as a potential harbinger of deficits in anti‐inflammatory reserve . Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 45. (12). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2506--2517. Wiley
Bayarmagnai Weinstein, Alan R. da Silva, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Tanima Bose, Gwang Jin Kim, Paola A. Correa, Santhi Pondugula, YoonJung Lee, Jihoo Kim, David O. Carpenter(2021). Precision Mapping of COVID-19 Vulnerable Locales by Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Risk Factors, Developed Using South Korean Data . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 604. {MDPI} {AG}
Bayarmagnai Weinstein, Alan R. da Silva, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Tanima Bose, Gwang Jin Kim, Paola A. Correa, Santhi Pondugula, YoonJung Lee, Jihoo Kim, David O. Carpenter (2021). Precision Mapping of COVID-19 Vulnerable Locales by Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Risk Factors, Developed Using South Korean Data . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Kouzoukas DE, Schreiber JA, Tajuddin NF, Kaja S, Neafsey EJ, Kim HY, Collins MA(2019). PARP inhibition blocks alcohol-induced neurodegeneration and neuroinflammatory cytosolic phospholipase A2 elevations . Neurochemistry international.
(2019). MIF mediates bladder pain, not inflammation, in cyclophosphamide cystitis .
Ma, F., Kouzoukas, D.E., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Hunt, D.E., Leng, L., Bucala, R., Vera, P.L.(2019). MIF mediates bladder pain, not inflammation, in cyclophosphamide cystitis . Cytokine: X. 1. (1).
Kouzoukas, D.E., Schreiber, J.A., Tajuddin, N.F., Kaja, S., Neafsey, E.J., Kim, H.-Y., Collins, M.A.(2019). PARP inhibition in vivo blocks alcohol-induced brain neurodegeneration and neuroinflammatory cytosolic phospholipase A2 elevations . Neurochemistry International. 129.
Pedro L. Vera, David M. Preston, Robert M. Moldwin, Deborah R. Erickson, Behzad Mowlazadeh, Fei Ma, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Magnus Fall(2018). Elevated Urine Levels of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Inflammatory Bladder Conditions: A Potential Biomarker for a Subgroup of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Patients . Urology. 116. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 55--62. Elsevier {BV}
Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Ramesh C. Bhalla, Nicholas J. Pantazis(2018). Activation of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase blocks alcohol-mediated cell death and calcium disruption in cerebellar granule neurons . Neuroscience Letters. 676. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 108--112. Elsevier {BV}
Kouzoukas, D.E., Bhalla, R.C., Pantazis, N.J.(2018). Activation of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase blocks alcohol-mediated cell death and calcium disruption in cerebellar granule neurons . Neuroscience Letters. 676. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 108-112.
(2018). Clonidine as a preoperative sedative . Special Care in Dentistry.
Henry, R.G., Raybould, T.P., Romond, K., Kouzoukas, D.E., Challman, S.D.(2018). Clonidine as a preoperative sedative . Special Care in Dentistry. 38. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 80-88.
Pedro L. Vera, David M. Preston, Robert M. Moldwin, Deborah R. Erickson, Behzad Mowlazadeh, Fei Ma, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Magnus Fall(2018). Elevated Urine Levels of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Inflammatory Bladder Conditions: a Potential Biomarker for a Subgroup of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Patients . Urology.
Vera, P.L., Preston, D.M., Moldwin, R.M., Erickson, D.R., Mowlazadeh, B., Ma, F., Kouzoukas, D.E., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Fall, M.(2018). Elevated Urine Levels of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Inflammatory Bladder Conditions: A Potential Biomarker for a Subgroup of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Patients . Urology. 116. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 55-62.
Fukushiro-Lopes, D.F., Hegel, A.D., Rao, V., Wyatt, D., Baker, A., Breuer, E.-K., Osipo, C., Zartman, J.J., Burnette, M., Kaja, S., et al.(2018). Preclinical study of a Kv11.1 potassium channel activator as antineoplastic approach for breast cancer . Oncotarget. 9. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 3321-3337.
(2017). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor mediates protease-activated receptor 4-induced bladder pain through urothelial high mobility group box 1 . Physiological reports.
Ma F, Kouzoukas DE, Meyer-Siegler KL, Westlund KN, Hunt DE, Vera PL, BMC physiology, 2017, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 6, 2017 .
(2017). Disulfide high mobility group box-1 causes bladder pain through bladder Toll-like receptor 4 . BMC Physiology.
Ma, F., Kouzoukas, D.E., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Westlund, K.N., Hunt, D.E., Vera, P.L.(2017). Disulfide high mobility group box-1 causes bladder pain through bladder Toll-like receptor 4 . BMC Physiology. 17. (1).
Ma, Fei, Kouzoukas, Dimitrios E., Meyer-Siegler, Katherine L., Hunt, David E., Leng, Lin, Bucala, Richard, Vera, Pedro L.(2017). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor mediates protease-activated receptor 4-induced bladder pain through urothelial high mobility group box 1 . Physiological Reports. 5. (24). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e13549--n/a.
Ma, F., Kouzoukas, D.E., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Hunt, D.E., Leng, L., Bucala, R., Vera, P.L.(2017). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor mediates protease-activated receptor 4-induced bladder pain through urothelial high mobility group box 1 . Physiological Reports. 5. (24).
(2017). Preclinical study of a Kv11.1 potassium channel activator as antineoplastic approach for breast cancer . Oncotarget.
Dimitrios Kouzoukas, Fei Ma, Katherine Meyer-Siegler, Karin Westlund, David Hunt, Pedro Vera(2016). MP28-14 PROTEASE-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 4 INDUCES BLADDER PAIN THROUGH DISULFIDE HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX-1 ACTING ON RECEPTORS FOR ADVANCED GLYCATION ENDPRODUCTS . The Journal of Urology. 195. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e376. Elsevier {BV}
Fei Ma, Dimotrios E. Kouzoukas, Magnus M. Fall, Robert Moldwin, David M. Preston, Deborah R. Erickson, Barbara Kahn, Katherine Meyer-Siegler, Pedro L. Vera(2016). MP72-01 URINE LEVELS OF MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR ARE INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH BLADDER INFLAMMATION . The Journal of Urology. 195. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e952. Elsevier {BV}
Fei Ma, Dimotrios E. Kouzoukas, Magnus M. Fall, Robert Moldwin, David M. Preston, Deborah R. Erickson, Barbara Kahn, Katherine Meyer-Siegler, Pedro L. Vera(2016). MP72-01 URINE LEVELS OF MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR ARE INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH BLADDER INFLAMMATION . The Journal of Urology. 195. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e952.
Kouzoukas DE, Ma F, Meyer-Siegler KL, Westlund KN, Hunt DE, Vera PL, PloS one, 2016, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. e0152055 .
Kouzoukas, D.E., Ma, F., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Westlund, K.N., Hunt, D.E., Vera, P.L.(2016). Protease-activated receptor 4 induces Bladder pain through high mobility group box-1 . PLoS ONE. 11. (3).
Kouzoukas, D.E., Ma, F., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Westlund, K.N., Hunt, D.E., Vera, P.L.(2016). Protease-activated receptor 4 induces Bladder pain through high mobility group box-1 . PLoS ONE. 11. (3).
Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Fei Ma, Karin N. Westlund, David E. Hunt, Pedro L. Vera, Praveen Thumbikat(2015). Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Mediates PAR-Induced Bladder Pain . PLoS ONE. 10. (5). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e0127628. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})
Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Fei Ma, Karin N. Westlund, David E. Hunt, Pedro L. Vera(2015). MP21-17 MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR MEDIATES PROTEASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-INDUCED BLADDER PAIN . The Journal of Urology. 193. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e239. Elsevier {BV}
Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Fei Ma, Karin N. Westlund, David E. Hunt, Pedro L. Vera(2015). {MP}21-17 {MACROPHAGE} {MIGRATION} {INHIBITORY} {FACTOR} {MEDIATES} {PROTEASE} {ACTIVATED} {RECEPTOR}-{INDUCED} {BLADDER} {PAIN} . The Journal of Urology. 193. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e239.
Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler, Fei Ma, Karin N. Westlund, David E. Hunt, Pedro L. Vera(2015). Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Mediates {PAR}-Induced Bladder Pain . {Plos} {One}. 10. (5). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e0127628.
Kouzoukas, D.E., Meyer-Siegler, K.L., Ma, F., Westlund, K.N., Hunt, D.E., Vera, P.L.(2015). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor mediates PAR-induced bladder pain . PLoS ONE. 10. (5).
Kouzoukas, D.E., Li, G., Takapoo, M., Moninger, T., Bhalla, R.C., Pantazis, N.J.(2013). Intracellular calcium plays a critical role in the alcohol-mediated death of cerebellar granule neurons . Journal of Neurochemistry. 124. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 323-335.
Kouzoukas, Dimitrios E., Li, Guiying, Takapoo, Maysaam, Moninger, Thomas, Bhalla, Ramesh C., Pantazis, Nicholas J.(2013). Intracellular calcium plays a critical role in the alcohol-mediated death of cerebellar granule neurons . Journal of Neurochemistry. 124. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 323-335.
Kouzoukas, D. E., Li, G., Takapoo, M., Bhalla, R., Pantazis, N. J.(2008). A rapid alcohol-induced rise in intracellular calcium may be an early step leading to the death of cerebellar granule neurons in culture . Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research. 32. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 44A.
Kouzoukas, Dimitrios Elias, Li, Guiying, Takapoo, Maysam, Bhalla, Ramesh, Pantazis, Nicholas J.(2008). Nitric oxide (NO) signaling modulates intracellular calcium Ca2+ (i) and prevents alcohol-induced neuronal death in cerebellar granule cell (CGN) cultures . Faseb Journal. 22.
Kouzoukas, D. E., Li, G., Takapoo, M., Bhalla, R., Pantazis, N. J.(2008). Nitric oxide ameliorates alcohol-induced neuronal death in cerebellar granule neuron cultures by modulating intracellular calcium release . Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research. 32. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 43A.
Kouzoukas, D., Li, G., Pantazis, N. J.(2007). Contrasting effects of calcium and nitric oxide (NO) signaling on alcohol-induced neuronal death: Calcium enhances while no reduces death . Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research. 31. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 101A.
Robinson, R.G., Paradiso, S., Mizrahi, R., Fiedorowicz, J.G., Kouzoukas, D.E., Moser, D.J.(2007). Neuropsychological correlates of normal variation in emotional response to visual stimuli . Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 195. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 112-118.
Robinson, R.G., Paradiso, S., Mizrahi, R., Fiedorowicz, J.G., Kouzoukas, D.E., Moser, D.J.(2007). Neuropsychological correlates of normal variation in emotional response to visual stimuli . Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 195. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 112-118.
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Bayarmagnai Weinstein, Alan R. da Silva, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, Tanima Bose, Gwang-Jin Kim, Paola A. Correa, Santhi Pondugula, Jihoo Kim, David O. Carpenter(2020). A methodological blueprint to identify COVID-19 vulnerable locales by socioeconomic factors, developed using South Korean data . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory