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University of Thessaly

Faculty of Medicine

CLINICAL LABORATORY SECTOR

Larissa, December 16, 2025

No. of origin: 1869

To

    The members of the Teaching Staff

    Of the School of Health Sciences

    The University of Thessaly

    (Through the Secretariats

of the School's Departments)

    Notification to:

• Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Thessaloniki

Professor Mr. George Fthenakis

• Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaloniki,

Aristides Zibis, Professor

• Academic Affairs Department, University of Thessaloniki.

Subject: «"Announcement of the position of Director of the Radiotherapy Laboratory of the Clinical Laboratory Sector of the Department of Medicine of the School of Health Sciences of the University of Thessaly"»

The Director of the Clinical Laboratory Department Professor Christakis Hatzichristodoulou, taking into account the provisions:

A. of article 51 of Law 5094/2024 as amended by Article 48 of Law 4957/2022 (Laboratory Director nomination procedure)

B. Article 4 of PART B of Joint Ministerial Decision 123024/Ζ1/06-10-2022 of the Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Territory (Election Procedure for Directors of University Laboratories, Clinics and Museums) and Article 9 of PART C (Regulations regarding the electoral procedure - Competences of the Elections Body)

C. of chapter E of the Circular of the Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs with protocol number 119929/Z1/30.09.2022 (Issues related to the organization and operation of Departments, University Laboratories, Clinics and Museums-Director nomination process).

D. Act 1585 /12-03-2025 of the President of the Department of Medicine for the placement of faculty members in the Radiotherapy Laboratory of the Clinical Laboratory Sector.

DECIDE

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF ELECTIONS

for the promotion Director of the Radiotherapy Laboratory of the Clinical Laboratory Sector

of the Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly

from the issuance of the relevant declaratory act of the Rector and for a period of three years.

Interested candidates are invited to submit their candidacy to the Secretariat of the Clinical Laboratory Sector from December 18 to January 7 with their application exclusively electronically to the address: g-tomeasklinikoergastiriakos@uth.gr. Candidates may withdraw their candidacy. The withdrawal is made exclusively electronically at the following address: g-tomeasklinikoergastiriakos@uth.gr by a written statement which is submitted before the competent body for the issuance of the notice in accordance with its terms and is transmitted immediately to the Elections Authority (ODE), no later than the tenth day before the voting. Applications for candidacies and resignations are registered by the competent services of the HEIs, so that the date of their submission can be determined.

The election will take place on the 11th^or February, Wednesday, and from 10:00 to 14:00, exclusively by electronic voting through the Special Information System ("ZEUS Digital Ballot Box") of the National Network of Technology and Research Infrastructures SA, in accordance with the provisions of Ministerial Decision No. 147084/Ζ1/16.11.2021 (Government Gazette 5364/19.11.2021, Part B). Access to the above system is via the electronic address https://zeus.grnet.gr. The responsibility for conducting the election process lies with the Elections Body (O.D.E.), for monitoring the election process of the Director, the Director of the Sector is appointed, provided that he/she is not a candidate himself, in which case the supervision of the election process is undertaken by his/her legal deputy, if any, otherwise the most senior faculty member serving in the academic unit. After the deadline for submitting candidacies has expired, the O.D.E. checks the candidacies that have been submitted in order to determine whether each candidate meets the eligibility requirements and there are no impediments to eligibility. After completing the check, the O.D.E. announces the candidates and draws up a single ballot that includes in alphabetical order the candidates for each office or for each advertised position. A brief CV of each candidate may be posted on the website of the AEI or of the individual academic unit concerned by the electoral process, if it exists, if the candidate so wishes. 

A university laboratory is considered autonomous when a minimum of five (5) faculty members of any rank have been appointed and serve in it. If the university laboratory is autonomous at the time of the announcement of the elections, the electoral body for the election of the Director is composed of all faculty members appointed and serving in it. If the number of faculty members appointed and serving in a university laboratory is less than five (5) at the time of the announcement of the elections, the electoral body is composed of all faculty members of the academic unit to which it belongs.

If a Laboratory is interdisciplinary and the number of faculty members assigned and serving in a university laboratory is less than five (5) at the time of the announcement of the elections, the electoral body is composed of all faculty members of the collaborating academic units for the establishment of the laboratory. Those who are on suspension or on unpaid leave in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 40 of law 4957/2022 are excluded. 

The right to apply for the position of Director is reserved to faculty members who have been appointed and serve in the university laboratory and have the same or a related field of study as that of the laboratory. Those who leave the service due to reaching the maximum age limit during the term for which the position is advertised are not permitted to apply for the position of Director of a university laboratory, unless there is only one (1) faculty member serving in the university laboratory or there is no other candidate. Holding the position of Director of a university laboratory is not incompatible with holding another position of a single-member administrative body of the Higher Educational Institution (HEI) or with being a member of a collective body of the HEI.

A full-time member of the Teaching and Research Staff (T.E.P.) at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor is elected as the Director of a university laboratory. The term of office of the Director is three years. The re-election of the same person to the office of Director of a university laboratory is permitted without limitation of terms of office. The person who obtains the absolute majority of the valid votes of the members of the electoral body or at least one third (1/3) of the valid votes of the members of the special electoral body, if there is only one candidate, is elected to the position of Director. If there is a tie or no candidate has obtained the absolute majority, the vote is repeated on the next working day between the candidates who obtained the same votes or occupied the first (1st) and second (2nd) places. In the event of a new inconclusive election process, it is repeated on the next working day, at which time the candidate who obtains the relative majority of valid votes is elected. If there is a tie, a draw is carried out by the head of the election in front of the tied candidates.

If there are no candidacies during the election process or the sole candidate is not voted for by at least one third (1/3) of the members of the special electoral body participating in the vote or the Director of the university laboratory resigns or ceases to exist for any reason, by decision of the Senate, following a recommendation from the competent collective body of the academic unit to which the university laboratory belongs, namely the Dean's Office, the Department Assembly or the General Assembly of the Sector, a new Director of the university laboratory is appointed, who is by priority at the rank of Professor, and if there is no Associate Professor in the first two (2) cases of the first paragraph, the appointment of the Director of the university laboratory is for a full term, while in the third and fourth cases his appointment is until the expiry date of the term of office of the Director who resigned or ceased to exist for any reason.

If there are no faculty members serving in the university laboratory at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor, the Senate may exceptionally appoint an Assistant Professor who serves in the university laboratory, until the date of appointment of a faculty member at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor. In this case, within a period of four (4) months from the exceptional appointment of a faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor as Director of the university laboratory, elections shall be announced in accordance with the procedure of par. 5, in which faculty members at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor of the same or related subject to that of the laboratory who come from the School may be candidates. The procedure is repeated until the position of Director is filled by a faculty member. at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor.

The head of the academic unit supervises the conduct of the vote, issues the election results, announces the elected Director and sends the election minutes to the Rector of the University. After the completion of the election process, the Rector issues a certificate of election, which is posted in the "DIAVGEIA" program.

This announcement will be posted on the Department's website.

Announcement pdf

Application for Nomination

Responsible Statement

The Director of the Clinical Laboratory Department

Professor Christakis Hatzichristodoulou