E.I. Kritsotakis
Short Bio
I was appointed Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Medical School of the University of Crete in December 2018, following five years as tenured Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics at the University of Sheffield, UK (2014-2018), where I maintain an honorary post as Senior Lecturer.
My first degree was in Mathematics (University of Crete, Greece, 1998) followed by a Master's degree in Statistics and Operational Research (University of Essex, UK, 2000). I underwent training in Applied Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, USA, 2005). I earned my PhD degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Crete in 2007.
My research focus is on statistical and epidemiological principles and methods for the design, analysis and reporting of clinical epidemiology research in healthcare settings. My record includes population-based studies of disease burden, prognostic research and clinical prediction models, quasi-experimental and time series studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and epidemiological surveillance systems with special interest on healthcare-associated infections, multi-drug resistant pathogens and antimicrobial drugs.
In acknowledgement of my research contribution, I was awarded with the William Jarvis Award by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America in 2009. During 2010-12 and 2015-17, I actively contributed in the works of ECDC's European Network for Healthcare-associated Infection Surveillance (HAI-Net), serving as member of the National Coordination Team to design and implement the first two national prevalence studies of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in acute-care hospitals in Greece.I was awarded the status of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK, in 2017 recognising my experience, practice and leadership of teaching and learning.
In 2018, I received the highest professional award of Chartered Statistician
(CStat) by
the Royal Statistical Society, UK.
In May 2022, I was appointed Associate Editor of the journal "Public Health" of the Royal Society of Public Health.
View my recent brief academic CV using the link below:
Professional Activities
- Fellow and Charterd Statistician (CStat) of the Royal Statistical Society.
- Fellow (FHEA) of the Higher Education Academy/AdvanceHE.
- Member of the International Society of Clinical Biostatistics.
- Member of the Florey Institute for Host-Pathogen Interactions, allied disciplines.
- Member of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
- Associate Editor of the journal Public Health and Editorial Board Member of the sister journal Public Health in Practice (Royal Society for Public Health, published by Elsevier)
- Guest editor, special issue "Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic", Medicina (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and Lithuanian Medical Association, Published by MDPI)
- Topic editor for Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382, published by MDPI), guest editing the special issue "Epidemiology, Prognosis and Antimicrobial Treatment of Extensively Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections" vol. 1 and vol. 2.
- Statistical reviewer for the Lancet Infectious Diseases, the Lancet Microbe, the Lancet Regional Health, and other Lancet group journals.
- Acknowledged as one of the top reviewers in 2020 in the journal Clinical Microbiology and Infection (recognition letter here).
- Expert reviewer for several high-impact medical journals: see my Publons record.
- Mentor, The Tipping Point organisation, providing group mentoring sessions for secondary school students on academic, professional and career decisions (profile here).

Identifiers
- ORCID: 0000-0002-9526-3852
- WoS ResearcherID: R-2276-2016
- Scopus Author ID: 9242853500
- Publons record: 1173633
- Google Scholar: bEsrTzwAAAAJ
- Exaly: 6953622
Profiles
- ScHARR, University of Sheffield
- ResearchGate
- Kudos