Short Bio

I was appointed Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Medical School of the University of Crete in December 2018, following a post as tenured Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics at the University of Sheffield, UK (2014-2018), where I maintain an honorary appointment 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 interests lie mainly in statistical and epidemiological principles and methods for the design, analysis and reporting of clinical and epidemiological research in acute care hospitals and other healthcare settings. My record of published research includes population-based studies of disease burden and complex sample surveys, prognostic factor studies and clinical prediction models for personalized medicine, quasi-experimental and time series studies for intervention evaluations, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and epidemiological surveillance systems with special interest in healthcare-associated infections, multi-drug resistant pathogens and antimicrobial drugs.

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 was awarded the Chartered Statistician (CStat) title, which is the Royal Statistical Society's, highest professional award.

In May 2022, I was appointed Associate Editor of the journal "Public Health" of the Royal Society of Public Health.