Maria Iliadou studied Midwifery at the Technological Education Institute in Athens and continued her studies at a postgraduate level at the National School of Public Health, in the subject of Applied Public Health. She received her PhD from the European Academy of Nursing Sciences from the University of Peloponnese Department of Nursing. She is currently a lecturer in the Midwifery Department, carrying out high-level educational and administrative work. She has participated as a researcher in national and European programs of UNIWA and UOP.