Professor Vana Papaevangelou is a trained paediatrician, with a special interest in paediatric infectious diseases. After completing her paediatric residency and PID fellowship at the NYU Medical Centre, USA, she returned to Athens Greece and has been a full-time academic paediatrician in tertiary teaching hospitals since 1996. Professor Papaevangelou has been actively involved in the education of medical students and paediatric residents. Over the past 35 years, Professor Papaevangelou has been actively involved in multiple research projects and clinical trials. Her main interests involve the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and vertical transmission of infections. She is a member of the National Advisory Board for Immunization Practices since 2015, and a Board member of the Greek National Public Health organization (EODY) since 2023. Prof V Papaevangelou has published more than 200 papers in peer reviewed journals, with an H-Index: 41 and more than 5600 citations.