Garyfallia Poulakou is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the third Department of Medicine of Athens National and Kapodistrian University, Medical School, at Sotiria General Hospital of Athens. She graduated from Athens National and Kapodistrian University, from which she also acquired her PhD (Medical Doctorate) by Thesis. She was trained in Internal Medicine (board-certified in 1998) and in Infectious Diseases (board-certified in 2009). She has accomplished a fellowship in infections in critically ill patients at Saint Joseph Hospital of Paris, France, and in Vall d’Hebron Hospital of Barcelona, Spain. Professor Poulakou is co-founder and served as Secretary and Vice-Chair in the International Study Group of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) International Study Group for Infections in Critically Ill Patients. She is a member-elect of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Society of Chemotherapy and a member of several National and International Societies in the fields of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Intensive Care, and HIV Medicine. Her scientific topics of interest are infections in critically ill patients, viral infections (influenza, COVID-19, and HIV), antimicrobial resistance, and new antibiotics.