Aikaterini Vourdoumpa was born in Chania, Greece. She graduated from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School. Following she worked as a clinical and research associate in Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism in the First Department of Pediatrics of NKUA, specializing in childhood obesity and performing her PhD research in the genetics of childhood obesity. She is currently completing her Pediatrics Specialty Training in the Second Department of Paediatrics of the NKUA at “P. & A. Kuriakou” Children’s Hospital (Athens, Greece). Her research interests include the fields of pediatric and adolescent endocrinology, obesity, and genetics.