Kyriakos Souliotis is Professor of Health Policy and Dean of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Peloponnese. He was also the Vice Rector for Social and Regional Development (2016-2017). He is currently Director of the Laboratory for the Evaluation of Health Policies, Technologies & Behaviors at the University of Peloponnese, President of the Scientific Committee of the Greek Patient Association and member of the Steering Committee of PACT (The Patient Access Partnership on Equity of Access to Quality Healthcare - Brussels). From June 2025, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the “Marianna V. Vardinoyannis – ELPIDA” Children’s Oncology Hospital and, from February 2026, President of the Governing Committee of the Academy of Vocational Training in Pharmaceuticals. He is the founder, Chair and Scientific Director of the Health Policy Institute. He has served as President of OPAD, Vice President of EOPYY, and held executive roles at institutions like the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center and the Hygeia Group. He has also acted as an Associate Director at the LSE Medical Technology Research Group of the LSE Enterprise. He has extensive research experience in Greece and abroad and he has published 35 books and more than 350 chapters in books and papers in peer reviewed journals on health policy and economics, health reforms, organization and administration of health services, health inequalities, patient empowerment etc.