Prof. Labrini Athanasiou is currently a Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly. She graduated from the School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (SVM-AUTh), Greece, in 1993. At the same institution, she completed a one-year internship (1994) in the Clinic of Medicine and her PhD thesis (2004). After completing an MSc in Public Health at the National School of Public Health, she worked as a Manager in the Regulatory Affairs and the R&D department of the leading veterinary pharmaceutical company in Greece. Her research interests include clinical pathology, wildlife diseases, and animal health veterinary.