Vana Papaevangelou MD, PhD

Professor Vana Papaevangelou is a trained pediatrician, with a special interest in pediatric infectious diseases. After completing her pediatric residency and PID fellowship at the NYU Medical Centre, USA, she returned to Athens Greece, and has been a full-time clinical pediatrician in tertiary teaching hospitals since 1996. Professor Papaevangelou has been actively involved in the education of medical students and pediatric residents. Between September 2013 and 2024, she was appointed Chairman of the Third Department of Pediatrics at her University which is located at ATTIKON Hospital, a tertiary University Hospital.

Over the past 25 years, Professor Papaevangelou has been actively involved in multiple research projects. Her main interests involve the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and vertical transmission of infections. She is a member of the National Committee for COVID-19 Response, the National Advisory Board for Immunization Practices, the scientific committee of the Greek CDC, the National Hepatitis Board, and the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board. She is one of the founding members of the cCMVnet, a scientific committee working on congenital CMV. She served as a Board member of ESPID 2019-2022. Prof V Papaevangelou has published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals, with an H-Index: of 39 and more than 5000 citations.